Archive for June, 2007

Save Even More On Gas With This Incentive!

Wednesday, June 13th, 2007

Starting July 2nd customers that sign-up for a new Shell Credit Card can earn 25 cents per gallon on the purchase of their first 100 gallons of Shell gasoline.
Once cardholders have purchased 100 gallons, they will receive a $25 Shell gift card by mail. New account holders must use their “Shell Credit Card” to purchase […]

City Uses Credit Cards And Saves Taxpayers Money!

Monday, June 11th, 2007

City of Colorado Springs employees are saving taxpayers money and earning cash rebates with every swipe of the city’s 1,751 credit cards.
A program in its seventh year has saved $16.5 million in administrative costs for the city and Colorado Springs Utilities, compared to using labor-intensive and time-consuming purchase orders.
A survey of 25 municipalities nationwide found […]

FICO Changing Score Formula!

Tuesday, June 5th, 2007

A couple of days ago I wrote a post on how people with bad credit can rent credit cards. Well the Fair Isaac announced after reports of individuals renting out credit card accounts to help others artificially boost their credit scores, it will adjust its “FICO” scoring formula. The adjustment removes authorized user accounts from […]

Ever Want To Spend 5 Million Dollars? Now You Can!

Monday, June 4th, 2007

American Express recently launched The Members Project, where it will contribute $1 for every AMEX cardholder who registers for the project by August 5, 2007 – up to a total of $5 million. Registration is free, and there is no cost to participate.
If you’re wondering what American Express plans to do with that $5 million, […]

New Credit Card: AOL Rewards American Express Credit Card from MBNA

Monday, June 4th, 2007

AOL has announced the launch of the new AOL Rewards American Express Credit Card from MBNA, giving Cardmembers access to the MBNA Rewards programme, access to the MBNA TravelPlus service and discounts with selected RewardPluspartners.
The new card offers 0 per cent p.a. on balance transfers for the first 12 months from the date the account […]

Bad Credit? Rent A Credit Card!

Friday, June 1st, 2007

Consumers can rent cars, apartments, even golf clubs. But credit cards?
A small but growing industry of Internet-based credit repair companies are offering to help people boost their credit scores by adding their names to credit card accounts that have clean records. For several hundred to thousands of dollars, the websites promise to quickly raise scores […]