Discover Financial Services LLC, a business unit of Morgan Stanley, today announced that Discovercard.com has been recognized as the No. 1 site in overall customer satisfaction and experience for credit card prospects in a study performed by Keynote Systems, Inc., a global leader in Internet and mobile test and measurement services.
The 2007 study examined the […]

A new survey shows that men plan to spend an average of $91 on their wife, $74 on their mother and $50 on their mother-in-law for “Mother’s Day.” Another finding: 19% of “Mother’s Day” shoppers said they intend to purchase a gift card. Twice as many moms indicated that they would like to receive one, […]

There has been a 23% increase over the past five years in the number of credit cardholders who use cards that accumulate points for merchandise and/or airline tickets. The new study also shows that debit card usage has decreased from 55% in 2003 to 44% in 2007. The research by Maryland-based Vertis found that the […]

Monopoly money will be phased out in a new version of the game in a bid to keep up with the times.
 
Instead players will use mock Visa debit cards to keep track of how much money they are winning or losing.
An electronic machine is provided, which allows the banker to transfer money from players and […]

Most of us know that how we use our personal credit cards affects our credit rating. But what if you use a corporate credit card? Could that be a potential problem to your credit?
When accountant Troy Merkel travels for business, he packs his corporate credit card too.
“It’s easier to track, it’s all on one bill, […]

Sen. Daniel Akaka (D-Hawaii) recently introduced the Credit Card Minimum Payment Warning Act. It’s the third time he’s proposed the act, but with the federal government paying lots of attention to the credit card industry, perahaps he’ll succeed this time.
In a Senate floor statement made on April 20, the senator said his legislation would
“make it […]

Finally we get word on something that many have been waiting for, Verisign the leading provider of digital-security services wants to make disposable passwords easier for consumers to accept by squeezing the technology into the corner of a regular credit or ATM card.
The company is expected to announce a deal with Innovative Card Technologies to equip […]