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<title>Collier deputies search for suspects in credit card thefts</title>
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<description>Investigators are asking for the public’s help in identifying a woman and two men sought for questioning in connection with the theft of credit and debit cards in North Naples in June.</description>
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<title>Credit Bailout: Issuers Slashing Card Balances</title>
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<description>The banks were bailed out last fall, the automobile companies last winter. For Edward McClelland, a writer in Chicago, deliverance finally arrived a few days ago.</description>
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<title>Congress to rein in credit card industry</title>
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<description>With credit card penalties and late fees high as banks seek to recoup their losses tied to mortgage problems, there has been public outcry of what is perceived as excessive charges by banks.</description>
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<title>Union leader quits as credit card use probed</title>
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<description>SAN DIEGO  — Judie Italiano, longtime leader of San Diego's largest city employee union, resigned last week amid an internal investigation into potential misuse of a Municipal Employees Association credit card.</description>
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<title>British Supermarket Chain Places Bets on Banking</title>
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<description>As traditional banks scale back, their reputations tarnished by major losses, Tesco, the largest retailer in Britain, is moving onto their turf.</description>
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<title>Bank of America to Raise Fee on Credit-Card Transfers</title>
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<description>Bank of America Corp., the third- biggest U.S. credit-card lender, is boosting fees on transfers of card balances amid growing criticism of banking practices.</description>
<pubDate>Mon 18 May 2009 04:03:12 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Visa CEO loses his credit cards</title>
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<description>Imagine running the world's largest credit card network, and not having your own plastic.</description>
<pubDate>Mon 18 May 2009 04:03:12 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Instant Business Credit Cards: Head Towards Success</title>
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<description>Raising funds for your business can be Herculean task, especially in the present expensive environment. This is the reason why most of the business people prefer to raise money from other source of finance.</description>
<pubDate>Mon 18 May 2009 04:03:12 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Instant business credit card: flourish without any delays now</title>
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<description>With so much of uncertainties that are involved with any business, it is very important to keep a back up of funds and finances which is to be used only when other sources fail.</description>
<pubDate>Mon 18 May 2009 04:03:12 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Cash is king for U.S. holiday shoppers: survey</title>
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<description>Cash is king this holiday season as consumers try to limit their credit card purchases or have maxed out on credit altogether, according to a survey conducted for Reuters.</description>
<pubDate>Mon 18 May 2009 04:03:12 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Banks cut credit card limits, even for prime borrowers</title>
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<description>The Fed’s quarterly survey of bank loan officers is out today. No surprise that credit got tighter for businesses of all sizes over the prior three months.</description>
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<title>Consumers Have Trouble Making Target Card Payments</title>
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<description>Shares of Target Corp. slipped Wednesday as the retailer offered more evidence that its customers had trouble making their credit card payments in September.</description>
<pubDate>Thur 23 Oct 2008 06:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>RBS Retreats On Credit Card Worries</title>
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<description>Royal Bank of Scotland eased down 5 per cent after a 23 per cent gain yesterday as investors used the opportunity to sell and following a negative note from Credit Suisse yesterday which warned that banks had still to face rising defaults on credit cards and commercial property loans.</description>
<pubDate>Tue 21 Oct 2008 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The College Credit Card Trap</title>
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<description>Add this to the list of the country’s financial woes: Credit card companies are aggressively targeting college students, many of whom are naïve about money matters and vulnerable to predatory offers that can get them permanently mired in debt.</description>
<pubDate>Sat 18 Oct 2008 08:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>CreditCards.Com: Weekly Credit Card Rate Report</title>
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<description>AUSTIN, Texas, Oct 16, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Annual percentage rates fell slightly for most credit cards, according to the CreditCards.com Weekly Credit Card Rate Report, as Citi this week lowered APRs on many of its cards in reaction to the Federal Reserve's recent rate cut. </description>
<pubDate>Fri 17 Oct 2008 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>EARNINGS PREVIEW: US Card Lenders Struggle Processors Better</title>
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<description>TAKING THE PULSE: Credit-card issuers such as American Express Co. (AXP) and Capital One Financial Corp. (COF) are struggling amid shrinking volumes, rising financing costs and a slow down in consumer spending.</description>
