Kudos & Community Outreach 2006
"My favorite credit card review site..." Jean Chatzky, Financial Editor of NBC's Today Show |
We are honored that we have received so much national recognition since our organization established an online presence in 1998 and we always welcome media or press inquiries. We are very pleased that our recognition has continued to grow in 2006.
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December
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Curtis Arnold, Founder of CardRatings.com, quoted in a personal finance segment by Gerri Willis about affinity credit card on the website of CNN Headline News. Willis is a personal finance editor for CNN Business News.
Curtis Arnold, CardRatings.com Founder, quoted in an article about credit card usage of twentysomethings that appeared in the USA Today (newspaper). The article was written by Kathy Chu. -
Curtis Arnold, Founder of CardRatings.com, quoted in an article regarding low rate credit cards that appears in the Jan. 2007 issue of the Bottom Line Retirement Newsletter. Bottom Line Personal and Bottom Line Retirement boast readership of well over a million readers every month and are among the most widely read newsletters ever published. |
November
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Curtis Arnold, Founder of CardRatings.com, quoted in a article about credit card rewards that appeared in the USA Today Weekend Edition. The article was written by Sharon Epperson.
USA Weekend is distribued to more than 600 newspapers
and boasts 49.2 million readers every weekend.
Curtis Arnold, our Founder of CardRatings.com, quoted in an article that appeared on BankRate regarding reward cards. BankRate began more than 25 years ago as a print publisher of the newsletter "Bank Rate Monitor" and is listed among the best financial websites by Forbes (Magazine). The article was written by Dana Dratch. Curtis Arnold, Founder of CardRatings.com, was the guest for an hour-long call-in radio show that airs live on 96.9 FM Talk- WTKK Boston. Various consumer credit subjects were discussed. This event was part of CardRatings.com's community outreach program. |
October
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Curtis Arnold, Founder of CardRatings.com, quoted in a personal finance segment by Gerri Willis about credit card fees on the website of CNN Headline News. Willis is a personal finance editor for CNN Business News.
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We are proud to be listed as a consumer resource in the Oct. issue of Black Enterprise Magazine. The reference is associated with an article about student credit cards written by Lois Barrett. Curtis Arnold, Founder of CardRatings.com, quoted in an article regarding rebate credit cards that appeared in the Sunday Wall Street Journal. The article was written by Andrea Coombes. Curtis Arnold, Founder of CardRatings.com, quoted in an article about credit card fees that appeared in the The Fort-Worth Star Telegram. The article was written by Teresa McUsic, the Star-Telegram's "Savvy Consumer Columnist". Curtis Arnold, Founder of CardRatings.com, quoted in a Reuters article regarding rebate credit cards that appeared on MSN Money. The article was written by Linda Stern. Curtis Arnold, Founder of CardRatings.com, quoted in an article regarding credit scoring that appeared in the Sunday Wall Street Journal. The article was written by Jaclyne Badal. Curtis Arnold, Founder of CardRatings.com, quoted in an article regarding low rate credit cards that appeared in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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The article was written by Patricia Sabatini. Special thanks to Professor Eddie Ary, CPA, CFP, for allowing us to speak to two personal finance undergraduate classes at Ouachita Baptist University about credit card debt and other credit card issues. This speaking engagment was part of our voluntary community outreach program.
We are proud to have been referenced in an article regarding student credit cards that appeared in The Etownian
, the official college newspaper of Elizabethtown College.
The article was written by Elizabethtown College Students In Free Enterprise, a nonprofit organization that teaches others the principles of free Markey economics. |
September
Curtis Arnold, Founder of CardRatings.com, quoted in an article regarding rebate credit cards that appeared in Newsweek Magazine.
The article was written by Linda Stern.
Referenced in a personal finance segment by Gerri Willis about student credit cards on the website of CNN Headline News. Willis is a personal finance editor for CNN Business News. |
August
We are pleased that CardRatings.com is referenced in an article regarding double cycle billing that appeared on The Motley Fool. The article was written by Tim Beyers. Motley Fool has a nationally syndicated weekly newspaper column and a radio show that is nationally syndicated by NPR on more than 100 stations. Curtis Arnold, Founder of CardRatings.com, was the guest for an hour-long call-in radio show that airs live on 96.9 FM Talk- WTKK Boston. Various consumer credit subjects were discussed. This event was part of CardRatings.com's community outreach program. Special thanks to Adam DePriest, a personal finance instructor at Pulaski Academy (PA), for allowing us to speak to his high school personal finance class regarding credit card issues. This speaking engagment is part of our voluntary community outreach program. PA is the only independent, non-sectarian, college-prep school in Arkansas. Curtis Arnold, Founder of CardRatings.com, quoted in an article regarding gas rebate cards that appeared on CardLine. The article was written by John Frank. CardLine is published by SourceMedia.
