Kudos & Community Outreach 2007

"CardRatings is among an elite few: a personal-finance gem in cyberspace..." USA Today Newspaper (as selected by staff writers in June, 2007)

"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 2007.


December

  • Curtis Arnold, CardRatings.com Founder, quoted in an article on how to boost your credit score that appeared in Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine. The article was written by By Jessica Anderson.
  • We are proud to have been referenced in a column about credit card interest rate increases that appeared on CNNMoney.com. The article was written by By Gerri Willis.
  • Curtis Arnold, CardRatings.com Founder, quoted in an article about high end credit cards that appeared in The Street. The article was written by By Sonja Ryst.
  • We are proud to have been referenced in a column regarding the changes consumer financing due to the housing downturn that appeared on Reuters. The article was written by By Emily Kaiser.

November

  • Curtis Arnold, Founder of CardRatings.com, quoted in The Arizona Republic in an article regarding the use of retail credit cards for holiday shopping. The article was written by Kristin Vorce.
  • Curtis Arnold, Founder of CardRatings.com, quoted in an article about recent changes in credit card terms that appeared in USA Today. The article was written by Kathy Chu.

October

  • Curtis Arnold, Founder of CardRatings.com, quoted in The Motley Fool in an article regarding credit card offers via postal mail. The article was written by Selena Maranjian.
  • Curtis Arnold, Founder of CardRatings.com, quoted in an article about the results a survey on credit card customer service by J.D. Power and Associates that appeared in South Florida Sun-Sentinel. The article was written by Marcia Heroux Pounds.
  • Curtis Arnold, Founder of CardRatings.com, quoted in an article about credit card interest rates The Kansas City Star. The article was written by Paul Wenske.
  • Curtis Arnold, Founder of CardRatings.com, quoted in The National Post in an article regarding the surge in subprime credit card offers. The article was written by Peter Morton.

September

  • Curtis Arnold, Founder of CardRatings.com, quoted in SmartMoney.com in an article regarding the growing availability of credit unions and what they offer consumers. The article was written by Kelli B. Grant.
  • Curtis Arnold, Founder of CardRatings.com, quoted in an article on getting credit with the recent changes in the economy that was featured in The Cincinnati Post (online). The article was written by Vicki Lee Parker.

August

  • Curtis Arnold, Founder of CardRatings.com, quoted in The Chicago Tribune in an article regarding information that consumers should know before applying for a credit card. The article was written by Carolyn Bigda.
  • Curtis Arnold, Founder of CardRatings.com, quoted in an article regarding how the collapse of the subprime market is affecting consumers that appeared in USA Today. The article was written by Sandra Block.
  • Curtis Arnold, Founder of CardRatings.com, quoted in an article about how problems in the mortage industry and subprime markets have began to spread into the credit card industry that appeared on CNNMoney.com. The article was written by Jeanne Sahadi.
  • Curtis Arnold, Founder of CardRatings.com, quoted in The Wall Street Journal in an article regarding the recent changes in consumer lending that have resulted in less favorable terms for many consumers. The article was written by Jane Kim.

July

  • Curtis Arnold, Founder of CardRatings.com, quoted in an article regarding the best cards that appeared in PARADE Magazine. The article was written by Lynn Brenner. PARADE is distributed by more than 380 Sunday newspapers nationwide.
  • Curtis Arnold, Founder of CardRatings.com, quoted in an article regarding "high end reward cards" that appeared in Forbes.com (affiliated with Forbes Magazine). The article was written by Liz Moyer.

June

  • Curtis Arnold, Founder of CardRatings.com, quoted in an article regarding 0% cards that appeared in The Wall Street Journal. The article was written by Jane Kim.
  • Curtis Arnold, Founder of CardRatings.com, quoted in an article regarding gas rebate cards that appeared in MarketWatch (affiliated with DowJones). The article was written by Laura Mandaro.
  • We are proud to have been referenced in a personal finance segment by Gerri Willis about gas rebate cards on CNN Headline News. Willis is a personal finance editor for CNN Business News.
  • Curtis Arnold, Founder of CardRatings.com, quoted in an article regarding gas reward cards that appeared in The Columbus Dispatch (Newspaper). The article was written by Denise Trowbridge.
  • Curtis Arnold, Founder of CardRatings.com, quoted in an article regarding department-store cards that appeared on SmartMoney.com (The Wall Street Journal Magazine of Personal Finance). The article was written by Aleksandra Todorova.
  • Curtis Arnold, Founder of CardRatings.com, quoted in an article regarding small business cards that appeared on the Dow Jones Newswire. This article was published by several media outlets, including the Houston Chronicle newspaper.
  • Curtis Arnold, Founder of CardRatings.com, quoted in an article regarding gas rebate cards that appeared in the Chicago Tribune (Newspaper). The article was written by Alfred Borcover.
  • Curtis Arnold, Founder of CardRatings.com, invited to serve on the Advisory Board for The Center for Consumer Financial Services at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). The Center provides national leadership and research related to student credit issues and is directed by Dr. Robert Manning.
  • Curtis Arnold, Founder of CardRatings.com, quoted in an article regarding auto bill payments that appeared on SmartMoney.com (The Wall Street Journal Magazine of Personal Finance). The article was written by Kelli B. Grant.
  • Curtis Arnold, our Founder of CardRatings.com, quoted in an article that appeared on Yahoo Finance regarding credit scoring. The article was written by Brigitte Yuille.

