Having a good credit history is one of the most important things in your financial life. Anyone who has ever struggled with poor credit will tell you how difficult it makes their life. People who have no credit or poor credit have a more difficult time getting loans but they also may have a harder [...]
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Q&A with Credit Card Finder
Credit Card Finder – A Central Figure For Australian Credit Card Comparison Online Credit Card Finder has rapidly become one of the most dependable authorities on credit cards in Australia. The web site offers consumers one stop shopping when it comes to card comparison and financial options. We got the chance to conduct an email [...]
DiscoverCard 5% Cashback Bonus July-September 2010
Use your Discover Card on gas, hotels, movies, and theme parks from July through September and get 5% Cashback Bonus on up to $300 in these purchases. All your other purchases will earn up to 1% unlimited Cashback Bonus automatically. Earn 5% Cashback Bonus on up to $300 in purchases from July through September at: [...]
FIA Card Services Offers 3% Cash Back on Selected Categories
FIA Card Services sent me a special offer letter to enroll in their 3% cash back offer. The 3% cash back offer applies to qualifying back to school purchases on my Rewards American Express Card, up to $800, until September 30, 2010. Earn 3% cash back on eligible purchases (up to $800) through September 30,2010: [...]
Chase Offers Real-Time Fraud Alerts on Credit Cards
Chase now offers free real-time fraud alerts on Amazon.com Rewards Credit Card. When Chase knows about a suspicious transaction, you will be alerted on your mobile device I received an email from them and signed up. It took only one minute. Note that standard text messaging and other rates from your wireless provider will apply [...]
Discover Card 0% APR until January 2011
I received a promotion offer for my existing Discover Card, a 0% APR on new purchases made from July 1, 2010 through December 31, 2010. The 0% APR on the balance is good until the last day of my billing period in January 2011, which gives me a 6-month interest-free period. This offer came in [...]
Quest for Credit from Mint.com
The total U.S. revolving debt (98 percent of which is made up of credit card debt) is $852.6 billion. In response, Quest for Credit, an animated short about the perils of credit card debt was released in May 2010 by Mint.com. The video follows our hero as he finds himself in the land of the [...]
How to Deal With Credit Card Debt
A large number of Americans today are slammed by credit card debts. Personal bankruptcies have doubled in the past decade and the average house in America carry some $8,000 in credit card debt! Dealing with your credit card debt can be nerve-racking. In such a stressful time, choosing the wrong method to come out of [...]
American Express Plum Card Review
I signed up for the American Express Plum Card and received it in May 2009. The card looked very nice with a reddish color. There is an annual fee of $185 for the card, however my first annual fee was waived. That was when I decided to give it a try for a year. The [...]
Sneaky Fees from American Express Charges
I recently accepted an offer to receive the American Express Business Gold Card and was told that I can link the points to my existing personal American Express Blue Card. I thought it would be a great idea to have two credit cards linked to one rewards point system. It turns out that American Express [...]
