Personal finance guru Suze Orman is launching a prepaid debit card that may be a game changer for the prepaid card industry. Personal finance advisor, award-winning author and TV hostess Suze Orman has branded her image with a low fee prepaid debit card that has the lofty ambition of helping users build – or rebuild [...]
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Credit card issuers pushing balance transfer offers
[November 24th, 2011]Capital One, Bank of America, Citigroup, and JP Morgan Chase are now pushing consumers towards their low-interest balance transfer options. To offset fees that many of the major banks have been charging this month in order to make up for lost revenue brought about by the Credit CARD Act of 2009, those four major banks [...]
Gas prices, food prices, and the cost of living are all on the rise. And so is your credit card’s APR.
[October 14th, 2011]Many credit cards offer enticing introductory offers and teaser rates boasting zero percent APRs and lowered interest rates. Usually low APR rates last for the first twelve months of opening a new credit card account. But after those 12 months, many consumers may be shocked to find an excessively high APR rate. Once the probationary [...]
Credit cards to the rescue for people with bad credit
[September 6th, 2011]Having a bad credit rating can cause more harm than you can imagine. It is imperative to rework on your bad credit history and make amends to get into the good books. This is again possible only when you use credit cards wisely and make payments on time. However, choosing the right credit cards exclusively [...]
Rewards credit cards that are worth signing up for
[August 15th, 2011]While a certain segment of consumers are busy complaining that credit card lenders don’t take notice of their existence, another set of consumers with more than average credit scores are a happy lot since credit card lenders are willing to bend over backwards to provide them the type of cards they are looking for. Since [...]
Worried about the limited credit history? – Cards you can still sign up for
[July 30th, 2011]Gone are the days when customers with limited and no credit history had to worry about the availability of credit cards that can help them build a good credit history. With the recession becoming a thing of the past, many banks are now willing to open their doors to people with limited history and offer [...]
Have fair credit? Here are the credit cards to apply for
[July 17th, 2011]The recession is now finally becoming a thing of the past. Credit card issuers who had stopped issuing credit cards to people with anything less than a good credit score are now opening up and willing to take risks they had stayed away from for the last couple of years. If you count yourself among [...]
A deeper insight into the world of secured credit cards
[July 3rd, 2011]Life without credit cards is unimaginable today. Though consumers with an excellent to good credit score can easily avail the cards of their choice, those with credit scores that don’t talk a lot about their financial management abilities are still finding it tough to get credit cards with favorable terms. Banks and other financial institutions [...]
Banks make up for lost revenue through prepaid cards
[June 18th, 2011]Americans who eagerly await their benefit checks from the government each month can now breathe a sigh of relief. Government agencies have now started automatically loading the benefit funds onto the prepaid accounts of the beneficiaries to make way for seamless transactions and reduce the wait time. The increasing demand from the government agencies and [...]
Banks report fall in late payments and defaults
[June 2nd, 2011]The recent reports that have come in have revealed that five out of the six major banks that issue credit cards to consumers have reported a fall in the number of late payments and defaults. The only exception was the Bank of America that reported an increase in the number of defaults for the month [...]