May

  • We are proud to have been referenced in a personal finance segment by Gerri Willis about gas rebate cards on CNN News. Willis is a personal finance editor for CNN Business News.
  • Curtis Arnold, Founder of CardRatings.com, quoted in an article regarding travel rewards that appeared on SmartMoney.com (The Wall Street Journal Magazine of Personal Finance). The article was written by Kelli B. Grant.
  • Curtis Arnold, Founder of CardRatings.com, quoted in an article regarding student cards that appeared on CNN-Money. The article was written by David Ellis, CNNMoney.com staff writer.
  • We are pleased that an article by Heshan Demel, VP of CardRatings.com, was referenced on BankRate.com.
  • Curtis Arnold, Founder of CardRatings.com, quoted in an article regarding mortgage rewards that appeared on CNN Money. The article was written by Jeanne Sahadi, senior writer.
  • We are proud to have been referenced in an segment that appeared on WBAL-TV Baltimore (NBC Affiliate) regarding credit card rates.
  • Curtis Arnold, CardRatings.com Founder, quoted in an article regarding credit card rewards that appeared in Wall Street Journal. The article was written by columnist Lingling Wei.
  • Curtis Arnold, CardRatings.com Founder, quoted in an article regarding credit card rewards that appeared in USA Today (newspaper). The article was written by columnist Christine Dugas.
  • Curtis Arnold, Founder of CardRatings.com, quoted in a personal finance segment by Gerri Willis about balance transfers on CNN News. Willis is a personal finance editor for CNN Business News.
  • Curtis Arnold, Founder of CardRatings.com, quoted in an article regarding new credit card traps that appeared on AOL.com (Main Money Channel Page). The article was written by Aleksandra Todorova, a reporter for SmartMoney.com.
  • Curtis Arnold, CardRatings.com Founder, quoted in an interview regarding credit card rewards that appeared on CBS Radio.

April

  • Curtis Arnold, Founder of CardRatings.com, quoted in a personal finance segment by Gerri Willis about universal default on CNN News. Willis is a personal finance editor for CNN Business News.
  • Curtis Arnold, Founder of CardRatings.com, quoted in the Baltimore Sun (Newspaper) regarding pitfalls of card rewards programs. The article was written by Eileen Ambrose.
  • Curtis Arnold, Founder of CardRatings.com, interviewed live on KNX 1070 NEWSRADIO, Los Angeles regarding low rate and balance transfer credit cards. The interview was conducted by Bob McCormick, the award-winning host of Money 101.
  • Curtis Arnold, our Founder of CardRatings.com, quoted in an article that appeared on BankRate regarding credit scoring. 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 Brigitte Yuille.
  • Curtis Arnold, Founder of CardRatings.com, quoted in an article that appeared in the The Sun Sentinel (South Florida Newspaper). The article was written by Harriet Johnson Brackey.
  • Special thanks to Governor Mike Beebe for signing a proclamation proclaiming April as Financial Literacy Month. Curtis Arnold, Founder of CardRatings.com, participated in this event, which was held in conjunction with the Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy. Curtis serves as co-chair of the Arkansas Coalition of Jump$tart.
  • Curtis Arnold, Founder of CardRatings.com, interviewed by Steve Powell on KATV's GMA - Channel 7 (ABC t.v. affiliate) regarding credit card reward programs.
  • We are proud to have been referenced in an article that appeared on the Motley Fool regarding home equity tips. The article was written by Tim Beyers. The Fool's nationally syndicated weekly newspaper column debuted in 1997 and now appears in more than 200 papers.
  • We are proud to have been referenced in an column by Liz Weston in the Los Angeles Times (Newspaper) . Liz is author of Your Credit Score: How to Fix, Protect and Improve the 3-Digit Number that Shapes Your Financial Future (October 2004, Prentice Hall).
  • Curtis Arnold, CardRatings.com Founder, quoted in an article regarding mortgage rebate cards by Reuters News Service. The article was written by Jonathan Stempel.
  • We are proud to have supported Financial Literacy Day on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. by manning a booth containing credit education. This event was held in conjunction with the Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy, JA Worldwide (Junior Achievement) and the National Council on Economic Education. Congresswoman Judy Biggert, Congressman Rubén Hinojosa, Senator Daniel Akaka and Senator Michael Enzi attended the event.

