Tips for Finding Your Best Secured Card

Posted On: February 12, 2009

An excerpt from How YOU Can Profit from Credit Cards: Using Credit to Improve Your Financial Life and Bottom Line.
Not all secured cards report to the three major credit reporting companies (Experian, Equifax, and TransUnion). To build or rebuild credit, it’s smart to get a card that does report to all three. Fortunately, many secured [...]

Benefits of Secured Credit Cards

Posted On: February 11, 2009

An excerpt from How YOU Can Profit from Credit Cards: Using Credit to Improve Your Financial Life and Bottom Line.
A secured card is often the best answer if you can’t get a traditional card. Secured cards are accepted wherever credit cards can be used, and certainly come in handy for emergencies and for transactions [...]

Need Credit Card For Purchases and to Build Credit

Posted On: October 7, 2006

Need Credit Card For Purchases and to Build Credit

Author: Rhin0
Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2004 2:11 am
Post subject: Need card for purchases and to build credit…
hello everyone,
This is my first post here and i’m looking for some help, i’d appreciate it!
First off I am 22 yr old and still in college, live at home. [...]

Tips on Getting a Credit Card After Bankruptcy

Posted On: October 2, 2006

Author: spannscoins
Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2004 4:58 pm
Post subject: how to get mileage card w/bad credit
Hey Guys,
Am new here and at wits end, filed bankruptcy in ‘97
trying to et work perk mileage card due to b/r i don’t seem
to qualify. Any suggestions. Started a new independent travel business and need the card to re [...]

Building Credit With Credit Cards

Posted On: March 22, 2006

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 [...]

Recent Credit Card Rates

Posted On: February 27, 2006

Author: Mark
Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2003 11:52 am
Post subject: Recent Credit Card Rates
The banks charge different rates to different people, as we all know, so I’m wondering what rates everyone else is getting, particularly if you are getting better rates from some of these holdouts, like MBNA and Citibank, who [...]

Credit Union Credit Cards

Posted On: December 1, 2005

Author: Jaadain
Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2005 12:10 pm
Post subject: Credit Union Credit Cards
I just turned 25 years old and now just realizing the affect of bad credit. I bought a car back in April at 18% interest and a credit score I believe of 520. Yeah, horrible. There are a few things on [...]

Can you build credit by carrying a small balance on your credit card?

Posted On: May 4, 2005

Post subject: Can you build credit by carrying a small balance on your credit card?
Guest
Posted: Sat May 17, 2003 9:51 pm
Is there any difference between paying my credit card off every month vs leaving a small amount to cary over in terms of good or bad credit? If there is, what’s the difference?
Eugene
SENIOR MEMBER (Member [...]

Is a frequent flyer credit card worth the fee?

Posted On: May 3, 2005

Post subject: Is a frequent flyer credit card worth the fee?
Jennifer
Date: 2/10/2001 3:56 pm CDT
Any advice on how to calculate if paying for a Frequent Flyer credit card is worth the fee? How many dollars would I have to charge annually to make it worth the annual fee?
Eugene
Date: 2/11/2001 5:57 am CDT
First, [...]

Fee Charged by Merchant for Credit Card Usage

Posted On: April 6, 2005

Post subject: Merchants charging a fee
K Caton
Date: 10/3/2000 10:38 am CDT
I have been going to a salon for a few years and have always been able to pay by check. Recently, they have decided to no longer accept checks only cash and credit cards/bank cards. Usually my charge is $10.00 and to pay by my [...]