SourceMedia's flagship publications, including American Banker, National Mortgage News, The Bond Buyer, and Accounting Today, have helped build its reputation as the pre-eminent information source in its respective markets. Curtis Arnold, CardRatings.com Founder, interviewed on the Michael Baisden Radio Show. Michael aka "The Bad Boy" is one of the most compelling personalities on radio entertaining millions of loyal listeners daily on his nationally syndicated show. -
Referenced in a personal finance segment by Gerri Willis about reward credit cards on the website of CNN Headline News. Willis is a personal finance editor for CNN Business News.
Curtis Arnold, CardRatings.com Founder, quoted in an article about credit card interest rates that appeared in the USA Today (newspaper). The article was written by Kathy Chu. Curtis Arnold, CardRatings.com Founder, quoted in an article about gas rebate credit cards that appears on MSNBC.com. The article was written by Herb Weisbaum, a nationaly recognized consumer advocate. Nancy Castelman, CardRatings.com Reporter, quoted in an article about credit cards and vending machines that appeared in The Chicago Tribune. The article was written by Becky Yerak. We are pleased that CardRatings.com is referenced in an article regarding consumer credit that appeared on The Motley Fool. The article was written by Tim Beyers. Motley Fool has a nationally syndicated weekly newspaper column and a radio show that is nationally syndicated by NPR on more than 100 stations. Curtis Arnold, CardRatings.com Founder, quoted in article that appeared on the home page of CNN/Money regarding student credit cards. The article was written by David Ellis. Referenced in a article by Martin H. Bosworth about credit card usage that appeared on ConsumerAffairs.com. ConsumerAffairs.Com, founded in 1998, is an independent consumer publication and was founded by veteran journalist and public affairs executive James R. Hood. |
July
We are very proud that Ira Stoller, a senior member of our message board, was interviewed for a credit related segment that aired on the The NBC Today Show. Congrats Ira! Referenced in a personal finance segment by Gerri Willis about gas reward credit cards on CNN Headline News. Willis is a personal finance editor for CNN Business News. We are very proud to have been referenced in an article about credit card balance transfer offers that appeared on the The Washington Post website. The article was written by consumer reporter Caroline E. Mayer. Curtis Arnold, Founder of CardRatings.com, quoted in an article regarding gas savings tips that appeared in the August issue of Smart Money Magazine (The Wall Street Journal Magazine of Personal Finance). The article was written by Jim Rendon. Special thanks to Regina Norwood from the Social Security Admin. and Billy Britt from the Federal Reserve Bank for allowing us to speak to a group of African American teen-agers about credit cards during a Jump$tart seminar held at the Federal Reserve Bank (Little Rock Branch). We are proud that Curtis Arnold, Founder of CardRatings.com, serves as the co-chair of the Arkansas chapter of Jump$tart. This event was part of our community outreach program. Special thanks to the National Council of La Raza (NCLR), the largest nonprofit Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization in the U.S., for inviting Curtis Arnold, our founder, to speak at a roundtable discussion regarding credit card problems facing the Latino community. This discussion was held at the 2006 NLCR annual conference in Los Angeles, which boasted over 23,000 attendees. |
June
Curtis Arnold, CardRatings.com Founder, quoted in an article about Citibank cards that appeared in the Wall Street Journal. The article was written by Clint Riley. Curtis Arnold, CardRatings.com Founder, quoted in an article about balance transfer credit card offers that appeared on TheStreet.com. The article was written by Dorianne Perrucci. We are proud to be referenced in an article about credit card fine print that appeared on the website of MarketPlace Money (national public radio). The segment was hosted by Associate Producer Rico Gagliano. We are proud to be referenced in an article about credit tips that appeared in the South Carolina's State Newspaper. The article was written by business columnist Harriet Brackey. |
May