March

  • Curtis Arnold, CardRatings.com Founder, quoted in an article containing credit card tips that appeared in USA Today (newspaper). The article was written by columnist Sandra Block.
  • Curtis Arnold, Founder of CardRatings.com, quoted in an article regarding new credit card reward programs that appeared on SmartMoney.com (The Wall Street Journal Magazine of Personal Finance). The article was written by Aleksandra Todorova.
  • We are proud to have been referenced in an article that appeared on the website of US News & World Report. The article was written by Alison Go.
  • Curtis Arnold, Founder of CardRatings.com, quoted in an article regarding credit and debit card holds that appeared in the Seattle Post Intelligencer (Newspaper). The article was written by Phuong Le, consumer columnist.
  • Curtis Arnold, Founder of CardRatings.com, quoted in a personal finance segment by Gerri Willis about credit card industry practices on the website of CNN Headline News. Willis is a personal finance editor for CNN Business News.
  • Curtis Arnold, Founder of CardRatings.com, quoted in an article containing credit card tips that appeared in the Baltimore Sun. The article was written by Eileen Ambrose, personal finance columnist.
  • Curtis Arnold, Founder of CardRatings.com, interviewed live on KNX 1070 NEWSRADIO, Los Angeles regarding low rate credit cards. The interview was conducted by Bob McCormick, the award-winning host of Money 101.
  • We are proud to have been referenced in an article that appeared on the website of Dissident Voice. The article was written by Carolyn Baker, Ph.D. Carolyn is author of a forthcoming book, Coming Out from Christian Fundamentalism: Affirming Life, Love and The Sacred.
  • Curtis Arnold, Founder of CardRatings.com, quoted in an article about reward cards that appeared in the Christian Science Monitor (Newspaper). The article was written by Simone Baribeau.
  • Curtis Arnold, Founder of CardRatings.com, quoted in an article containing credit card consumer info. that appeared in the Seattle Post Intelligencer (Newspaper). The article was written by Phuong Le, consumer columnist.
  • Curtis Arnold, Founder of CardRatings.com, was interviewed for a NewsProNet television segment regarding prepaid teen credit cards. The segment is made available to approx. 100 major television network affiliate stations throughout the country, such as CBS 42 - Austin,TX.
  • Curtis Arnold, Founder of CardRatings.com, quoted in an article regarding credit card rewards that appeared on SmartMoney.com (The Wall Street Journal Magazine of Personal Finance). The article was written by Kelli B. Grant.
  • Curtis Arnold, CardRatings.com Founder, quoted in an article about credit card practices that appeared in USA Today (newspaper). The article was written by Kathy Chu.
  • Curtis Arnold, Founder of CardRatings.com, interviewed on NPR (National Public Radio) regarding tips on being a savvy cardholder. The interview was conducted by Michele Norris, the host of All Things Considered, public radio's longest-running national program.
  • Curtis Arnold, CardRatings.com Founder, quoted in an article about credit card rewards that appeared in Consumers Digest Magazine. Established in 1959, the magazine has a circulation of approximately 1.5 million.
  • We are proud that Curtis Arnold, Founder of CardRatings.com, was quoted in an article that appeared on the Motley Fool regarding credit card traps. The article was written by Tim Beyers.
  • We are proud that Curtis Arnold, Founder of CardRatings.com, was quoted in an article that appeared in the New York Daily News regarding poorly rated cards. The article was written by Benjamin Levisohn.
  • Curtis Arnold, Founder of CardRatings.com, interviewed live on the Entrepreneur Magazine Radio Law and Money Show. The show is hosted by Garrett Sutton, an attorney, best-selling author, and advisor with the Rich Dad organization (Poor Dad, Rich Dad book series).

February

January