Credit Card News

Building or rebuilding your credit? Want the convenience of plastic but have trouble getting approved for a credit card?  Paypal, the internet third party payment system owned by eBay, has launched several services targeted at people with no credit or bad credit. The first service is Bill Me Later, a service that functions as an [...]

Of course not.  You might as well leave your purse unattended in a crowded mall for petty thieves to snatch. However, according to some security experts, when it comes to RFDI-enabled credit cards, you might as well just walk around with the credit card number printed on your T-shirt. That’s how unsecured the controversial technology [...]

Sending money over the internet or via your mobile phone just got a little easier—and cheaper. A new start-up company called Dwolla recently launched a low-cost payment processing service, which offers both mobile phone payments and online payments at a fraction of the cost of credit cards and other payment services. Dwolla founder Ben Milne [...]

Gift cards make great holiday presents. Firstly, they make gift shopping quick and easy, and they take the pressure off trying to find the perfect gift for that fickle friend or family member, who seems to already have everything. But gift cards have another, not so well-known advantage: you can obtain them at discounted prices, [...]

Consumers hitting the stores for holiday shopping this year are determined to rein in spending and put most purchases on debit cards or use cash. In fact, according to surveys seven out of ten consumers have resolved to leave the credit cards safely tucked away in the drawer this year. Of course, sticking with debit [...]