Benefits of Credit Cards often Trump the Convenience of Debit Cards

Posted On: July 13, 2009

Debit cards offer convenience and are becoming increasingly popular with consumers, but they still don’t offer many of the same benefits as credit cards do.

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Credit Card Education Tips for Parents

Posted On: October 9, 2008

By Curtis Arnold, CardRatings.com Founder
Editor’s Note: This article is the first in a four-part series containing consumer tips for parents of children and young adults.Unless you’ve shopped for a toddler lately, you may not realize that many toys geared to children as young as three now accept pretend credit cards as well as cash. I’ve [...]

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Pre-Paid Teen Credit Cards

Posted On: February 8, 2006

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Posted: Thu Oct 07, 2004 6:29 pm
Post subject: Pre-Paid Teen Credit Cards
Board Monitor-CS
Date: 1/20/2001 10:47 pm CDT
Hello Everyone!
I was wondering if any parents/teens/individuals out there have had any good/bad experiences with Visa Buxx, American Express Cobalt Card, M2 Visa, Pocketcard, etc. ? They have become incredibly popular over the past couple of months and I [...]

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Credit Tips: Fleet Platinum Visa Credit Card Information

Posted On: November 1, 2004

Author: NightStarForum ModeratorJoined: 07 Nov 2003Posts: 1836Location: IllinoisPosted: Sun Nov 16, 2003 6:33 pmPost subject: Fleet:fleethomelink.fleet.com/cgi-bin/imcpprd.dll/Ctrl.jsp?page=topLevel&cntType=UCP_WELCOME
Fleet Platinum Visa®
ANNUAL PERCENTAGE RATE
(APR) for Purchases 0% (.00000% daily periodic rate) through the last day of your billing cycle that includes the 6-month anniversary of account opening.1 If no intro rate, then for Fleet Customers, between 11.99% (.03285% daily [...]

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Credit Tips: Reducing My Credit Limit

Posted On: September 1, 2004

Doug- GuestPosted: Mon Jun 09, 2003 4:12 am
Board Monitor, I have an authorized credit limit of over $22,000 on an MBNA card and I fear that it may keep going up. The balance I owe is zero. I don’t feel that I need such a high authorized limit, but I am [...]

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