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Archive for Category "3. Credit" (138 Entries)

A Price Hike from Citi and One Less Customer (March 2, 2010)

How Much Are Credit Card Issuers Charging Merchants? (February 4, 2009)

Free Credit Score for Everyone (January 3, 2009)

A $215 Refund (April 12, 2008)

Supercharge Your Frequent Flier Mileage Account by Applying for Co-Branded Credit Card (January 8, 2008)

American Express: Winner of 2007 J.D. Power Credit Card Satisfaction Survey (December 26, 2007)

What A Year of 0% APR Arbitrage Has Brought Me (October 17, 2007)

Citi CashReturns MasterCard - Credit Card Deal of the Year (September 13, 2007)

0% APR Introductory Credit Card Offers Still Exist (August 8, 2007)

My Credit Score Is Back To The 700s (August 7, 2007)

Capital One Finally Reports Credit Limits (August 5, 2007)

Am I Becoming A Credit Risk? (November 6, 2006)

Citibank's Online Lending Center Launched (October 22, 2006)

Credit Dispute Experience at Experian and Equifax (October 21, 2006)

American Express Blue Cash Now Offers Unlimited Rewards (October 17, 2006)

MasterCard to Cap Fuel-Purchase Fees (September 6, 2006)

Citibank Reduces Cashback Incentive for Cardholders (August 22, 2006)

In Praise of Our Credit Union's Credit Card (August 7, 2006)

The Value of A Great Balance Transfer Deal (February 28, 2006)

Postcard from China: Credit and Debit Cards (November 25, 2005)

Reminder: Free Credit Report Is Available Nation Wide (September 1, 2005)

How to Track (Multiple) Credit Card Promotions (August 11, 2005)

Survival Guide for the New Driver's Edge Card from Citi (July 14, 2005)

Good Reward Card Deals Drying Up? (June 9, 2005)

Cash Out Your Credit Score (June 1, 2005)

Reminder: Free Credit Report Rolled Out To Southern States On June 1st (May 31, 2005)

Do We Have Too Many Card Innovations? (May 23, 2005)

Citi Backpedaling Popular Credit Card Offer? (April 29, 2005)

Credit Card Rewards Distort Price System? (April 7, 2005)

Citi Is Still ... Generous (March 23, 2005)

What's In Your Credit Score (March 18, 2005)

Call You Tell Good Debt From Bad Debt? (March 16, 2005)

Your Free Credit Report, The Experian Way (February 28, 2005)

How High Can Credit Card Interest Rate Be? (February 16, 2005)

Why Do Credit Cards Expire? (February 7, 2005)

10 Credit Card Tips for 2005 (January 8, 2005)

5% Off Everything With Citi's Driver's Edge (December 29, 2004)

Average Size Of Credit Card Transaction (December 27, 2004)

How Should You Deal With Convenience Checks? (December 15, 2004)

Who Is Stronger? Visa or Mastercard? (December 13, 2004)

MBNA Customers, Be Aware (December 9, 2004)

Free Credit Report: The TransUnion Flavor (December 3, 2004)

Fresh Taste of Truly Free Credit Report (Equifax) (December 1, 2004)

Free Credit Reports Are On The Way (November 23, 2004)

Kmart Rewards (November 10, 2004)

MBNA Starts to Issue American Express Cards (November 6, 2004)

How MBNA Takes Away Your Benefits, Gradually (November 4, 2004)

October 2004 Credit Score: TransUnion/659, Experian/744 (November 2, 2004)

The Radical Guide to Credit Cards (October 17, 2004)

Watch Out for Bad-Loan Signals (October 14, 2004)

Dirty Secrets of Airline Credit Cards (October 7, 2004)

With PremierPass, Citi Is Running Its Own Mileage Program (October 3, 2004)

September 2004 Credit Score: TransUnion/635, Experian/732 (September 30, 2004)

$20 Bonus for BankOne's First Protect Program (September 18, 2004)

Demystifying ARM Indices (September 15, 2004)

Doubling Up Credit Card Rewards (September 13, 2004)

TrueEarnings: The Better Amex/CostCo Card (September 8, 2004)

American DreamCard - Play Lottery by Charging (August 30, 2004)

First Citi Credit Protector Rebate Check Received (August 28, 2004)

August 2004 Credit Score: TransUnion/734, Eloan/666 (August 25, 2004)

$1,000 A Year Just By Picking The Right Card (August 24, 2004)

Close Encounters of The Third Kind (August 24, 2004)

3 Bureau Credit Report and Score for $1 (August 16, 2004)

Clever Wording from Fleet (And Shame on Me) (August 15, 2004)

Small Balance Adjustment (August 14, 2004)

Progress with Fleet Balance Transfer (August 13, 2004)

