I was reading Robin Askwith’s autobiography recently. Apart from laughing out loud at the many exploits which he got up to when shooting the Confessions… films, Robin made a point about an American Express card which he was given that was soon spent on buying a ticket to a far-flung country. Robin said that he…
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, in 2009 156 million Americans held one or more credit cards, and that number is projected to hit 160 million by the end of this year. These cards represented $886 billion in debt in 2009, a huge increase since 2000 when credit card debt was estimated at $680 billion….
You might think that with today’s technology, credit card statement errors would be a thing of the past, but in many ways technology makes it easier for errors to slip by unnoticed. Most of these errors are unintentional, such as being overcharged at a merchant or a mathematical mistake on your last payment, but an…
Annual fees… late fees… foreign transaction fees… obviously all credit card fees are annoying, but one of the most despised is the balance transfer fee. Banks reel us in with enticing 0% offers, only to slap us with a big fat fee for using them. What’s up with that?! So how can you avoid them?…
Lately, I’ve been talking about prepaid debit cards since a lot of people have been in a huge uproar about the recent increase in fees from the Bank of American. So in this article I’m going to present a different solution, the almart MoneyCard(SM) Visa® Prepaid Card, also known as the Walmart MoneyCard, and in…
Earlier last week I was filling up my truck with gas and as I went to pay for it I was informed by the clerk that my Marathon Gas Card was no longer valid. In fact he informed me that MasterCard was dropping the card and that Visa was picking it up. So in this…
Do you need a credit card but can’t get one because your credit is in the gutter? For some people this is a big issue however their are alternatives such as Pre Approved credit cards, and in this article I’m going to cover just what exactly they are, how they work, who is best suited…
About seven years ago I did something that almost every adult American will do sometime in their life, I applied for my first credit card. I was 22 years old and had no idea what kind of financial decision I had just made. In this article, I’m going to cover what you should know before…
Is your credit history in shambles? Are you looking for a way to rebuild your credit again but know that every credit card or loan you’ve applied for has turned you down. In this article I’m going to give you a solution to that problem. In this article I’m going to talk about the Orchard…
Owning any credit card is like owning a double edge sword, there is always a good side and a bad side and even at times an ugly side. However, in this article I’m going to be discussing the pros and cons of owning zero percent credit cards. You’ve heard of them, the credit cards zero percent interest…