Beware of Credit Card Foreign Transaction Fees!
Posted On: March 29, 2007
By Heshan Demel, CardRatings.com, Consumer Credit Researcher
Foreign exchange fees on credit cards should be of keen interest to those traveling beyond the borders of the United States. Exchange rates offered by credit cards are usually hard to beat. Of equal and perhaps greater importance, however, is the foreign transaction fee that your credit card bill [...]
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StumbleUponAmerican Express Credit Card Credit Limit Increase After 30 Days?
Posted On: March 27, 2007
American Express Credit Card Credit Limit Increase After 30 Days?
Author: AJ
Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2007 6:24 am
Post subject: Amex Blue Offers CLI after 30 days? How Can that Happen?
How likely is someone to receive an increase if you were just given one 30 days ago. Any winners here?
Author: RacieRacer
Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2007 7:21 am
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Questions Asked When Applying for a Discover Credit Card
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Author: JoyJoy
Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 2:24 pm
Post subject: Discover Card question
I received a great offer (I feel) on Friday, March 16th, from Discover. The terms are 0% on purchases until Dec., 2007 and balance transfers posted by July 1, 2007 are good until the year 2011!!
I filled out the application online and received [...]
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Can you Balance Transfer on a Credit Card to a Checking Account?
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Author: ChanHuk
Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 1:34 am
Post subject: Does Chase allow me to BT to my checking account?
I was just approved for Chase Freedom Visa and wondering if its possible to do a balance transfer to my checking account without it being considered as a cash advance? Thanks!
Author: Ira
Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 [...]
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Orchard Bank Credit Card Annual Fees Review
Posted On: March 26, 2007
A guest to our site noticed that Orchard Bank annual fees rose from 16% to 29% though her history with them was perfect. Also, the annual fees also rose some more. Anyone else had this experience? Please share.
Thank you.
Regards,
Heshan Demel
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Author: bullwinkle29
Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2007 3:06 pm
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i’ve had there [...]
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What If I Close My New Credit Card Account?
Posted On: March 23, 2007
Author: Brammy
Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2007 6:08 pm
Post subject: Closing a new account
I am considering closing a new account because it has no rewards and I am really interested in a rewards card at this time. The account has been opened for two months and is at a zero balance. One of those mind [...]
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How To Get My Credit Limit Up on My Credit Card
Posted On: March 22, 2007
Author: BretHart723
Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 12:03 am
Post subject: What best way for me to get my credit up
I just got my credit card 2 weeks ago….now when i get my first bill should i pay it all in full??? Just asking because my friend told me to just pay a little over the min. [...]
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Business Credit Card Rate Reduction Review
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Author: Chazmanian
Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 10:35 pm
Post subject: BOA Business Credit Express Rate Reduction?
I have a nice LOC with BOA via the Business credit express deal. My rate is a little on the high side as they sent me a mailer touting Rates as low as 9.24 % no cash [...]
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HSBC Direct Merchants Interesting Credit Card Balance Transfer Offer Review
Posted On: March 21, 2007
Author: AJ
Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 7:46 am
Post subject: How odd Is This:
I have a HSBC Direct Merchants card 12.5k limit with a 10.9 purchase rate, and a 16.9 cash advance fixed. I am being offered a balance transfer for 3 months at 12.99 % plus a 3 percent fee. I had [...]
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Citibank and Chase Adopt More Consumer Friendly Credit Card Policies
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By Heshan Demel, CardRatings.com Consumer Credit Researcher
Citibank recently announced that they would be eliminating the controversial universal default clause from all of their accounts. At the same time, Citi announced that is also eliminating “any time for any reason” increases to the rates and fees of its customers’ accounts.
Traditionally, credit card issuers have taken the [...]
