Discover launched a new Motiva credit card last week designed to reward people who carry credit card balances---provided these profitable customers have a history of on-time payments. Here's how...
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by Justin McHenry on January 19, 2007
Most credit card holders these days are choosing cards that offer some sort of reward. It may be cash back, it may be gift cards, it might be merchandise, it might be travel rewards, it might be vats...
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by Justin McHenry on January 18, 2007
Wouldn't it be great if you could lighten your load of credit, debit and various membership cards, consolidating them all in one "super card" that stored all those numbers? The answer,...
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Have you seen this Visa Check Card commercial in which a bustling lunch spot moves in a fast-paced yet orderly fashion, with each buyer quickly and easily sliding his/her Visa check card through the...
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by Justin McHenry on December 28, 2006
Interesting article in the South Florids Sun-Sentinel about cities racking up humongous charges on their credit cards in order to get big rebates from the credit card companies: Port St. Lucie is...
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by Justin McHenry on December 26, 2006
I found this letter to the editor from an Albany paper interesting. The writer is discussing the sorry state of donations to Salvation Army bell-ringers, and suggests that our increasingly cashless...
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I came across this article from the Des Moines Business Record titled "Credit cards not accepted." The article profiles businesses in the Des Moines area that don't accept credit cards...
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by Justin McHenry on December 12, 2006
Over at IndexCreditCards.com, we just released our list of the top new credit card introductions for 2006. You can mosey on over there if you want more details about the cards and how we chose them,...
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by Justin McHenry on November 16, 2006
One of the more popular topics for finance writers to discuss is credit scores. Many appear obsessed with these numbers that FICO and others create based on an oh-so-secret formula and then sell to...
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by Justin McHenry on October 30, 2006
Working for a Web site about credit cards always leaves me with conflicting emotions, because I in turn get mad at the credit card companies for some fuzzy business practices, and then get mad at the...
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by Justin McHenry on October 27, 2006
As Research Director for IndexCreditCards.com, I regularly talk to reporters from various publications about credit cards. I talked to a reporter this week who wanted to pick my brain about any trends...
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A new condominium called The Atelier, on West 42nd in New York City, is accepting American Express for down-payments. Based on the info in this article, these condos, which are still being built, are...
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At my day job (aka, the job in which I actually make a living), I think about credit cards. A lot. I think about low interest credit cards, balance transfer credit cards, cash back credit cards, gas...
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I am highly displeased. Each week I gather all the bills, balance the checkbook, and pay everything that has a due date falling within the following two weeks. In this way, I ensure nothing is ever...
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In this Monday's Dallas Morning News, I was quoted in an article about balance transfer credit card offers. While talking to the News' personal finance columnist, Pamela Yip, on the phone, I...
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In last week's Newsweek, Allan Sloan had an article that I'm sure fueled the fire of some already disgruntled Citi credit card customers. Here's the deal. Citibank decided to do away with...
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Funerals are a tough time, of course--but putting them on your credit card that offers airline miles really softens the blow!......
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Florida just joined almost half the other states in allowing residents to request a credit freeze. But the new law may not last long if Congress has anything to say about it -- they're trying to...
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I reviewed the new Wall Street Journal Complete Personal Finance Guidebook recently and one piece of advice struck me as interesting. The author, Jeff Opdyke, suggests that if you have credit card...
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Maybe I'm wrong, but I find this stinky. I have several bills that get paid automatically via my credit card, which is a nice convenience. However, I just read today that when I get a new credit...
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This press release about Wachovia choosing a credit card processor is bo-ring, but it's actually pretty important in my view. Wachovia offers credit cards, but they are one of many banks that...
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