Category Archives: Credit Cards Articles

Vacation Trends That Help You Save

If you’re thinking about traveling this summer, you should also plan out ways to save money while you travel.

Instead of racking up expensive hotel bills, why not choose a more affordable alternative?

Here some of our favorite suggestions for travel stays on the cheap.

Airbnb

Calling itself a “community marketplace for unique spaces,”Airbnb is a network of individuals with space to spare and people who are looking for places to stay. When you’re planning a trip, go to Airbnb and search for your travel destination to find a space available for your travel dates. You can

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Consumers Try to Adapt to Exorbitant Debit Card Fees

Consumers Try to Adapt to Exorbitant Debit Card Fees

Within the past few weeks major banks across the USA hikes their fees for using debit cards, while they also discontinued debit card rewards programs. The big banks claim that they had no choice in the matter because they are being overregulated and are losing vital profits, but most consumers consider that a pretty lame excuse.

The fact is that banks are losing profits thanks to the fact that they are finally being forced to stop charging outrageous credit card fees and using sneaky devices to add miscellaneous fees and charges to checking accounts.

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Review: BrandYourself Helps You “Look Good” Online

“Take control of your online reputation!” urges the new website BrandYourself.

Your name could be one of the 80 million names Googled every day, according to BrandYourself. Founded after CEO Pete Kistler realized his name was the same as that of a convicted felon, BrandYourself became a platform to improve and expand an individual’s online reputation.

BrandYourself has its roots at Syracuse Tech Garden’s student sandbox companies in the summer of 2009. Today, the company continues to receive accolades and honors for its innovation.

The purpose of BrandYourself is to help users improve their entire online reputation from one central online location. Much li

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Obama Signs Act Defining Credit Protections at Doctor’s Offices

Obama Signs Act Defining Credit Protections at Doctor’s Offices

President Barack Obama has signed into law the Red Flag Program Clarification Act, legislation that is aimed at curbing breeches in credit identity security at doctor’s offices.

Consumer complaints about financial identity theft have prompted lots of changes in laws and protocols as credit card thieves have become increasingly sophisticated and computer hackers have stolen tens of millions of credit cards by hacking into unprotected computer databases. The

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Wednesday Roundup: Credit Cards & Debt News

On Wednesdays we find our favorite credit cards and debt news links from all over the web and blogosphere.

Today check out the new best credit cards, if you should invest or pay off your debt, and more.

A New Academic Study Scrutinizes Credit Score Reporting

A New Academic Study Scrutinizes Credit Score Reporting

The all-important credit score has gained so much significance in our modern lives that a team of researchers from the University of Missouri plan to spend more than a million dollars to study it.

The group of experts was given $1.13 million in grant money by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, and the educational institution released a statement to the media explaining that the focus of their research is to gain more insight into the how disputes related to credit scores are resolved. Under the Fair Credit Reporting Act – a piece of legislation that attempts to protect consumers from unfair lending practices – anyone who has a credit score is entitled to contest it, ask for errors to be corrected, or block access to their credit history. The

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