Confessions of a Credit-Card Pusher (BusinessWeek)

One student's story of how he was recruited to peddle credit cards on campus and the troubles he found for himself

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American Express, Discover score high for best credit card (CNNMoney.com via Yahoo! Finance)

When it comes to swiping plastic, consumers gave high ratings to American Express, Discover, as well as to cards issued by credit unions in a report released Thursday rating the best and worst credit cards.

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Victim's Credit Cards Used 12 Minutes After Crime (WKMG Local6.com via Yahoo! News)

Police in Apopka are searching for a gang of thieves who stole a woman's credit cards and then went on a wild spending spree minutes after the crime was committed.

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CREDIT CARD DANGER COULD LOOM (Colorado Springs Gazette)

CHICAGO - Now that the easy money in home mortgages is all but over, consumers may soon be caught in a financial squeeze with credit cards. Thats the worry among some economists and credit counselors as home lending has shifted into low gear.

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Chevron to Sell Proprietary Credit Card Businesses to GE Money and Fleetcor (ThomasNet)

SAN RAMON, Calif., Aug. 30 -- Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX) today announced that its subsidiaries Chevron U.S.A. Inc. and Chevron Credit Bank, N.A. reached agreements to sell their respective proprietary credit card businesses. Chevron has selected GE Money Bank, N.A. to own and operate its Chevron- and Texaco- branded consumer credit cards and FleetCor Technologies Operating Company, LLC to ...

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Credit Cards 101: Finding the Right Plastic (BusinessWeek Online via Yahoo! Asia News)

For a college student, finding the best starter credit card is an education in itself

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Credit Cards 101: Finding the Right Plastic (BusinessWeek Online via Yahoo! News)

The dreaded freshman 15, those extra pounds that come from eating all those carbs in the school cafeteria, isn't the only thing your kids need to worry about when heading off to college this fall. Sudden access to easy credit could get them into a heap of financial trouble. The National Foundation for Credit Counseling reports that nearly one-half of college students saddle themselves with more ...

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Check out all the cashback cards (Daily Telegraph)

Abbey is launching a credit card that gives you 5 per cent back on your supermarket spending. Great, writes Emma Lunn, but there are better deals out there.

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Fallsburgh Police man had drugs, stolen credit cards (Middletown Times Herald-Record)

Fallsburg - A 32-year-old New Jersey man was arrested Friday when police said they found 1.5 grams of crack cocaine in his trunk, along with four stolen credit cards.

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Banks score poorly in credit card poll (Centre Daily Times)

WALNUT CREEK, Calif. -- Credit cards issued by credit unions scored higher in customer satisfaction than cards issued by banks, according to a survey by Consumer Reports magazine.

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Banks get low scores in credit card survey (Lansing State Journal)

WALNUT CREEK, Calif. - Credits cards issued by credit unions scored higher in customer satisfaction than cards issued by banks, according to a survey by Consumer Reports magazine.

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Cut up the credit cards and get out of debt (Lansing State Journal)

If you're like the average American, you carry about eight credit and charge cards in your wallet, owe more than $7,500 and are paying around 14 percent in interest on those balances. Here are some tips to get your back on track. Separate "bad debt" and "OK debt." How do you tell the difference? OK debt has an interest rate well under 10 percent - preferably with some tax advantages to boot. In ...

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'Tap and go' credit cards launched (Daily Telegraph)

THE UK moved a step closer to becoming a cashless society today with the launch of a system that enables people to buy things by simply touching their credit card against a reader.

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Majoring in Credit-Card Debt (BusinessWeek)

Aggressive on-campus marketing by credit-card companies is coming under fire. What should be done to educate students about the dangers of plastic?

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Credit Cards Worry College Students (KWWL Iowa)

Consumer analysts have a warning for college students today, advising them to keep a close eye on their credit. Credit counselors say credit card companies make it easy for students to get cards, but they can get behind very quickly if they misuse them.

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Falling into the credit trap (Orlando Sentinel)

Now that the easy money in home mortgages is all but over, consumers may soon be caught in a financial squeeze with their credit cards.

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Fort Smith considers adding credit card fees to court costs (Pine Bluff Commercial)

FORT SMITH, Ark. - Fort Smith city officials expect more people will pay court fines with credit cards as district courts contemplate accepting payments online.

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Students: Beware credit's temptation (Dallas Morning News)

Those at college are hot prospects for new cards, but can they afford them? They remember their first love, their first car and, if financial institutions have it right, their first credit card.

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Description given of Hempfield credit card thief (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)

State police at Greensburg are searching for the man who broke into a North Huntingdon woman's car and used her credit cards to do some shopping.

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Letters: Credit cards, Long-term-care cure, college costs (The Kansas City Star)

I am a high school teacher, and I just read your column about your son getting a credit card (The perils of plastic weigh heavy as a son becomes a card carrier Kids & Money, Aug. 19).

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Visa or Mastercard?' Du Quoin City Hall Starts Accepting Credit and Debit Cards to Pay Water Bills (Du Quoin Evening Call)

DU QUOIN - City hall has taken a quantum leap toward convenience by installing the software to accept all major credit cards and debit cards to pay your water bill.

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Banks get low scores in credit card poll (The Clarion-Ledger)

Credits cards issued by credit unions scored higher in customer satisfaction than cards issued by banks, according to a survey in Consumer Reports magazine.

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College Students Falling Into Credit Card Debt (KJCT 8 Grand Junction)

COLORADO SPRINGS - They come to college with new backpacks, new books, and now new credit cards ready to be used. More and more college students are finding their mail boxes flooded with credit card offers, some students say they even receive as many as five offers every week.

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Credit Cards: Supersizing Made Easy (KFOX 14 El Paso)

As the use of credit cards grow in popularity, so do the number of people ordering fast food.

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Credit cards: The next crisis? (Daily Telegraph)

Fears are mounting that British credit card debts could soon spark a fresh crisis in the global financial system.

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