Archive for the ‘Credit’ Category

Should there be a ban on reward credit cards? Heck no

Friday, October 14th, 2011

Luke "Flexo" Landes of Consumerism Commentary has a guest post over at Wealth Pilgrim on whether the government should have a ban on reward credit cards. The post had the flavor of a thought experiment, and I'm not aware of any talk to implement this. Nonetheless, the thought of that idea ...

The tooth fairy pushes credit?!

Tuesday, October 19th, 2010

The son of one of my high school classmates lost a tooth.  He's similar in age to my daughter.  Here's the brief exchange from my classmate and her son: My classmate:  "[Son], what do you think the tooth fairy will bring?" Her son:  "Maybe she can bring me a credit card!" Out of ...

Here’s the skinny on The Skinny On

Wednesday, October 13th, 2010

I received a whole bunch of books, compliments of Jim Randel and friends, from The Skinny On series. I've read a few of them, not because I'm a particularly fast reader but because they're super-quick reads.  Truth in advertising: it even says so on the spines.  The ones I've read so ...

The annual fees you thought you’d never have

Monday, September 13th, 2010

In the wake of the CARD Act comes some belt-tightening by credit card issuers because they now have to treat their most profitable customers as children, rather than letting them suffer the consequences of their financial actions.  As these customers are no longer as profitable, issuers need to find money ...