Tag: credit card

December 21, 2023

The explosion of “Buy Now, Pay Later” services has set off alarms that consumers are desperate, rushing into the largely unregulated installment loans after running out of mainstream credit options. While that’s the case for plenty of BNPL users, industry […]

July 19, 2023

If you’re looking to plan your next holiday, having the right rewards credit card can really make a difference. It can help your money go further and bring those dreams of sandy beaches and beautiful new places to explore a […]

July 18, 2023

Last Friday, ten banking and payments trade associations, including the Electronic Payments Coalition, wrote a joint letter to Congress stating “strong opposition” to the Credit Card Competition Act, and a related amendment proponents of the bill seek to attach to […]

March 16, 2022

Margaret Sheils says she knows enough to know she needs a credit card, but the Gen Zer takes a cautious approach to using it. “For me, that’s just always been a fear, of spending money I don’t have,” said Sheils, […]

January 22, 2021

Credit- and debit-card spending accelerated through the first two weeks of January as stimulus passed by President Donald Trump bolstered households’ balance sheets. Card spending climbed 6% from the year-ago period over the week that ended January 16, Bank of […]

November 18, 2020

Americans paid off $10 billion in credit card debt in the third quarter (Q3) of 2020, but borrowed more for car and housing loans, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) citing the Federal Reserve Bank of […]

July 31, 2019

During a launch event that saw Apple unveil to the world a new news and magazine subscription service (Apple News Plus), a new offering of original content (Apple TV Plus) and a gaming subscription platform (Apple Arcade), a new, surprising […]

December 20, 2018

It’s never been easier to set up shop on the web and sell your wares to the world. The US is a global leader in e-commerce and the sector is characterized by constant innovation, so it’s worth investing time and […]

January 26, 2017

Once you start incurring business expenses, applying for a business credit card is an intelligent decision.  The right card can finance your business and earn reward points that you can redeem later. While a business loan is also a financing […]

February 3, 2016

Identity fraud continues to grow – but in new forms that are harder to detect and prevent. That’s the message from the 2016 Javelin Identity Fraud Study. The good news is that credit card fraud at the point of sale […]

January 22, 2016

When Costco announced in 2015 that it would switch its co-branded credit card from American Express to Visa, some cardholders got nervous. Even though they’d be able to keep earning special credit card rewards as Costco members, they worried that […]