Archive for the ‘Credit’ Category

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 ...

Anti-credit-card legislation hurts just about everyone

Thursday, May 7th, 2009

Dual Income No Kids posted this video about ongoing legislation that would work to rein in credit card companies.  You might think that because I manage a blog carnival on debt reduction that I'd be all for something like this.  After all, it would help people get out of debt ...

I can’t really get mad at Experian

Friday, February 27th, 2009

Experian still does credit scoring, but you aren't allowed to see them anymore, and that's got some people ticked off.  Experian alleges that its hand was forced a little bit by "unreasonable" demands from Fair Isaac Corporation (FICO) in contract talks, leading to its change in service. I don't see this ...

Costco TrueEarnings Business Card being discontinued soon

Tuesday, November 11th, 2008

Aww man, no sooner do I post about Costco credit cards like the TrueEarnings® Business Card from Costco and American Express then I hear that the offer is being discontinued!  Bummer. So if you were thinking about getting 5% off the cheapest gasoline in town, you'll need to apply before this ...