Referenced in a personal finance segment by Gerri Willis about gas rebate credit cards on CNN TV (News). Willis is a personal finance editor for CNN Business News. We are very proud to have been referenced in an article about credit card grace periods that appeared on the The Washington Post website. The article was written by consumer reporter Caroline E. Mayer. We are proud to have been referenced in an article about credit card interest rates by the Wall Street News Alert. The article was written by Sonja Rudd and distributed via various press wires. Curtis Arnold, Founder of CardRatings.com, quoted in an article that appeared in the May issue Money Magazine regarding credit card scoring. The article was written by Amanda Gengler. Curtis Arnold, Founder of CardRatings.com,quoted in an article that appeared in the Reno News & Review regarding credit card grace periods. The article was written by Dennis Myers. Curtis Arnold, CardRatings.com Founder, was the guest for an hour-long call-in radio show that airs live on 96.9 FM Talk- WTKK Boston. Various consumer credit subjects were discussed. This event was part of CardRatings.com's community outreach program. Curtis Arnold, CardRatings.com Founder, quoted in an article about gas rebate cards that appeared in the The Fort-Worth Star Telegram. The article was written by Teresa McUsic, the Star-Telegram's "Savvy Consumer Columnist". |
April
Curtis Arnold, Founder of CardRatings.com, interviewed by Bob Moon on MarketPlace regarding credit card payment networks. MarketPlace is carried by 330 public radio stations nationwide. Curtis Arnold, Founder of CardRatings.com, uoted in an article that appeared on MSNBC's website regarding credit card minimum payments. The article was written by Selena Maranjian, an author of several personal finance books and a reporter for the Motley Fool. We are proud to be listed as a consumer resource by The Pennsylvania Office of Financial Education. Established in April 2004 by executive order of Governor Edward G. Rendell, the PN Office of Financial Education seeks to increase the availability and quality of financial education in Pennsylvania’s schools, communities, and workplaces. We are proud to have been featured in a recent article about small business credit cards by the The National Federation of Independent Business (NIFB). NIFB is the largest advocacy organization representing small and independent businesses in Washington, D.C., and all 50 state capitals. The article was written by Lena Basha. We are proud to have been featured in a recent article containing credit card tips by Life Works. LifeWorks is asscoiated with Ceridian LifeWorks Services, the world's leading provider of workplace effectiveness services. For over 25 years, Ceridian has been helping thousands of companies create more productive, enjoyable workplaces through a wide range of assistance and training programs for employees and management. The article was written with the help of Jonathan Hefner, M.A., L.P. Special thanks to The Little Rock Chamber of Commerce and to Techpreneur, a non-profit organization devoted to developing technology based companies, for allowing Curtis Arnold, Founder of CardRatings.com, to be a seminar leader at the 15th Annual Arkansas Business & Technology Expo (EXP’06), the state’s premier business-to-business showcase. This speaking engagment was part of our voluntary community outreach program. |
March
Curtis Arnold, Founder of CardRatings.com, quoted in an article that appeared in The Washington Post regarding cash back credit cards. The article was written by Don Oldenburg, who writes about issues of consumer interest. Special thanks to Professor Eddie Ary, CPA, CFP, for allowing us to speak to two personal finance undergraduate classes at Ouachita Baptist University about credit card debt and other credit card issues. These speaking engagments were part of our voluntary community outreach program. Curtis Arnold, Founder of CardRatings.com, quoted in the "Ask Smart Money" column in Smart Money Magazine- March issue (The Wall Street Journal Magazine of Personal Finance) regarding credit cards and credit scoring. The column is written by Matthew Heimer. We are proud to have been featured in a recent story by consumer reporter Jeff Ehling about credit card fraud that aired on ABC 13 (Houston). Curtis Arnold, Founder of CardRatings.com, is quoted in an article about debit cards that appears in Young Money Magazine. The article was written by Leah Betancourt. Young Money seeks to educate college students about personal finance. The magazine is published by InCharge® Institute of America, Inc., a national non-profit organization specializing in personal finance education and credit counseling. Young Money boasts a readership of 750,000 young adults. Curtis Arnold, Founder of CardRatings.com, quoted in an Associated Press newspaper article that appeared in The Winston-Salem Journal. The subject of the article was paying rent with plastic. |
February
Featured in an article about student credit cards that appeared on the website of Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine. The article was written by Janet Bodnar, deputy editor and a nationally recognized expert in the field of children's and family finances. Janet's articles are distributed to newspapers by The New York Times syndicate. Featured in book review of “Live Well on Less Than You Think: The New York Times Guide to Achieving Your Financial Freedom” by Fred Brock that appeared in the Rockford (IL) Register Star Newspaper. The article was written by Bruce E. Brinkman, a Certified Financial Planner with Timothy Financial Counsel Inc. We are proud that our website is referenced in a newspaper article about credit card minimum payments that appeared in the Pine Bluff Commercial. The article was written by Amy Riggin of the Commercial Staff. |
