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Credit Card Companies Prepare ...Credit Card Companies Prepare to Boost Interest Rates and Fees | Personal Finance Corner Credit card companies are preparing to raise fees and boost interest rates. http://www.allbusiness.com/personal-finance/4554345-1.html Paulson and Bernanke to Revive Credit Card Lending Paulson and Bernanke to Revive Credit Card Lending http://useconomy.about.com/b/2008/11/12/paulson-and-bernanke-to-revive-credit-card-lending.htm Security Fix - Hackers Test Limits of Credit Card Security Standards The number, scale and sophistication of data breaches fueled by hackers last year is rekindling the debate over the efficacy of the credit card industry's security standards for safeguarding customer data. All merchants that handle credit and debit card data... http://voices.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2009/04/the_number_scale_and_sophistic.html Internet Donations Benefit Credit Card Companies - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com Another beneficiary emerges with Obama's success getting donations online http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/08/internet-donations-aiding-credit-card-companies/ Group drafts rules to nix credit-card storage The organization responsible for technical and best-practice standards in the payment industry plans to require the makers of merchant software to certify that their programs do not store sensitive data. http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11496 The death of the credit card economy. - By Daniel Gross - Slate Magazine The most revolutionary notion in commerce today is one of the oldest. If you want to buy something, you may actually have to pay for it. We are reverting from a "borrow and buy" economy to the "cash and carry" model of our grandparents. http://www.slate.com/id/2198942/ credit-bailout-issuers-slashing-card-balances.html: Personal Finance News from Yahoo! Finance Personal Finance, banking-budgeting http://finance.yahoo.com/banking-budgeting/article/107200/credit-bailout-issuers-slashing-card-balances.html?mod=bb-creditcards Ezra Klein - How the Credit Card Bill Helps Good Card Holders I just got off the phone with an Oregon radio show that was doing a segment on the credit card bill. "Will this hurt our listeners who pay their bills," they asked? This is not a wise way of thinking... http://voices.washingtonpost.com/ezra-klein/2009/05/how_the_credit_bill_helps_good.html Senate Rejects Limit on Credit-Card Interest Rates - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com Despite complaints that banks and credit card companies are gouging customers by charging outrageous interest rates, the Senate on Wednesday easily turned back an effort to cap interest rates at 15 percent. http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/13/senate-rejects-limit-on-credit-card-interest-rates/?partner=rss&emc=rss First Time Credit Card - Four Ways To Get Your First Credit Credit - No Credit Credit Cards It can be tough finding that first credit card.Don't worry, there are many credit card companies who are willing to give credit to first timers. http://credit.about.com/od/credit101/tp/firstcreditcard.htm Credit card holders livid about 'rate-jacking' - CNN.com It arrived in Rich Stevens' mailbox a few weeks ago: the notice that Citibank had "rate-jacked" the Visa cards belonging to him and his wife. http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/12/17/credit.card.rates/index.html When credit cards put you in jeopardy - CNN.com Americans are drowning in debt. http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/personal/02/22/financial.security/ Credit card companies able to raise rates at will - Nightly News with Brian Williams- msnbc.com In Sioux Falls, S.D. — 1,200 miles from Wall Street — the lending laws are as wide open as the skies. NBC's Anne Thompson reports. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6786867/ Credit Card Late Fees - How Much Will Credit Card Late Fees Really Cost You? Credit card late fees nearly tripled between 1994 and 2004, as credit card companies made up for lower interest rates. You may be surprised to learn how much credit card late fees really cost you. http://seniorliving.about.com/od/manageyourmoney/a/creditcardfees.htm 12-03-2007 - Senate Credit Card Hearing to Focus on Unfair Interest Rate Increases : Senator Carl Levin: News Release Senate Credit Card Hearing to Focus on Unfair Interest Rate IncreasesDecember 3, 2007 http://levin.senate.gov/newsroom/release.cfm?id=288169 | ||||