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• Credit Card Interest Rates Edge Down in Past Week
  The average annual interest rates charged on popular types of credit cards edged down in the past week, according to Bankrate.com.
• GE Slides On Worries Over Credit Card Unit Sale
  Shares of General Electric Co. fell more than 6 percent Friday, which an analyst attributed to nervousness at the conglomerate's inability to sell its private-label credit card business.
• Online Payment Sites Stir New Worry Over Consumer Debt
  WASHINGTON — With more Americans struggling to pay for basic living expenses, a small but growing segment of the finance industry is encouraging consumers to pay their mortgages, car notes, student loans — and even alimony — online by credit card.
• Banks Warn Credit Card Legislation May Hurt, Not Help Consumers
  Aug. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Frank Chan said he had been a loyal Citibank cardholder for 20 years when he was told by a customer service agent that stopping a check payment would cost him $29.
• Make Your Credit Cards Work for You
  Virtually every household in the United States has a credit card that enables them to maintain a certain lifestyle and build credit history.
• Beware of fake tax refund emails seeking card details
  BUSINESSES and consumers have been warned over a tax scam designed to obtain people’s banking details via a fake e-mail from HM Revenue and Customs.
• Garage card-cloning investigated
  Police believe a data recording and transmitting device may have been fitted to the swipe machine at the Murco petrol station in Andoversford.
• Eliminate Credit Card Debt
  The short answer is that credit card companies still want and expect you to pay back your credit card debt. Indeed often during this hardship period credit card companies will make your life worse by increasing the rates and fees on your credit card debt.
• Credit scores hit now by card limits
  Just as Americans grow more reliant on credit cards to help pay monthly bills, they're being hit with a one-two punch: Card companies are reducing borrowing limits for tens of thousands of consumers, which then can lead to lower credit scores.
• Know which part of your debt you can eliminate
  Debt is like cholesterol. It can clog your financial arteries.Maybe that's why you feel as if you're about to have a heart attack when you open your monthly credit card statement.
• Consumer Reports: How to find cards that are truly rewarding
  keep shoppers coming back and spending more, supermarkets, drugstores, warehouse clubs, gas stations, book chains and many other retailers are pushing points programs.
• How can I safely shop on the Internet?
  Many people use their ATM/debit cards to make purchases on the Internet. It can be safe - if you follow some precautions, but it's still risky.
• Credit card move paves way for lower charges to retailers
  MasterCard has suspended its Multilateral Interchange Fee (MIF) from June 21 , paving the way for renegotiations that could reduce the fees paid by travel-retailers to the credit card company.
• Consumer Credit Card Debt Chilling the Mexican Economy Frontera NorteSur
  A serious trouble zone is emerging in the consumer credit sector, which has helped drive the Mexican economy during the last four to five years.
• Credit Cards Stolen Without Leaving Wallet
  You think your credit card is safe when it's tucked out of sight. However, it may not be, thanks to new technology that's supposed to make your life easier.
• Taking the steps to prevent identity theft
  Don't give out your credit card number unless you're initiating a purchase. Most of us do at least some shopping online these days. As long as you're dealing with a reputable merchant who uses a secure site i.e. one that has "https" in the web address-you should be reasonably confident that your credit card information will be protected
• How To Stop "Recycling Debt"
  Don't forget to look at ways to reduce essential expenses, too: You can call your auto and home insurance company and ask about raising your deductibles, or shop for a lower-cost provider.
• Credit cards need photo identification
  all cards should be required to put that picture on every card. Then all credit card transactions should require that the picture be verified against the appearance of the person using the card.
• Fed's new credit rules make sense
  CREDIT cards may be the most competitive business in America. Anyone with decent credit - and a lot of people without it - finds his mailbox stuffed with come-ons touting "low introductory rates!" and "big rewards
• Handing Teen Credit Card Has Pros, Cons
  Credit card issuers are reaching out to teenagers and their parents with youth-friendly credit card products. Whether it's a prepaid card, or one associated with mom's account, these companies say that their products offer teens an early life lesson in financial management.
• Welch seeks crackdown on credit firms
  Vermont's lone representative to the U.S. House joined Washington-area retailers and a national consumer advocate in announcing the move, saying the issue was raised at a February meeting devoted mainly to the high costs credit card companies impose on consumers.
• Mideast credit-card market booms
  Vermont's lone representative to the U.S. House joined Washington-area retailers and a national consumer advocate in announcing the move, saying the issue was raised at a February meeting devoted mainly to the high costs credit card companies impose on consumers.
• 2008 Business Travel Survey: Spending Consolidation Boosts Card Suppliers
  Issuers noted double-digit percentage year-over-year growth in corporate travel and entertainment transaction volumes in 2007. They saw increased efforts by corporations to consolidate spending onto cards, including global efforts by multinational companies, and continued growth of card use in the small and midsize.
• Secure shopping online
  shopping online is rapidly becoming the preferred mode of bargain hunting for many. In 2007 Britons spent a whopping £55.3 billion via the web – an increase of roughly a third on the previous year – and we have already dropped £13 billion into web retailers’ (or etailers’) tills in the first three months of 2008, according to IMRG, the trade body for UK online retailers
• Credit card penalties reach £50m
  According to the study undertaken by MoneyExpert.com, around 4.1 million credit card payments have either been missed altogether or paid late over the period, equivalent to nine per cent of the nine per cent of the total bills issued by lenders.
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