Another 0.25% Rate Increase and How It Will Affect You (August 11, 2004)

Phishing Is Becoming Epidemic (August 10, 2004)

HGW4 = 10% Off All Restaurant Bills (CFI) (August 7, 2004)

Free Money Still Abound (August 5, 2004)

Anti-Identity Theft Freeze Gaining Momentum (August 4, 2004)

Real Credit Card Debt (August 1, 2004)

Gasbates (July 31, 2004)

0% Offers (July 28, 2004)

$126 Cash Rebate From Citi Received (July 28, 2004)

As Cash Fades, America Becomes A Plastic Nation (July 26, 2004)

July 2004 Credit Score: TransUnion/719, Eloan/710 (July 23, 2004)

$30,000 HELOC Closed (July 22, 2004)

My First No-Fee 0% APR Balance Transfer Offer (CFI) (July 21, 2004)

Getting United MileagePlus Visa Signature Card (13 Cards and Counting) (July 17, 2004)

"Profit from Chase" Credit Card (July 9, 2004)

Applying a Home Equity Line of Credit (July 7, 2004)

Free Credit Report from Experian (July 5, 2004)

Rates Move Higher ... Now What? (July 5, 2004)

$100 Turns Out To Be $150 (June 27, 2004)

Debit Rewards Cards Expand Offerings -- And Come With Costs (June 26, 2004)

Bill Me Later� (June 23, 2004)

4 Ways to Snag the Best Reward Card (June 23, 2004)

June 2004 Credit Score: TransUnion/730, Eloan/700 (June 23, 2004)

Buying Gift Cards Thru Grocery Stores at 5% Discount? (June 22, 2004)

Everything is Negotiable (June 11, 2004)

Free Credit Reports Are Coming Gradually (June 6, 2004)

Credit Cards That Pay (June 2, 2004)

DebtSmart.com - A Great Personal Finance Site (May 31, 2004)

The 9th Card (May 26, 2004)

A Summary of Late Fees (May 25, 2004)

May 2004 Credit Score: TransUnion/704, Eloan/679 (May 25, 2004)

Citi Dividend Card: Sweeter Deal After 9/1 (May 19, 2004)

$15 Bait From Citi (May 14, 2004)

Nodebt.com Pays You For Paying Your Bills On Times (April 29, 2004)

April 2004 Credit Score: TransUnion/710, Eloan/675 (April 25, 2004)

Citi Dividend Platinum Select Card: The First Statement (April 21, 2004)

A Credit Card With $1,500 Annual Fee (April 17, 2004)

Fidelity MasterCard� Credit Cards (April 15, 2004)

Cashback vs Reward (April 5, 2004)

Heading for Refinancing (March 30, 2004)

Credit Card Companies Raise Penalties To $39 (March 29, 2004)

Citi Dividend Platinum Select Card Received (March 26, 2004)

Monthly Credit Score Update - February 2004 (+7 -> 691) (March 23, 2004)

5 Year Interest Only LIBOR ARM (March 22, 2004)

Providian Sweetens the Deal (March 20, 2004)

Citi� Dividend Platinum Select� Card (CFI) (March 17, 2004)

Credit Line Increase Fee (March 16, 2004)

Refinancing Now? (March 15, 2004)

MBNA, Increasing Credit Limit Every Three Months? (March 14, 2004)

Surpassed 20,000 Mark in MBNA Reward Program (March 6, 2004)

Experian National Score Index (March 5, 2004)

Monthly Credit Score Update - February 2004 (+11 -> 684) (February 23, 2004)

Providian Real Rewards (February 21, 2004)

Blue Cash from American Express (February 21, 2004)

Visa Extras (February 18, 2004)

Scoring a Loan (February 15, 2004)

Why Debit Card? Why Cash? (January 28, 2004)

Redemption Value of Card Miles (January 28, 2004)

Monthly Credit Score Update - January 2004 (January 24, 2004)

How Does Your Debt Compare? (January 9, 2004)

Monthly Credit Score Update - December 2003 (December 29, 2003)

Comparison of Credit Card Sites (December 10, 2003)

MBNA Silently Increased My Credit Limit, By A Bit (December 10, 2003)

First Premier Bank Gold MasterCard: A Credit Card Too Expensive to Keep (December 8, 2003)

Profitable Card Issuers (December 3, 2003)

Providian Increased My Credit Limit (November 28, 2003)

2004 New Conforming Loan Limit = $333,700 (November 26, 2003)

Monthly Credit Score Update - November 2003 (November 23, 2003)

FICO Score Estimator (October 28, 2003)

Monthly Credit Score Update - October 2003 (October 25, 2003)

ShareBuilder Visa Platinum Card (October 1, 2003)

Eloan.com Credit Monitoring Service (September 24, 2003)

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