Archive for July, 2007
Tuesday, July 31st, 2007
If you take a close look at your credit cards, you’ll probably wonder what all those numbers stand for. Every digit actually stands for something specific. Let’s have a look at each of those numbers in sequence.
The First Digit
Gasoline cards, department store cards and phone cards have their own programs.
The major credit card companies operate […]
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Wednesday, July 25th, 2007
General Electric Co. issued a credit card on Wednesday it says will be the first to cut help U.S. cardholders voluntarily cut emissions linked to global warming.
The card, called GE Money Earth Rewards Platinum Mastercard, allows users the option of automatically contributing up to one percent of their card purchases to buy greenhouse emissions offsets.
In […]
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Tuesday, July 24th, 2007
A while ago I wrote a post on one of the most exclusive credit cards around. Well earlier this week CNN Money wrote an article about how alot of companies have introduced “black cards” and are offering some rediculous perks.
The “Black Card” is a status icon. Not only does it offer a range of exclusive […]
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Friday, July 20th, 2007
A major credit card has launched a promotion to help knock about 75 cents off each gallon of gas.
The “Gulf MasterCard Promotion” offers new customers up to 25% rebate on Gulf gas purchases, and 2% back in rebates on all other purchases during the first 60 days their account is open. Once customers accumulate $20 […]
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Wednesday, July 18th, 2007
I came across a very interesting article by MSN Money about fast food chains and the effect they have now that they accept credit card payments. It was researched that since fast-food restaurants accept credit cards, you’re less likely to drive past — and you’ll order more, too.
We all know that high-fat and high-calorie fast foods […]
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Monday, July 16th, 2007
According to a recent post by Banknet360 JetBlue’s American Express card, the Discover More Card, and the Miles Card by Discover were each cited as offering the best credit card deals around, according to a new ratings service.
Banknet360.com said the three cards were tops among airline rewards cards, cash rewards cards, and travel rewards cards, […]
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Tuesday, July 10th, 2007
A few weeks ago Bankrate wrote a post on balance transfers and how to transfer to a zero percent interest card, take the credit limit out via convenience checks, invest that money in a high-yield savings account or CD, pay off the card with that money when the zero-percent intro rate expires and keep the […]
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