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Card 2.0 puts high tech gadgetry into credit cards
Don’t miss New Jersey’s Credit Union Day
China on track to be largest credit card market in the world
Cuomo investigate SUNY student credit card practices
American’s reduce their credit debt, but hurt the economy
Your salary goes plastic with payroll cards
McDonald’s and IBM to improve cashless payment systems in UK
The New AmEx “Zync” Charge Card
New credit card law protects gift card holders
Visa Canada unveils Infinite Luxury Hotel Collection
Federal Trade Commission files lawsuit against online weight loss scammers
“Rightcliq” from Visa gives online shoppers a new tool to compare prices.
Libraries allow credit card use to pay fines
Credit increase for first time since 2007
Studies show people are paying credit bills again
Payment rates on credit cards and loans continue to go up
New credit cardholder protections imposed
Visa Business Network adopts online social networking
Customizable spending with Mastercard’s InControl
Smartphones may replace your credit cards soon
Cuomo broadens investigation of CareCard
Industry introduces new technology to deal with credit card fraud
Investigation launched on health care credit cards
New study evaluates clarity of credit applications
CARD Act changes student credit card laws
New study shows credit card usage by geographic location
New technologies to guard your smartphone credit transactions
FTC issues final rule for for-profit debt relief companies
Visa’s third-quarter earnings exceed expectations—again
Credit cards, the reverse Robin Hood effect, and correcting it
Chase’s APR increase raises national average
New inactivity fees will be short lived
New study by Fed blasts credit industry
A new type of fraud: credit card skimmers
AmEx announces increase in quarterly profits
Fly free and skip the bag fees with airline credit cards
Senate calls on Fed to alter CARD Act
A rundown of the Dodd-Frank Act
Sometimes, credit scores can hurt whole countries
Public-assistance income and credit applications
Credit card companies jump into the online savings industry
Limited time offer on Universal Savings and Reward Cards through Citi Cards and AT&T.
Fed makes new rules in addition to CARD Act
First National Bank of Omaha and Murphy Oil Corp. team up to offer new credit services.
New technology allows smartphones to act as card readers
Recent study links credit card debt to problematic behavior in college students
Credit unions providing personal credit card readers to protect you from cyber fraud
New law changes the landscape of teen credit
The high cost of a high APR: Physicians link debt to depression
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