Archive for April, 2007

New Discover Business Card Offers Air Miles!

Wednesday, April 18th, 2007

Discover has expanded its business card program with the addition of a new card that generates air miles. The “Discover Business Miles Card” earns double miles on travel and gasoline purchases, up to $5,000 each year; one mile for every dollar spent on all other business purchases; and 0.25 miles for every dollar on purchases […]

Credit Cards Can Help Last Minute Tax Filers!

Tuesday, April 17th, 2007

What’s a taxpayer to do who has yet to pay Uncle Sam before Tuesday night’s tax filing deadline?
If you ask Link2Gov and Official Payments, the two vendors authorized by the IRS to accept credit card payments, just charge it to plastic.
You may earn points, miles or money back for every tax dollar you pay,” Official […]

BofA to Market Credit Cards in China

Monday, April 16th, 2007

Bank of America Corp. will team with China Construction Bank Corp. to market credit cards in China.
Initially, China Construction will create a stand-alone credit-card division and form an advisory committee to develop the unit’s business structure. Later, the banks will convert the division into a Chinese-foreign credit-card joint venture that is registered in China.
BofA will […]

Tax Extension With Credit Card Transaction of $1

Monday, April 16th, 2007

Americans have more options to pay personal, business and old taxes than ever before. With “Tax Day 2007″ breathing down their necks taxpayers can also go online and get a confirmed, automatic six-month extension to file for as little as one buck. Taxpayers can apply for a filing extension by paying all or part of […]

Credit Card Makeover!

Friday, April 13th, 2007

There’s a trend afoot in the credit card world to make cards more visually appealing. I would normally scoff at such a notion, but I must confess that ever since I’ve been using my American Express Blue credit card, I keep getting oohs and aahs and favorable comments from cashiers and bystanders who seem to […]

Credit Card Security Study!

Thursday, April 12th, 2007

There is a strong relationship between a consumer’s perception of a retailer’s reputation for safeguarding card account data and the consumer’s willingness to shop there, according to new findings published by Javelin Strategy & Research. The study is based on a nationwide survey of 1,200 credit or debit cardholders. The survey was conducted by phone […]

Has your Bank of America credit card APR increased?

Wednesday, April 11th, 2007

After reading a very interesting post by CreditBloggers, I thought I would share it.
As you know, Bank of America acquired MBNA in June 2005 and became one of the world’s largest credit card issuers. There were some technical glitches here and there as consumers had their accounts switched over to the new bank, but the […]