Posted on Thursday, 26th March 2009 by CreditCardGuru
The New York Times reported that the Taxi Commission is loving the use of credit cards for payment. Last year less than 1 out of 16 cab rides in NYC were paid for with plastic. Now a year later, 1 out of 5 customers are paying with their Visa, Mastercard, American Express, or Discover.
Last November, [...]
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Posted on Friday, 20th March 2009 by CreditCardGuru
While use of credit cards has slowed here in the United States, many countries overseas are still experiencing double-digit growth in both the total number of credit cards as well as how often they’re used. A good example of this are credit cards in China. Over 300 million new bank cards (both debit and credit) [...]
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Posted on Tuesday, 17th March 2009 by CreditCardGuru
Do you know who Norm Coleman is? Even if you aren’t a resident of Minnesota, you should recognize the name from heated (and on-going) recount there between him and Al Franken. Well now Coleman has a whole new problem to deal with; he is being accused of leaking credit card information from over 50,000 of [...]
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Posted on Tuesday, 10th March 2009 by CreditCardGuru
A massive scam is sweeping major cities across the country, where crooks solicit credit card numbers from unsuspecting people through text messages. Here’s how to avoid this scam, but first, you need to learn how it works:
You receive a text message or phone call that claims the following: your credit card information has jeopardized and [...]
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Posted on Friday, 6th March 2009 by Sam
This week Myspace, in conjunction with Citi (whose stock is below $1 may I add) issued their very own credit card. The rewards on the Myspace Citi Forward credit card are nothing to jump up and down about - on regular purchases you receive 1 point for every 1 dollar you spend. These points can [...]
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