Americans appear to be doing okay when it comes to credit utilization, as the overall national average credit score now sits at 678, on a scale from 330 to 830. Based on credit bureau data, less than 17% of Americans use more than 50% of their available ...
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American Express is taking its "Membership Rewards" program above the stratosphere and into the mesosphere with a new option to redeem points for space flight experiences. For 20 million points you can reserve a seat for a ride aboard a sub-orbital spacecraft ...
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Starting this week, if you carry any US-issued VISA credit card you will benefit from automatic "Auto Rental Insurance." The VISA "ARI" benefit, also known as "Collision Damage Waiver" coverage, was previously limited to "Gold" and "Platinum" VISA cards.
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Sony's VISA card is alive and well . . . it just changed hands. This week Sony and Bank One re-launched the "Sony Card," after a five year run at Citibank. The new version offers triple points for every dollar in card purchases spent on Sony products ...
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Consumer bankruptcy filings exceeded 1.6 million last year, a record for a calendar year. However, the figure did not break the historic high for a 12-month period, which was set in the period ending September 30, 2003.
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Delta Air Lines has become the first carrier to launch mileage gift cards. The new "SkyMiles Program Gift Card" is available in increments of 250 miles or 1,000 miles. The airline is currently offering the cards at all Atlanta-area city ticket offices and ...
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Homeowners' debt service burdens have increased nearly two and half percentage points over the past decade, from 10.84% in 1993 to 13.30% in 2003. Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said this week the increase is associated with rising levels of credit ...
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More than half of Americans say they have a received a credit card in the mail that they neither applied for or were expecting. While federal law prohibits card issuers from mailing real credit cards to "prospective" customers, it is perfectly legal to ...
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The virtual bad guys are relentless in their pursuit to fool Internet users into visiting fake bank sites, downloading keyloggers, or infecting computers with a wide variety of Trojan programs. Email fraud and phishing attacks grew by more than 50% in ...
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The "National Do Not Call Registry" is here to stay after a federal court ruled this week that the new government service does not violate the Constitution. Since going online nearly five months ago, the "Registry" now stands guard over 55 million telephone ...
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