Smile! You’re on Dad’s credit card
Consumers hankering to show off their family photos — or their car or their dog — are getting more chances every time they whip out a credit card.
Archive for July, 2006
Beware: You have a credit-card offer
More than 6 billion credit-card offers were mailed to Americans last year. With so much competition for your attention, credit-card companies are coming up with new come-ons to entice you toward their piece of plastic. But don’t get distracted by those goodies…
Prepaid credit cards limit credit risk
Prepaid cardholders have zero liability for loss or fraudulent use and can get reimbursed for funds they lose. Some cards also offer emergency-assistance services and baggage-loss protections.
Study tracks student use of credit cards
More than half of college students have at least one credit card that is billed to them, a new study says, and about a quarter of those students have used their cards to pay tuition.
Brussels threat over ‘too high’ credit card fees
Brussels has read the riot act to credit card companies, threatening stiff sanctions for those that continue to gouge consumers through abuse of dominant positions.