Capital One: Low Blow to Low Interest Rates
Capital One got hit with a potential class action lawsuit this week, and one guess what it’s about? Interest rate hikes on its supposedly low interest rate credit cards. I would dare to hazard a guess...
View ArticleWorst Credit Card Ever? Hint: 79.9% APR (oh, but that is not all)
Need credit real bad? So bad that you’ll go almost anywhere for it so long as they accept your application? I’ve got the credit card for you: a First Premier credit card. But you also have to be...
View ArticleWeek Adjourned: 10.23.09
Top Class Actions Wynn Gambling with Employees Health? After all the noise about second hand smoke being a known risk factor for cancer, you would think the last thing an employer would want to do is...
View ArticleJust in time for the Holidays: Higher Credit Card Interest Rates?
How’re your holiday shopping plans looking? If you’re one of the millions who are either unemployed or thinking that you might be on a bit of job security thin ice (hello, J&J with 8,000 job cuts...
View Article5 Credit CARD Pitfalls to Look Out for Now
With Christmas around the corner (at least according to big box retailers and your local Hallmark store) the time to think about how to pay for Christmas presents is upon us. Of course, the new credit...
View Article4 Fees To Spoil Your Christmas
aka, How the Financial Grinches Stole Christmas… Christmas is just around the corner. How do I know? Because one of my oh-so-thoughtful Facebook friends has already started the Christmas countdown....
View ArticleMary Watson v. Plastic: A Tale of One Pissed-Off Retailer
We’ve been ticked off at credit card companies for a long time, haven’t we? The high interest rates, the late-payment fees, and the propensity to jack up the rates at the drop of a hat. Congress...
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