<pubDate>Sat 10 Oct 2008 11:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Chase Cuts 140 From Local Credit Card Unit</title>
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<description>Workers in Wilmington and Newark were given 60-day notice of the layoffs this morning, and have been offered severance packages and outplacement services, according to Paul Hartwick, a company spokesman. </description>
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<title>Corrected - Credit Card Insiders Tell Of Deceptive Practices</title>
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<description>NEW YORK, Sept 24 (Reuters) - Two former employees of credit card issuer MBNA, now owned by Bank of America, said on Wednesday they were forced to use aggressive and deceptive practices with customers in order to boost revenues.</description>
<pubDate>Fri 26 Sep 2008 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Five Financial Truths Defy Wall Street Madness: John F. Wasik</title>
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<description>Sept. 22 (Bloomberg) -- The duality of human nature embraces the idea of debt. It delights when it helps us buy homes, investments, entertainment appliances and vacation condos. It's a demon when it consumes us. </description>
<pubDate>Mon 22 Sep 2008 11:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>GE Seen As Insulated From Financial Meltdown</title>
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<description>The anxiety over the U.S. financial system has spread far beyond Wall Street to infect any company that's involved in loans, finance and credit, even dragging down the value of huge conglomerate General Electric Co.</description>
<pubDate>Thur 18 Sep 2008 11:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Turlock Woman Jailed For Credit Card Fraud</title>
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<description>MODESTO, Calif.—A Turlock woman is headed to jail for stealing a Stanislaus County Supervisor's Social Security number to open credit cards and ring up more than $9,000 in charges. </description>
<pubDate>Thur 11 Sep 2008 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Airlines Want Cash. Card Firms Stiffen Terms. Who'll Blink?</title>
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<description>The nation's airlines are pursuing the same path that many consumers follow when they are short on cash: They turn to credit cards. These days, however, credit-card companies have money problems of their own.</description>
<pubDate>Mon 08 Sep 2008 04:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ask The Expert: Students Should Be Wary of Credit Cards</title>
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<description>Thousands of college students started classes last week, and many students will be faced with the decision of whether to start using a credit card.</description>
<pubDate>Mon 01 Sep 2008 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Silverton Bank Enters Into A Credit Issuing Agreement With Discover Financial Services</title>
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<description>ATLANTA, GA, Aug 26, 2008 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX) -- Silverton Bank, a leading national correspondent bank, today announced that it has entered into a credit issuing agreement with Discover Financial Services leading credit card issuer and electronic payment services ompany, to start offering to community financial institutions credit card products that are accepted on the Discover Network.</description>
<pubDate>Wed 27 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Credit Cards Replace Small Business Loans</title>
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<description>As commerical loans become harder to find, small business owners give in to aggressive credit card marketers and get slammed with 30% interest rates</description>
<pubDate>Fri 22 Aug 2008 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Senator urges Fed to toughen credit card rules</title>
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<description>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve needs to push harder to protect consumers from credit card abuses, such as hidden fees and interest rates that jump unexpectedly, a senior senator urged on Monday.</description>
<pubDate>Mon 04 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Petrol stations in Penang rescind ban on credit cards</title>
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<description>GEORGE TOWN: Some of the 200-odd petrol stations here have started to reaccept credit cards from motorists as a method of payment after a “stand-off” of more than 15 hours.</description>
<pubDate>Thur 26 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Lost your credit card? Just deactivate</title>
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<description>What's the first thing you should do if you lose your credit card? Just call up the bank’s 24 hour call centre and deactivate the card. This should take precedence even over your attempt to track your wallet in the lost trail.</description>
<pubDate>Wed 25 Jun 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Plastic Preference</title>
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<description>June 24, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's ABC Group says its tri-lingual credit card is gaining popularity, especially in rural areas, and consumers are relying more on credit with inflation soaring to 30 percent.</description>
<pubDate>Tues 24 Jun 2008 03:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Credit card fees rise with gas prices</title>
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<description>Her gas gauge on empty, Rachel Shankle eased her Chevrolet Cavalier into the nearest service station.</description>
<pubDate>Tues 24 Jun 2008 03:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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Credit card data released Thursday by TransUnion.com shows the first quarter marked the first dip in credit card debt and loan delinquencies since the beginning of 2007.
