Orchard Secured Bank Credit Card

Posted On: March 31, 2006

Author: credithelp
Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2004 10:02 am
Post subject: Orchard secured card
I’m trying to help a friend get some kind of credit card. She filled out the form on the orchard site that tells you what card you are probably going to be approved for and it came up with the orchard secured card [...]

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Chase Doesn’t Eliminate Cap on All Credit Card Balance Transfer Offers Afterall

Posted On: March 30, 2006

By Amy Arnold, CardRatings.com Senior ReporterReading the fine print is not always as easy as it sounds, so we at CardRatings.com like to do some of the work for you. In my recent article Chase Changes their Credit Card Terms—A Lesson in Reading the Fine Print I brought to our readers’ attention some changes in [...]

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Getting Out Of Debt the Right Way

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Author: DarlingDee
Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2004 2:18 am
Post subject: Please help with my Credit Card Debt unpaid
I live in Texas, and I had a Citibank CC, always paid it on time and had it since the early 90’s, got in a bind and did not pay something else so my 10% interest on 7000 went [...]

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Trends In Fed Report Suggest Consumers On Credit Card Collision Course

Posted On: March 27, 2006

By Mike Killian, CardRatings.com Debt/Credit Management Reporter
The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System with the cooperation of the U.S. Department of the Treasury conducted a survey which indicates changes in family income and net worth since the same survey in 2001.
Among other findings, the report indicates average credit card balances [...]

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Charge for New Credit Monitoring Service Cheapest Thus Far (Only $4.95/Month)

Posted On: March 23, 2006

By Curtis Arnold, Founder of CardRatings.com Experian has recently introduced a credit monitoring service called Triple Alert which features automatic, daily monitoring of one’s Experian®, TransUnion, and Equifax credit reports that costs only $4.95 per month. Similar services typically cost anywhere from $9.95 to $19.95 per month and some only offer weekly credit monitoring. Apparently [...]

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Consolidation of Credit Cards

Posted On: March 22, 2006

Post subject: Consolidation of Credit Cards
Author: milavant
Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2004 11:39 am
If you have two credit cards from the same company, does it hurt you credit score to consolidate them into one credit line, thus getting rid of the seldom-used card? Or is it better for your credit records to keep two tradelines open?
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Building Credit With Credit Cards

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Author: Board Monitor
Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2004 4:18 pm
Post subject: Should I Apply for New Credit Card?
This message posted by e-mail request from one of the visitors to our site:
I re-started credit just recently, even though i have one card from 1999, with 6 thousand credit on it. my f.i.c.a. through equifax is 697, as [...]

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How to Handle Credit Card Debt

Posted On: March 20, 2006

Author: dski11
Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2004 3:29 pm
Post subject: How to Handle Credit Card Debt
Hello All,
I came across this forum and have gleaned some great knowledge from all your posts & responses.
I’m in a situation with my debt and was hoping to get some guidance on the next step. I ended up receiving [...]

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Credit Card Issuers Reputation Review

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Author: credithelp
Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2004 4:24 pm
Post subject: Card issuers reputation
Which card issuers have the best reputations right now and which have the worst ones? I guess this is an opinionated question but was curious.
Author: NightStar
Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2004 4:34 pm
Post subject: Credit Card Issuers Reputation Review
Providian is one of the creditors [...]

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American Express and GE Consumer Finance Collaborate to Offer Dillard’s American Express Credit Card

Posted On: March 17, 2006

By Rebecca Lindsey, CardRatings.com Senior ReporterRetail credit cards are growing in popularity, and while most retailers either manage the credit end of business through an in-house bank or a third-party, few have yet to partner with household names in the credit industry. That changed recently with a historic deal between American Express and GE Consumer [...]

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