Archive for the ‘Credit’ Category

Convenience credit card users are not perfect customers

Thursday, November 5th, 2009

This article on MSN Money misses a bit in the title: Banks punish perfect customers The article is another one on how credit card companies are hitting otherwise conscientious users with annual fees.  The users that are being targeted now are those who pay their bills on time and don't carry a ...

Uh-huh: Anti-credit-card legislation hurts just about everyone

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009

Caught this in a tweet from Wise Bread: Latest bank fee is for paying off credit card on time every month The target of new fees for credit card issuers is people who haven't paid them yet, among others. I mean, why should people who carry a balance, miss payments, or go ...

Should you be able to give your tithe on a credit card?

Sunday, October 18th, 2009

At lunch yesterday I saw this:  Now even God takes credit cards!  The article lists a number of new (or relatively new) places that have come to accept plastic for payment, and number 2 on the list was churches.  Some churches now have debit- and credit-card kiosks for charging a ...

Bargain hunting miles and points with credit cards

Saturday, August 29th, 2009

(This is a guest post from Mr Credit Card of Ask Mr. Credit Card.  If you like his style, you can subscribe to his feed.) Firstly, I would like to thank John for the opportunity to guest post here and also for giving me the opportunity to host the Carnival of ...