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<pubDate>Tues 24 Jun 2008 03:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Credit card transactions soars upto Rs.54 bn in 06</title>
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The value of business transactions generated through Credit Cards has seen a sharp increase from Rs.18 billion in 2002 to Rs.54 billion in 2006.
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<pubDate>Tues 24 Jun 2008 03:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Credit card limits anger gas buyers</title>
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The first time Lindsay Jones couldn't pump more than $75 of gas, she thought the problem was with her.
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<pubDate>Tues 24 Jun 2008 03:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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The recent Egg debacle seems to have been the start of a series of moves in the credit card industry aimed at freezing increases in credit card limits.
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<pubDate>Tues 24 Jun 2008 03:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Paying for Gas With a Credit Card May be Convenience of the Past
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St. ALBANS -- Customers at Mr. Ed's Chevron in Saint Albans can no longer pay with a credit card when they buy gas.
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<pubDate>Tues 24 Jun 2008 03:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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The rising price of oil is creating a credit squeeze in the retail petrol business as more customers pay for their purchases with plastic and station owners increase their borrowings from suppliers.
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<pubDate>Tues 24 Jun 2008 03:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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Office has operated since 1999 and will leave 240 out of work.
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<pubDate>Tues 24 Jun 2008 03:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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Citibank, the world's largest provider of credit cards, sees its card business in the Philippines growing by double digits this year despite a slower economic growth.
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<pubDate>Tues 24 Jun 2008 03:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Lufthansa to launch credit card for Israeli flyers</title>
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<description>The Israeli credit card company CAL and German airline Lufthansa have come together to present a credit card to Israeli customers that would award them airline miles from Miles Lufthansa's frequent flyer program.</description>
<pubDate>Tues 24 Jun 2008 03:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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MUMBAI: State-owned Punjab National Bank (PNB) is likely to launch its credit card business in the second-half of this fiscal and would enter into an agreement with Visa or Mastercard for the venture, a top bank official said.
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<pubDate>Thu 12 Jun 2008 03:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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We're all paying record prices for gas, but if you think the guy behind the register is cleaning up, think again. The high prices are actually cutting into most gas stations' profit margin.
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<pubDate>Thu 12 Jun 2008 03:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Five Smart Credit Card Strategies</title>
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While credit cards are sometimes portrayed as a necessary evil, they also provide a lot of benefits. The key is to know how to use them to your advantage and not to get caught up in the traps that lurk behind the benefits.
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<pubDate>Thu 12 Jun 2008 03:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Rural bank enters credit card market</title>
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SHANGHAI Rural Commercial Bank plans to issue credit cards later this year, the bank told Shanghai Daily yesterday.
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<pubDate>Thu 12 Jun 2008 03:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Banks face crackdown on 'rip-off' credit card and loan insurance</title>
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The Competition Commission signalled a major clampdown on the sale of insurance to cover credit card and loan payments yesterday following stinging criticism of the excessive profits made by banks and major lenders.
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<pubDate>Thu 12 Jun 2008 03:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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People under 50 and men in particular are more likely to expose themselves to credit card fraud or identity theft, according to research by Saga credit card.
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<pubDate>Fri 6 Jun 2008 03:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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Credit card deals are becoming more expensive and harder to obtain, but the good news for consumers is that competition in the balance transfer.
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<pubDate>Fri 6 Jun 2008 03:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<description>When it comes to company credit cards, abuses are legendary.</description>
<pubDate>Fri 6 Jun 2008 03:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Why Do Card Companies Almost Always Win?</title>
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Anastasiya Komorova, a recent Russian immigrant, had no idea what was going on when bill collectors started calling her about the $11,000 in credit card debt she owed.
