Credit Card Report http://www.onlineguideto.com News and information about Credit Cards, Credit Report, Credit Score and the financial crisis Fri, 05 Feb 2010 23:40:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 Credit Card Skimming: How To Protect Yourself http://www.onlineguideto.com/195-what-is-credit-card-skimming http://www.onlineguideto.com/195-what-is-credit-card-skimming#comments Fri, 05 Feb 2010 23:39:24 +0000 CreditCardNews http://www.onlineguideto.com/?p=195 http://www.onlineguideto.com/195-what-is-credit-card-skimming/feed 0 Are you paying new, higher charges on your credit cards? http://www.onlineguideto.com/193-are-you-paying-new-higher-charges-on-your-credit-cards http://www.onlineguideto.com/193-are-you-paying-new-higher-charges-on-your-credit-cards#comments Mon, 18 Jan 2010 12:27:48 +0000 CreditCardNews http://www.onlineguideto.com/?p=193
That's why banks have been working hard to dream up new fees...]]> http://www.onlineguideto.com/193-are-you-paying-new-higher-charges-on-your-credit-cards/feed 0 Citibank closes number of credit card accounts; credit scores may be affected http://www.onlineguideto.com/186-citibank-closes-number-of-credit-card-accounts-credit-scores-may-be-affected http://www.onlineguideto.com/186-citibank-closes-number-of-credit-card-accounts-credit-scores-may-be-affected#comments Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:10:23 +0000 CreditCardNews http://www.onlineguideto.com/?p=186
The new Credit Card Consumers' Bill of Rights has done nothing to change that.

But when Citibank recently closed a number of Mastercard accounts -- co-branded with oil partners such as Shell, Citgo, ExxonMobil and Phillips 66-Conoco -- it did so on very short notice. [video]]]> http://www.onlineguideto.com/186-citibank-closes-number-of-credit-card-accounts-credit-scores-may-be-affected/feed 0 PayPal gives young people a way to handle their finances http://www.onlineguideto.com/183-paypal-gives-young-people-a-way-to-handle-their-finances http://www.onlineguideto.com/183-paypal-gives-young-people-a-way-to-handle-their-finances#comments Fri, 21 Aug 2009 13:08:31 +0000 CreditCardNews http://www.onlineguideto.com/?p=183 [video]]]> http://www.onlineguideto.com/183-paypal-gives-young-people-a-way-to-handle-their-finances/feed 0 Credit Card Consumers’ Bill of Rights goes into effect http://www.onlineguideto.com/179-credit-card-consumers-bill-of-rights-goes-into-effect http://www.onlineguideto.com/179-credit-card-consumers-bill-of-rights-goes-into-effect#comments Fri, 21 Aug 2009 12:47:13 +0000 CreditCardNews http://www.onlineguideto.com/?p=179 [video]]]> http://www.onlineguideto.com/179-credit-card-consumers-bill-of-rights-goes-into-effect/feed 0 Fixed-Rate Credit Cards May Disappear http://www.onlineguideto.com/177-fixed-rate-credit-cards-may-disappear http://www.onlineguideto.com/177-fixed-rate-credit-cards-may-disappear#comments Mon, 27 Jul 2009 07:10:50 +0000 CreditCardNews http://www.onlineguideto.com/?p=177 http://www.onlineguideto.com/177-fixed-rate-credit-cards-may-disappear/feed 0 What is a good credit score? http://www.onlineguideto.com/175-what-is-a-good-credit-score http://www.onlineguideto.com/175-what-is-a-good-credit-score#comments Tue, 09 Jun 2009 22:31:20 +0000 CreditCardNews http://www.onlineguideto.com/?p=175
It almost seems as if your credit score is now more important than your social security number -- something many people realize too late.

But what is a good credit score?]]> http://www.onlineguideto.com/175-what-is-a-good-credit-score/feed 0 National credit score averages are dropping http://www.onlineguideto.com/169-credit-score-drop http://www.onlineguideto.com/169-credit-score-drop#comments Thu, 28 May 2009 10:10:49 +0000 CreditCardNews http://www.onlineguideto.com/?p=169 http://www.onlineguideto.com/169-credit-score-drop/feed 0 Lower credit limits result in lower credit scores http://www.onlineguideto.com/157-lower-credit-limits-result-in-lower-credit-scores http://www.onlineguideto.com/157-lower-credit-limits-result-in-lower-credit-scores#comments Thu, 12 Mar 2009 04:52:34 +0000 CreditCardNews http://www.onlineguideto.com/?p=157
In response both to the financial crisis and to new consumer protection rules slated to come into effect in 2010, credit card issuers are making major changes to customer accounts.

Many of these changes can negatively impact your credit score.

Yet a recent survey shows that many consumers are unware of recent changes made to their accounts.]]> http://www.onlineguideto.com/157-lower-credit-limits-result-in-lower-credit-scores/feed 0 Paul Krugman on the worldwide financial crisis http://www.onlineguideto.com/155-paul-krugman-on-the-worldwide-financial-crisis http://www.onlineguideto.com/155-paul-krugman-on-the-worldwide-financial-crisis#comments Sun, 15 Feb 2009 20:24:10 +0000 CreditCardNews http://www.onlineguideto.com/?p=155 [video]]]> http://www.onlineguideto.com/155-paul-krugman-on-the-worldwide-financial-crisis/feed 0