3 Facts Retailers Don’t Want Credit Card Customers to Know

Posted On: February 3, 2010

To accept credit cards at your place of business, you must agree not just to pay standard transaction fees, but to also maintain standards consistent with all other merchants in your processing network. That means covering some of the risk against fraudulent transactions, plus paying interchange fees as high as 4%. As a result, some [...]

Credit Card Education Tips for Parents (Part 2)

Posted On: October 22, 2008

By Curtis Arnold, CardRatings.com Founder
Editor’s Note: This article is the second in a four-part series containing consumer tips for parents of children and young adults.While there’s no benefit to going into a lot of numbers with a toddler (unless you happen to have a math prodigy), children just a little older will understand the basics. [...]

Citi Professional Cash Credit Card Review

Posted On: April 9, 2007

Author: Metal
Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2007 9:21 am
Post subject: Citi Professional Cash

I’m really interested in getting the Citi professional Cash. Thing is that I don’t want to open a new credit card, I’d prefer to convert. I called and asked to convert to it and the CSR said it can’t be done.
So my question is [...]

Citibank Upromise Credit Card Tip

Posted On: November 26, 2006

Author: Brammy
Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2006 3:51 pm
Post subject: Citi upromise advise please
I want to apply for the upromise from Citibank. If I get decline how long would you wait to reapply
Author: maddybeagle
Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2006 7:34 pm
Post subject:
depends…. probably 6 months if they say too many new accounts/inquiries…

Consolidating Your Credit Card Debt Tips

Posted On: September 30, 2006

Author: cjones
Posted: Mon Jun 07, 2004 3:24 pm
Post subject: refinancing mortgage
Hi, My husband and I are due to close on a loan to consolidate our first and second mortgage with a lower interest rate on 6/24/04. We just had a brain storm to role our credit card debt of approx. $8,000 into the loan [...]

Balance Transfer Credit Card Experiences

Posted On: September 24, 2006

Author: credit advisor
Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2006 1:27 pm
Post subject: Balance Transfers - Please Post Balance Transfer Experiences
I’m interested in knowing people’s experiences with credit card balance transfers. These offers seem great on the surface - but are they? Please share your experiences with credit card transfers for those who [...]

Asking for a Credit Card Limit Increase

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Author: Alexandermo
Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 1:18 pm
Post subject: asking for a credit increase
I’ve never done if before do you just call and ask for one what do they say do they ask questions or do they just take ur request and look into it?
Author: mouse
Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 2:31 pm
Post subject: Re: [...]

GM Credit Card Tips

Posted On: September 5, 2006

Author: Verne
Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2004 1:38 pm
Post subject: Activating my GM card
At 12:00pm noon today, January 31st, I called to activate my GM card using the 800# affixed to the credit card. I had to listen to a sales pitch for “identity theft protection” while my card was being activated. I was then [...]

New Installment Loan and Credit Cards

Posted On: August 31, 2006

Author: Hideous
Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2003 1:31 pm
Post subject: looking to buy a house only i have one trade line
hi all.
I just did some heavy credit repair on my wife’s credit and it looks like the whole thing is wiped but my sears card that she is an authorized user on for 18 months [...]

Chevron Credit Card Review

Posted On: August 27, 2006

Author: tjones102
Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 1:12 pm
Post subject: Got approved,,
By Chevron. I applied on-line approx 3 weeks ago, hadn’t heard from them so I called them today to check on the application status and they said “congrats, your approved” and I should have the card in 5 to 7 days.
Author: timmbukk
Posted: Sat Aug [...]