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0 APR credit cards are Not Just for Christmas
0 APR credit cards are here to stay. Now that we're well into the New Year we've learned (again) the lessons of the festive season. Zero interest credit is a nice idea, but why not extend it beyond your present credit card to the next, and the next. This ...
0% APR Credit Cards: A Tool To Eliminate Debt
It is interesting to note that what started off as a marketing gimmick has now become an almost permanent part of the credit card industry in America and today 0% APR credit cards can in fact play a significant role in helping a person reduce or get out ...
0% APR Credit Cards: How Can They Do That?
During the days when the federal bank interest rates were at its lowest, back in 2002 and 2003 to be specific, countless credit card providers offered 0% APR credit cards to many consumers. Needing only to pay the outstanding balance, smart consumers were ...
0% APR Credit Cards: Use Them To Your Advantage!
The era of 0% APR credit cards is still with us. Yes, you can obtain a spanking new credit card featuring a very low introductory interest rate and take advantage of what amounts to "free money" for you for up to one year. You can use your new card to ...
0% Credit Cards
These days, credit cards in the UK are competing with each other on two very attractive offers with a headline rate of 0%. These 0% credit cards will be either balance transfers; introductory purchases offers or a combination of the two. This article ...
100% Financing Bad Credit Mortgages - Tips On Getting Approved
100% financing of a bad credit mortgage can help you buy a house with little cash due at closing. Even with an adverse credit score, you can start building home equity and wealth with your new home purchase. To get approved for such subprime ...
100% Financing Or No Down Payment and Bad Credit Mortgage Loans
Sub-prime lenders now offer financing packages with zero down. Interest rates are higher on these types of loans, but they make purchasing a house easier. And unlike a conventional loan, there is no private mortgage insurance required. There are two types ...
100% Financing Or No Down Payment & Bad Credit Mortgage Loans
Sub-prime lenders now offer financing packages with zero down. Interest rates are higher on these types of loans, but they make purchasing a house easier. And unlike a conventional loan, there is no private mortgage insurance required. There are two ...
100% Home Financing with Credit Score as Low as 570
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10 Common Credit Card Mistakes
In no particular order, the following are viewed as being the top 10 common credit card mistakes: 1. Applying for a card and limit you cannot afford to repay Most people have bad debt management skills and are swept away with the fact that they have 'x' ...
10 Cons of an International Credit Card
Credit card fraud is a fast increasing crime in the world. International Credit Card holders are mostly the victims of this unauthorized access to their accounts. Let's take a closer look of the problems faced by international credit cards. 1. Repetitive ...
10 Dirty Tricks Credit Card Companies Play
The credit card companies make billions each year in legitimate interest charges and fees, but are under constant pressure from the shareholders to increase their earnings. To make this extra money the credit card companies sometime adopt some dirty ...
10 Important Tips You Should Know About Credit Cards To Save Money, Time & Grief
The average American spends the first six months of every year paying off their holiday debt from the year before. Overspending, opening new credit accounts and generally just spreading your finances too thin is especially tempting as you succumb to the ...
10 Signs You May Need Credit Counseling
Debt management programs can be of real help for people that discover they cannot face their debts. At first, they will attempt to solve the situation all by themselves by cutting down on spending and keeping a close eye on accounts. If this doesn't work ...
10 Simple Steps to Manage Your Credit
By far the greatest invention the banks have ever come up with came out in the 20th century. Also the new field of Credit Management was born with the invention of the credit card. It is the most available out of any financial product out there. In fact ...

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Many use credit cards for cancer treatment (UPI)
NEW YORK, Aug. 28 (UPI) -- Twenty percent of U.S. adults who experience a critical illness use a credit card to finance recovery-related expenses, a survey indicates.

Comptroller seeks weaker credit card reforms (USA Today)
In an unusual move, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has asked other federal regulators to scale back a proposal to crack down on unfair and deceptive credit card practices.

Credit-Card Rage (BusinessWeek Online via Yahoo! News)
David Giantomasi says he vigilantly paid his credit-card bills each month. Even if he could only make the minimum payment, he made sure to get all his monthly payments squared away. So he was shocked when the interest rate on his Chase credit card suddenly jumped to 19.99% from 7.99%. When Giantomasi called the card issuer to demand an explanation, he was enraged. He was told that overall ...

Japan to Extend Credit Guarantees to Small Firms, Nikai Says (Bloomberg.com)
Aug. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Japan's Trade Minister Toshihiro Nikai said the government will probably provide 400 billion yen ($3.7 billion) in credit guarantees to support small businesses as part of an economic stimulus package to be released this week.

Group wants homebuyers to use new tax credit (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Prospective homebuyers are dawdling as they try to decide whether prices have hit rock bottom, so the housing industry is trying to create a sense of urgency. How? By touting the new $7,500 refundable tax credit contained in the massive housing-stimulus bill President Bush signed last month. The credit expires July 1. Realtors, builders and lenders wearing "Buy Now!" stickers gathered on the ...

New Arizona law on credit freezes taking effect (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Arizona consumers are gaining a new shield from identify theft: the ability to impose low-cost freezes on their credit reports.

Persistent credit-union robbery suspects indicted in S.F. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Two men thwarted in their first attempt to rob a San Francisco credit union returned two days later and made off with more than $76,000, only to be arrested with the help of alert witnesses, authorities said. On Tuesday, the two alleged robbers - along with...