Entries Categorized as 'Credit Cards'

Credit card debt: The less you pay, the more it costs

Date March 28, 2011

By Richard Barrington In George Orwell’s “1984,” the totalitarian regime often confused the populace by using contradictory phrases such as “war is peace” and “freedom is slavery.” The common credit card term “minimum payment” might contain a similar sort of contradiction, because by making minimum payments, you’ll find yourself shelling out the maximum amount of [...]

How do the new credit card rules affect you?

Date March 16, 2011

By Jim Sloan In recent months Americans in general have been making a determined effort to pay down their credit card debts. Maybe you’ve been part of this, changing your spending habits, and using your paycheck to pay down your credit card debt along with your student loans. That effort will only be helped by [...]

Looking to travel? Capital One’s Venture Rewards card might be your ticket

Date March 11, 2011

By Jim Sloan For those just out of college or starting fresh, a break in the form of traveling to another state or country is usually near the top of wish lists. Finding ways to fund traveling however, can be a significant barrier to actually realizing this. If you’re good with credit cards, though, a [...]

5 key credit card terms you should know

Date February 28, 2011

By Ryan Hurlbert When I was starting out, a wallet full of credit cards was a sign of success–if you had five or six cards, you were obviously doing well. Like so many others, I got myself into a bit of a payment crunch; each minimum payment by itself was small, but when I lumped [...]

Act quickly to take advantage of Discover’s zero percent balance transfer card

Date February 23, 2011

By Jim Sloan Zero balance transfer credit cards make sense if you have one or more high-interest credit cards that you’re having trouble whittling down. One of the best offers for balance transfer credit cards is coming from Discover – what makes this offer so special? Setting the industry standard Discover’s offers are so good, [...]

Top 5 credit cards for consumers with excellent credit

Date February 16, 2011

By Joe Taylor Jr. Take care of your credit, and credit card companies will want to take care of you. Banks have put together some hard-to-find credit card offers to attract consumers with high FICO scores. If you’ve built a strong credit history, you can earn unusually high cash back rebates, travel perks, and low [...]

6 signs your date is a financial dud

Date January 27, 2011

By MoneyBlueBook contributor Dating is like walking on a minefield: You never know what your next step will bring. Now to make it even harder, dating experts are adding a new twist. It used to be as easy as intuition, dinner and a movie, but now experts say that financial compatibility is an important factor [...]

Like surgery, medical credit cards offer risks and rewards

Date January 12, 2011

By Joe Taylor Jr. If you feel awkward getting asked to open a store credit card when you’re shopping for blue jeans, imagine what happens when you get the same offer in the emergency room. Medical credit card applications abound at the offices of dentists, doctors, and even veterinarians. While relaxed approval processes make these [...]

Chase Sapphire credit card — what’s not to like?

Date January 10, 2011

By Peter Andrew I’m not expecting any sympathy, but it’s not easy writing product reviews. That’s because it’s rarely possible to rank different features in a way that’s meaningful to everyone. Take televisions as an example. I badly need a new one, and recently started reading TV reviews. All I’ve discovered so far is that [...]

Kardashian Kard killed – but prepaid cards set to take off

Date January 6, 2011

By Peter Andrew Call me old-fashioned (no, really–everyone else does), but I know next to nothing about the Kardashian sisters. However, even with the tiny amount of knowledge I have, I struggle to picture a family breakfast scene in which Kim, licking maple syrup from her perfectly manicured fingers, glances up from her copy of [...]