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Recent economic news: Credit cards

1.
Beware That New Credit-Card Offer
Amid all the junk mail pouring into your house in recent months, you might have noticed a solicitation or two for a "professional card," otherwise known as a small-business or ...
Capital One Financial Corp., Dow Jones, Dow Jones & Company Inc., Citibank, Twitter, All keywords...
online.wsj.com
1 week ago
2.
Credit-Card Rates On The Rise? Not At These Banks
A more recent report backs that trend further. As the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, average credit-card rates on new cards have climbed to 14.7%, from 13.1% a year ...
Curtis Arnold, Obama, President, Consumer Action, Bank of America, All keywords...
mint.com
1 week ago
3.
$9 Here, 20 Cents There and a Credit-Card Lawsuit
Credit card companies do not make it easy for consumers to recognize fishy charges. The monthly statements’ description of each transaction — the “merchant descriptor”— is frustratingly brief. Consumers may ...
USD, Cent, Federal Trade Commission, Illinois, Steven M. Wernikoff, All keywords...
nytimes.com
1 week ago
4.
AT&T, Verizon to Target Visa, MasterCard With Smartphones
Visa, the world’s biggest payments network, posted a fiscal third-quarter profit that exceeded most Wall Street estimates for a 10th straight quarter as more consumers paid with plastic. Kupferberg, speaking ...
MasterCard Inc., Visa Inc., United States, USD, Richard Crone, All keywords...
bloomberg.com
1 month ago
5.
A Consumer's Guide to the Latest Credit-Card Traps
Whomever President Barack Obama taps to head the new Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection could find it difficult to keep ahead of the credit-card industry. The Credit Card Accountability Responsibility ...
USD, United States, Dow Jones, Dow Jones & Company Inc., Twitter, All keywords...
online.wsj.com
1 month ago
6.
As credit card holders play it safe, issuers increase non-penalty service fees
After the recession forced credit card companies to purge their rosters of the riskiest loans, the industry is facing a new problem: customers who are too good.
Gander Mountain, USD, Alanna Sobel, Credit comparison site, CardRatings.com, All keywords...
washingtonpost.com
1 month ago
7.
BofA's `Brutal Honesty' on Cost of Rules Pushes Banks Lower
Bank of America Corp. led financial stocks lower after saying U.S. curbs on debit-card fees may trigger a $10 billion charge, spurring speculation that rival banks have underestimated their own ...
USD, Bank of America, Bank of America Corp., United States, Bank, All keywords...
bloomberg.com
1 month ago
8.
Is the Internet Finally Robbing the Greedy Financier’s Gravy Train?
The most amazing thing about the Internet is how many industries it’s wrecked. File sharing and iTunes forever changed music’s economics; blogging and other forms of online content have killed ...
USD, Finance, KaChing, Finance industry, VISA, All keywords...
techcrunch.com
1 month ago
9.
How to disrupt Wall Street
Sarah Lacy has a very interesting post on TechCrunch where she conjectures that the internet is finally starting to disrupt Wall Street. I’d love nothing more than to see Wall ...
Sarah Lacy, Visa, Mastercard, TechCrunch, Bank, All keywords...
cdixon.org
1 month ago
10.
Retail sales are up, and credit card debt is down. Why is that bad news?
What's wrong with consumers being more responsible with credit cards?Last week, pessimists seized on two pieces of bad news about the consumer sector of the economy. On July 8, the ...
US Federal Reserve, USD, Mark Zandi, American Banking Association, Retail sales, All keywords...
slate.com
1 month ago
11.
"Rock-Jawed Titans of Industry Don't Really Like Free Markets"
Indeed. The ultimate goal for any capitalist worth his pinstripes is not to compete in a free market, it’s to get control over a market. Merge. Acquire. Consolidate. Squeeze. Fewer ...
MasterCard, USD, Kevin Drum, New York Times, Visa, All keywords...
cjr.org
2 months ago
12.
Debit Fee Cut Is Rare Loss for Largest U.S. Banks
The banking overhaul bill still needs to pass the Senate, and then it must be reconciled with a House bill that does not mention debit card “interchange” fees. Banking industry ...
Richard J. Durbin, Congress, Senate, MasterCard, USD, All keywords...
nytimes.com
3 months ago
13.
iPhone becomes contactless payment system | TG Daily
IPhone users will soon be able to pay for things simply by waving their phone in the air - something most of them are happy enough to do anyway.
IPhone, 3G devices, Apple iPhone 3G Smartphone, IPhone 3GS, United States, All keywords...
tgdaily.com
4 months ago
14.
American Express Gold Card: 25,000 Point / $250 Sign-Up Bonus
American Express is has a new 25,000 point promotion for their AmEx Premier Rewards Gold Card, which is one of their upscale-oriented charge cards where you must pay off the ...
USD, American Express, Rewards Gold Card, Home Depot, AmEx Premier, All keywords...
mymoneyblog.com
4 months ago
15.
AT&T Wireless AutoPay $20 Promotion
Looks like AT&T Wireless is offering folks a $20 gift card if they sign up for automatic payments on a Mastercard. Good for covering part of those iPhone monthly fees! ...
Mastercard, USD, At&t, T Wireless, IPhone, All keywords...
mymoneyblog.com
4 months ago
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