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<pubDate>Fri 6 Jun 2008 03:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Kittery volunteer firefighter charged with using business credit card to buy $1,200 worth of gas</title>
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KITTERY, Maine — A volunteer town firefighter who works at a local lobster company is accused of using the company's credit card to purchase more than $1,200 in gas for his own personal use.
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<pubDate>Fri 6 Jun 2008 03:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Dubai First Launches The First Flexible Interest Business Credit Card In The Region</title>
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Dubai First, the consumer finance company from Dubai Group, a member of Dubai Holding, today launched the first-of-its-kind Business Credit Card.
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<pubDate>Thu 29 May 2008 03:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>EON Bank targets 100,000 new cardholders</title>
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KUALA LUMPUR: EON Bank is targeting 100,000 new cardholders for its new co-branded credit cards – The Store and The Pacific Gold and Platinum Cards – targeted at price-savvy consumers.
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<pubDate>Wed 28 May 2008 03:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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With the cost of gasoline in the stratosphere and his gas-guzzling SUV and extended-cab pickup as thirsty as ever, school transportation director Jeff Flynn apparently gave into temptation.
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<pubDate>Wed 28 May 2008 03:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Toyota's credit card on the way</title>
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Toyota Motor Corp. will launch a Toyota-branded credit card in the United States in October, the latest entry into the crowded automotive affinity card market.
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<pubDate>Sat 24 May 2008 03:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Paying petrol bill with your card? Watch out</title>
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NEW DELHI: Hackers around the world are getting innovative. From skimimng and cloning your credit card, to making fake sites.
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<pubDate>Fri 23 May 2008 03:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Sector Snap: Credit card companies fall on outlook</title>
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NEW YORK - Shares of credit card companies fell Tuesday after Moody's Investors Service said charge-off rates will continue to rise through 2009
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<pubDate>Fri 23 May 2008 03:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Advanta sells $247M in credit card debt</title>
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NEW YORK (Associated Press) - Advanta Corp. found buyers in the bond market for $247 million in business credit card loans, the credit card lender said Monday.
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<pubDate>Wed 21 May 2008 03:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Own a small business? Get creative about financing</title>
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(ARA) - Owning a small business is always a challenge, but especially when the economy is in a well documented downturn.</description>
<pubDate>Tue 20 May 2008 03:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Like it or not, it's unwise to use credit</title>
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I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN: Call people suckers, and they'll take offense.
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<pubDate>Mon 19 May 2008 03:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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The Reserve Bank says Australian householders pay $4.4 billion in bank fees.
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NEW YORK (Associated Press) - A JPMorgan Securities Inc. analyst said Wednesday that credit weakness continues to plague major banks as problems spread to new markets and categories.
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STANBIC Bank has issued 1,600 credit cards to their high-end customers. "We embarked on issuance of credit cards at the beginning of May.
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<pubDate>Fri 16 May 2008 03:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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According to a story from The Associated Press, regulators including the Federal Reserve System have taken steps to stop credit card companies from ripping off customers.
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<pubDate>Fri 16 May 2008 03:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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WASHINGTON - Government data due out Wednesday is expected to show that the rate of consumer borrowing edged up in March as Americans racked up more debt on their credit cards.
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<pubDate>Sat 10 May 2008 03:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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And this is precisely the area where plastic tools score over the traditional method. Credit cards and debit cards offer the convenience of round-the-clock usage. 
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<pubDate>Sat 10 May 2008 03:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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When it comes to withdrawing cash, there are huge differences between credit cards and debit cards. If you fail to understand these differences, then you could lose a small fortune!
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<pubDate>Sat 10 May 2008 03:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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Karachiâ€”The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (HSBC) have announced launch of the HSBC Credit Cards for Pakistani customers.
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<pubDate>Thu 8 May 2008 03:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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The woman's touch was so light and fast she could have been a magician.
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<pubDate>Thu 8 May 2008 03:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Submitted) -- The Tennessee Department of Safety (TDOS) is pleased to announce that customers conducting business at driver license service centers statewide may now use their credit cards.
