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Our credit card news section covers all recent consumer and business credit card related news, including Visa, MasterCard, Discover and American Express.

The Best Cash Back Credit Cards, May 2012 -- Cash back credit cards can help consumers practice responsible spending while earning a little extra for their efforts when used properly. It wasn't long ago that the..... (more)

Is Dust on Your Credit Card a Bad Thing? -- Some debt-laden consumers go to extremes to let their credit cards cool off. Quite literally. Some exile their cards in an icy "lock box" in their freezer...... (more)

Rewards Credit Cards as Popular as Ever, Says Auriemma Consulting Group -- NEW YORK -- Rewards credit cards are as popular today as they've ever been according to recent research from Cardbeat(R), a syndicated research report published by..... (more)

How Many Credit Cards Should You Carry? -- If you have ever wondered whether you should carry one, two or more cards, read on and well tell you. (more)

200 in county recent victims of mail theft -- Credit cards, checks and other personal information were recovered in cases throughout the county. (more)

Radio Frequency Credit Cards Proliferating Security Risk? -- Millions of credit cards, known as radio frequency identification cards, are emitting radio signals, giving away information that could allow an electronic pickpocket to..... (more)

Why Sentencing Your Credit Cards To Exile Isn't The Wisest Move -- Some debt-laden consumers go to extremes to let their credit cards cool off. Quite literally. Some exile their cards in an icy "lock box" in their freezer...... (more)

Seek out the perfect loan -- Personal Loans have been regularly used to fund those little extras such as a holiday abroad, a new car and increasingly as a means of debt consolidation. Most people..... (more)

Unenforceable credit agreement claims -- Claims management companies lack of experience with unenforceable credit agreements, could land consumers in deeper financial trouble and even land them in court (more)

Students disappointed by broken principle -- Students will see their student loan rate dropped from 1.5% to 0% this September (more)

Sainsbury's make play for the UK loans market -- Sainsbury's the supermarket giant is making a play for the UK online unsecured personal loan market (more)

Single premium PPI 'must be withdrawn' -- Single premium Payment Protection Insurance (PPI) is the subject of a new campaign from the Financial Services Authority (FSA). The regulator has written to providers,..... (more)

Report warns of 'major change to family finances' -- Young adults in the UK are depending on their parents for financial support - and putting the older generation's finances under strain. A new report from The Children's..... (more)

BBA welcomes impact of loans scheme -- Banks have updated on the progress of the Enterprise Finance Guarantee scheme, aimed at improving loans flows to businesses. The comments, from the British Bankers'..... (more)