For those of you with Discover credit cards, it would be important to read the following so that you are aware of some of the changes. I received a small four-page pamphlet from Discover Card announcing changes to the Discover More and Discover Motiva cards. The changes include terms on cash advances, the Late Fee, […]

 
If you’ve got a business, even if it’s just a small home-based side business, here’s a juicy offer for the American Express Business Gold Rewards card:
New cardmembers get 25,000 Membership Rewards points after the first purchase. These can be converted to 25,000 frequent flier miles at certain airlines, which can be converted to a roundtrip […]

A new survey has been conducted that found that 56% of consumers prefer cash back on their credit cards, while 23% said they favored air miles. About 12% preferred points and only 9% selected automatic rebates or discounts as their favorite rewards.
The results from CardTrak.com are based on an online poll of 1,000 consumers completed […]

All the major credit card brands are aiming for the top of the heap with super reward cards for the super wealthy. However, a new study has found that the American Express’ $2500 per year “Centurion” card reigns as the most prestigious credit card among the super affluent.
New York-based Luxury Institute says MasterCard’s “World Elite” […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]