Credit Card Issuers Assist Their Cardholders
Credit card giants Citibank, Capital One, Discover Card, Visa and MaterCard have launched a new campaign that is designed to help their cardholders avoid defaulting on their credit card debt by offering to negotiate with them. As the recession in the United States, and indeed the world, worsens, many people are finding themselves out of [...]
Inactivity Can Cost You Your Card
Here is a new trend amongst credit card companies, cardholders that do not use their credit cards over the past 12 months are in danger of either having their credit limit reduced or losing their credit card altogether. Either scenario may result in the lowering of your credit score. And yes, you guessed it, it [...]
Beware Of Phony Credit Card Scam
The bad guys have found yet another way to steal using credit cards as their tool of choice, but in this case they are not credit cards but gift cards. Scammers and thieves are using Visa gift cards and passing them off as Visa credit cards. It is a rather simplistic, but dare I say [...]
If You Are Traveling To Europe Take Your American Express Card
Here is a quick tip for overseas travelers. If you are planning to travel to Europe you should most definitely take along your American Express credit card. While American Express isn’t as widely accepted across the pond as its cousins Visa and MasterCard, they do have a decided advantage, a physical presence in Europe. Case [...]
Chase Raises Fees On Unsuspecting Customers
Here is a tough one to swallow. Chase just announced that they would be raising fees on credit card account holders that locked in fixed low APR terms. It seems as if cardholders that carry a balance and had the foresight to jump on low interest or 0% interest offers with the promise that if [...]
Prepaid And Secured Credit Cards See Growth
Many financial experts predict that prepaid and secured credit cards will become increasingly popular with consumers as the recession drags on. With traditional credit cards being harder and harder to get, many Americans may now find themselves turning to these instruments to make their financial transactions. There are some distinctions in the way that prepaid [...]
Know Your Rights As A Credit Card Holder
While Congress works on the newly proposed “credit card bill of rights“, I felt it was important that I share with you exactly what your rights as a credit card customer entail. After all, it will probably be months before Congress draws up this new bill. Many cardholders have expressed everything from minor frustration to [...]
Tips For Negotiating Credit Card Terms
I thought it might be helpful to some of our readers if we laid out some tactful tips for successfully negotiating better credit card terms with their respective credit card companies. And yes, in case you didn’t know, you can negotiate a better deal with your credit card providers. No matter what the issue at [...]
Why You Should Negotiate With Your Credit Card Company
In these rough economic times it is understandable why so many consumers believe that they do not have much leverage when it comes to negotiating a better deal with their credit card issuer. While no doubt times are tough all over, you can still effectively get a better deal on your credit cards in the [...]
Capital One Financial Corp Reports A Record 4th Quarter Loss
Capital One Financial Corp. is the parent company of credit card behemoth Capital One. It also has recently gotten into the branch banking business by buying Louisiana based Hibernia and New York based North Fork Bancorp. They have also reached an agreement to buy Chevy Chase Bank which serves the Washington D.C. area. Capital One, [...]