Archive for the ‘Credit’ Category
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010
This Huffington Post article puts a big spotlight on all of the money that credit card companies and banks are making by being the broker of donations to charities that support rescue and aid over in Haiti:
About 97 percent of these donations will actually make it to the designated organizations ...
Posted in Banking, Charitable Giving, Commentary, Credit | 6 Comments »
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 ...
Posted in Commentary, Credit | 7 Comments »
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 ...
Posted in Commentary, Credit | 5 Comments »
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 ...
Posted in Biblical Finance, Credit | 8 Comments »