January
We are extremely proud that our website was referenced in a "Money Matters" online article about minimum credit card payments by The Early Show on CBS. The article was produced in association with Ray Martin, CBS News financial adviser. We are extremely proud that our website is listed as a consumer resource by the U.S. Public Interest Research Group (PIRG). The state PIRGs created U.S. Public Interest Research Group (U.S. PIRG) in 1983 to act as watchdog for the public interest in our nation's capital, much as PIRGs have worked to safeguard the public interest in state capitals since 1971. The state PIRGs are a network of independent, state-based, citizen-funded non-profit organizations that advocate for the public interest. The U.S. PIRG created the website TruthAboutCredit.org in 2001 to educate consumers about credit cards and to combat deceptive credit card practices. Curtis Arnold, CardRatings.com Founder, was the guest for an hour-long call-in radio show that airs live on 96.9 FM Talk- WTKK Boston. Various consumer credit subjects were discussed. This event was part of CardRatings.com's community outreach program. We are proud that our website is referenced in a magazine article about lwo rate credit cards that appeared in Medical Economics Magazine. The article was written by senior editor Marcy Tolkoff, JD. We are proud that our website is referenced in an article in the Feb. issue of For Me Magazine about credit card debt. Howard Dvorkan of Consolidated Credit Counseling (one of our partner organizations) is also quoted in the article. Referenced in a personal finance segment by Gerri Willis about credit card debt on CNN TV (News). Willis is a personal finance editor for CNN Business News. Curtis Arnold, Founder of CardRatings.com, quoted in an article regarding reward credit cards that appears in the Jan. 16th issue of Bottom Line Personal Newsletter. Bottom Line Personal boasts readership of well over a million readers every month and is among the most widely read newsletters ever published. Referenced in an aritcle about reward cards by Teresa Bouza that appeared in the Tu Dinero Magazine. Curtis Arnold, Founder of CardRatings.com, quoted in an article regarding gas rebate credit cards that appears in the Jan. 1st issue of Bottom Line Retirement Newsletter. Bottom Line Personal and Bottom Line Retirement boast readership of well over a million readers every month and is among the most widely read newsletters ever published. |
 We are also very proud that our website has been referenced in several books relating to personal finance issues, including The ABC's of Getting Out of Debt: Turn Your Bad Debt to Good Debt (part of Robert Kiyosaki's NY Times bestselling Rich Dad Poor Dad Book Series), Live Well on Less Than You Think: The New York Times Guide to Achieving Your Financial Freedom by bestselling author Fred Brock (multiple references in the credit card chapter), Deal with Your Debt: The Right Way to Manage Your Bills and Pay Off What You Owe by Liz Pulliam Weston, one of MSN Money's most-read columnists and author of the Q&A column "Money Talk" which appears in newspapers nationwide, Financing College: How Much You'll Really Have to Pay and How to Get the Money & Raising Money Smart Kids: What They Need to Know about Money and How to Tell Them from the editors of Kiplingers Personal Finance Magazine, Coach Yourself to Success: Winning the Investment Game by Joe Moglia, CEO of Ameritrade, Money $marts: Personal Financial Success in 30 Days! by Dr. Judith Briles, Credit Hell: How to Dig Out of Debt by Howard S. Dvorkin, CPA, founder of Consolidated Credit Counseling Services, Inc. (non-profit), For Richer Not Poorer: The Newlywed's Financial Survival Guide by Deborah Wilburn, contributing editor for Elegant Bride magazine and former financial columnist for Modern Bride magazine,The Quarterlifer's Companion by Abby Wilner and Catherine Stocker, Physician's Guide to Investing, The A Practical Approach to Building Wealth by Dr. Robert M. Doroghazi, and edited by Dan French, PhD, Moolah or Bummer!: A Humorous Look at Finance and Investing by Moget Africa, Microsoft Money 2006 For Dummies by Peter Weverka, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Personal Finance in Your 40s and 50s by Sarah Young Fisher, CFP, and Susan Shelly, CashCow Kids: The Guide to Financial Freedom At Any Age by Lisa Jordan and Sheri Provost, Evil Money- Evil Credit by Alton J. Jones, Getting Loaded: A Complete Personal Finance Guide For Students And Young Professionals by Peter G. Bielagus, The Hip Girl's Handbook: For Home, Car, & Money Stuff by Jennifer Musselman, and Net Worth, Using the Internet for Personal Financial Planning by Carrie Mauriello.
 On a related note, we are extremely proud to announce that we will be publishing our own book about credit cards soon- more details forthcoming!
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