A number of credit card companies now issue credit cards with embedded rfids (radio frequency ID tags), with promises of enhanced security and speedy transactions. But on today’s episode of Boing Boing tv, hacker and inventor Pablos Holman shows Xeni how you can use about $8 worth of gear bought on ebay to read personal [...]

Reckon you’ve got it terrible with the fees your credit card charges you? Well try this: $247 up-front, for a $300 credit line… And that’s not the worst of it!

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Fed proposes rule to rein in late, over-limit charges on credit cards
In the latest bid to overhaul consumer banking practices, the Federal Reserve unveiled a preliminary rule last week to address credit card fees.

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Everybody knows using a credit card at the ATM or bank will qualify the transaction as a cash advance and cash advances carry a rather high rate. But today I heard a bit on the news;how to make money off of the credit card companies rather than them making it off of you. It featured [...]

I was just wondering how interest rates get lowered on credit cards? Why do some people have lower interest rates, and some have higher? I know the whole difference between credit scores and that some people have better credit than others. But I know that every single person with a low interest rate on credit [...]

She has went bankrupt twice and there is nothing i can do about it. The credit report is in both of our names because the state requires it. You cannot stop her from getting credit cards and ruining your credit unless you get a divorce. I dont have a credit card and on my credit [...]

Younger People More Likely to Be Refused Loans, Mortgages and Credit Cards
RISMEDIA, March 4, 2010—Younger people are more than twice as likely as older age groups to have been turned down for loans, mortgages and credit cards within the last year, according to a new national survey by FindLaw.com, one of the…

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I know having too many is not excellent for a person’s credit score and looks terrible to those checking this credit. But not having any credit (such as cards) is not excellent either. So is it best to have more than one card?

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Crime Stoppers: Man stealing credit cards from purses
Police say he’s stealing credit cards from womens purses, then spending thousands of dollars on the cards, and it’s all caught on tape in this week’s Crime of the Week.

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I have 4 credit cards (limits are 1000, 3300, and two 500s) and was considering getting rid of one 500 credit card. Should I pay the whole thing off and KEEP it or GET RID of it??

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