Credit Card Companies
"Your credit card has been declined…"
Written by Geoff Williams
Posted On: April 6, 2012
What should you do when you hear that dreaded phrase?
[...]Is live credit card help too much to ask?
Written by Geoff Williams
Posted On: March 30, 2012
If I were king for a day, I would permanently ban automated customer service systems.
[...]J.D. Power finds credit card satisfaction on the rise
Written by Geoff Williams
Posted On: September 1, 2011
Oh, banking executives? Some of you can come out of hiding now.
[...]Credit card offers returning to American mailboxes
Written by CardRatings.com
Posted On: September 9, 2010
Synovate researchers see as many as three times the credit card offer volume, especially from Discover and Citibank. [...]
Barclay Kicks Off NFL Credit Card Partnership
Written by Joe Taylor Jr.
Posted On: September 2, 2010
Barclaycard hopes you become as big a fan of your credit card issuer as you are of your favorite football team. The Wilmington-based subsidiary of British banking giant Barclays just launched a thoroughly American loyalty program in partnership with the NFL. The new NFL Extra Points credit cards bear the colors and logos of each [...]
How One Credit Card Issuer Made Decisions: Ability, Stability, and Willingness to Pay
Written by Kate Thome
Posted On: October 1, 2009
Lending decisions vary from lender to lender. The purpose of this article is to offer some insight into how I thought about credit card and loan applications while I served as credit analyst for a major credit card issuer. There is a lot of fuss surrounding FICO scores and credit scores in general. These scores need [...]
Advanta Credit Cards Closed for Business
Written by Joe Taylor Jr.
Posted On: May 13, 2009
Advanta credit card customers must find other ways to finance their small businesses, starting June 10th. Reacting to mounting losses from credit defaults, company officials decided to close down all of the firm's outstanding credit lines. In a press release, the company indicated that it took the move in advance of a June deadline that [...]
Win-Win Credit Card Solutions for the Unbanked or Underbanked and Lenders
Written by Curtis Arnold
Posted On: September 20, 2007
I was honored to speak at this summer’s meeting of the Responsible Credit Roundtable, organized by the Center for Financial Services Innovation. The Center brings credit card industry execs and non-profit leaders together to come up with ways that the public can be better served … without hurting the creditors’ bottom line … of course! [...]