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<pubDate>Thu 8 May 2008 03:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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NEW YORK (Associated Press) - Analysts on Tuesday said Target Corp.'s deal to sell a stake in its credit-card receivables to JPMorgan Chase is a modest positive for the discount retailer.
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<pubDate>Thu 8 May 2008 03:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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Many people without credit history wonder how they can get a credit card offer. They think that without it, they will never be able to get a credit card or any type of credit - as the banks will turn them down because of lack of credit history.
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<pubDate>Satu 3 May 2008 03:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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AUSTIN, Texas--(Business Wire)--Interest rates for select major credit card categories showedmixed direction this week, after comments from a Federal Reserveofficial ignited speculation that the central bank could loosenmonetary policy again before the end of the year.
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<pubDate>Satu 3 May 2008 03:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- General Electric Co., which is considering selling part of its credit-card portfolio to shift resources into faster-growing businesses, would do best to exit consumer-financial services altogether, Citigroup said Wednesday.
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<pubDate>Satu 3 May 2008 03:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Target Corp (TGT.N: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Wednesday it is taking longer than expected to determine whether to sell its credit-card assets , hampered in part by current market conditions.
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<pubDate>Satu 3 May 2008 03:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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NEW YORK, Jan 10 (Reuters) - U.S. credit card performance will deteriorate noticeably this year on spillover from the residential mortgage segment, weaker economic trends and higher levels of unemployment, Fitch said in a report on Thursday.
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<pubDate>Satu 3 May 2008 03:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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American Express Co., the third- largest U.S. credit-card network, said fourth-quarter profit fell 9.9 percent as it set aside more for customer defaults amid a slowing economy. The company declined in extended trading.
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<pubDate>Satu 3 May 2008 03:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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Bank of America abruptly notified cardholders in good standing their rates would skyrocket if they didn't opt out fast. Is BofA greedy or needy?
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<pubDate>Satu 3 May 2008 03:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Hello Rebate Check, Goodbye to Credit-Card Debt: John F. Wasik</title>
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Now that your economic stimulus check is in the mail, what do you do with it once it's in hand?
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<pubDate>Satu 3 May 2008 03:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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Anyone who has run up a credit card knows how easy it is to fall into debt. And with interest rates commonly topping out well above twenty percent annually, failing to pay the card off quickly results in a mountain of additional debt.
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<pubDate>Satu 3 May 2008 03:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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Advanta Corp., which issues credit cards to small businesses, spent $643,000 in 2007 to lobby the federal government, according to disclosure form amended last week.
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<pubDate>Satu 3 May 2008 03:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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The opposition Democrat Party was expected to submit three draft laws relating to the credit card business in Thailand for deliberation in the House of Representatives next week at the latest, senior party members said on Sunday.
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<pubDate>Satu 3 May 2008 03:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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BullMarket.com , an online investment newsletter focused on long-term growth and income-generating stocks, announced today that it has provided subscribers with a report on credit card company stocks, including Visa (NYSE:V), MasterCard (NYSE:MA), and American Express (NYSE:AXP).
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<pubDate>Satu 3 May 2008 03:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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Financial institutions are looking to boost revenue by raising fees and interest income from the lucrative credit card sector. And that could be bad news for unwary customers.
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<pubDate>Satu 3 May 2008 03:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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Performance of securities backed by credit-card receivables remains within historical trends, but indicators show performance could be weakening, credit ratings agency Fitch Ratings said in a report Wednesday.
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<pubDate>Satu 3 May 2008 03:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Senator seeks to limit credit card interest rate hikes, industry opposes UPDATE</title>
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WASHINGTON (Thomson Financial) - A key Democratic senator will introduce legislation that would put limits on the ability of credit card issuers to raise interest rates, give them notice when rates must rise and prevent them from charging interest on late fees and other charges.
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<pubDate>Sat 3 May 2008 03:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <description>AUSTIN, Texas--(Business Wire)--Interest rates for select major credit card categories showedmixed direction this week, after comments from a Federal Reserveofficial ignited speculation that the central bank could loosenmonetary policy again before the end of the year</description> 
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