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Submitted by Credit Card Focus – October 30, 2007 7:45 AM
Credit card benefits are the rewards you get for using a particular card. Often, the more you use your card and the higher the annual fee you pay for it, the richer the benefits you’ll get. These can include collector’s points, contributions to a favorite cause, restaurant discounts, warranties on purchases made with the card and travel health insurance. The list is practically endless. Full Story.
What You Need to Know about Credit Cards
Submitted by Credit Card Focus – October 27, 2007 12:35 PM
Getting a credit card is a huge step in your financial life. A credit card can be a great tool to help you establish a positive credit history, or it can be an easy way to get yourself into serious debt. Here are some things you should know before you get a credit card. Full Story.
Submitted by Credit Card Focus – October 24, 2007 3:35 PM
For many people, credit cards seem too good to be true. It can feel like you are getting whatever you want, without paying real money for it. Then the end of the month comes around and reality sets in. Managing your spending and paying for a credit card takes discipline. Read on to learn how to avoid common credit card traps. Full Story.
Submitted by Credit Card Focus – September 25, 2007 10:11 AM
Credit card benefits are the rewards you get for using a particular card. Often, the more you use your card and the higher the annual fee you pay for it, the richer the benefits you’ll get. These can vary from points you collect and exchange for anything from airline tickets to CDs, contributions to a favorite cause to restaurant discounts, and warranties on purchases made with the card to travel health insurance. The list is practically endless. Full Story.
Teaching Kids How to Use Credit Cards
Submitted by Credit Card Focus – August 13, 2007 10:00 AM
If there’s one thing that makes parents more nervous than picturing their kids with the car keys, it’s imagining them with a credit card. Yet in recent years, the number of teens using plastic has increased dramatically as credit-card companies actively pursue young people with applications in the mail, at college fairs and especially on campuses, where students get T-shirts and other free gifts for signing up. Full Story.
Finding the Best Credit Card Deals
Submitted by Credit Card Focus – August 09, 2007 09:35 AM
If you’re looking for a credit card, remember these two words: Comparison shop. Your credit card is an integral part in building your credit report and credit score, so you want a card that will work for you. Here are some things that you should keep in mind when trying to find the best credit card deals. Full Story.
The Truth about Credit Card Minimum Payments
Submitted by Credit Card Focus – July 06, 2007 10:49 AM
One of the most enticing features of a credit card is being able to make the purchases you want and only have to pay for a fraction of them when your credit card statement arrives in the mail. The amount of this minimum payment is calculated by your credit card company and reflects a percentage of your total balance. Full Story
Rverview of Recent Developments in the Credit Card Industry
By Douglas Akers, Jay Golter, Brian Lamm, and Martha Solt
Since the 1980s, Visa U.S.A. (Visa) and MasterCard International (MasterCard), the bank-controlled credit card associations that together account for approximately 70 percent of today’s credit card market, have been able to control the use of and access to their networks to the advantage of their bank members. Recently, however, the credit card industry has been changing:1 some merchants are now large enough to exert their own leverage, legal defeats have impeded the ability of credit card associations to control the market, and some participants have developed new arrangements and alliances that may be a prelude to further changes in the industry. This article surveys recent developments in an industry that is facing new competitive dynamics. Full Story
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