Travel for business? Listen up; MasterCard Worldwide and the Hyatt are set to offer you the benefits of the former’s enhanced folio data program. Businesses that use MasterCard corporate cards will be able to access line item expense data from their travel and entertainment activities at more than 12,000 hotels and resorts in the United [...]
American Express just launched a new cash back credit card, coined the “Blue Cash Everyday℠ Card.” The credit card comes with no annual fee and no spend minimum, meaning you start earning cash back at the full percentages right off the back. What you get in the way of cash back with the Blue Cash [...]
Consumers are now able to pick their interest rates themselves, thanks to a new and personalized credit card. It was developed by Accucard, and with it customers can tailor their own annual fee, cash back options and even the interest rates to suit them. In order to apply customers must fill in an online application. [...]
It is an alarming fact that credit card thieves account for 5 cents of every 100 dollars in transactions made through credit cards? Security features have come a long way since the inception of credit cards. At the very beginning, there wasn’t any protection for people with credit cards. If a thief got a hold [...]
When a loved one passes on, financial burden can increase the family’s hardship and suffering. With so many life expenses ranging from mortgages to car loans to credit card debt, student loans, and everything in between, it’s a common worry to think about the future of large debts and whether or not that debt is [...]
Many people aren’t aware of this, but paying your taxes with a credit card can cost you a lot more money. The IRS (International Revenue Service) offers people who owe taxes to pay by credit card, but this option comes with a lot of extra fees. Usually merchants will have to pay a processing fee [...]
For the novice or aspiring cardholder, credit card applications and offers can be quite confusing, considering all of the seemingly esoteric terminology used by financial institutions. Without the proper understanding of the terminology, cardholders can be persuaded into applying for credit cards that charge unfair fees and interest rates. Before applying for a card, applicants [...]
Customers of Bank of America Corp. may experience a massive increase in credit card penalties, according to an announcement made by a company spokeswoman on Tuesday. The spokesperson said the major card issuer plans to hike penalty interest rates to as much as 30 percent for customers who miss payments in the coming months. Bank [...]