The number of contactless "blink" cards has now climbed to six million nationwide. The latest markets for the revolutionary Chase credit cards are the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex area and the greater Orlando area.
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Revolving consumer credit continued to hover at the $800 billion mark in November, down a modest $900 million from the record set in September. Month-to-month, revolving consumer credit increased a mere $300 million.
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Credit card delinquencies, based on total dollars outstanding, dipped to its lowest level in more than ten years for a third quarter period. Sequentially, delinquent dollars rose a modest 14 basis points while the number of past-due credit card accounts edged ...
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The bank credit card industry has boiled down to the top three issuers who collectively will control nearly 60% of the market, based on card balances, this year. This week, Bank of America completed its $35 billion acquisition of credit card giant MBNA.
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Barclays has launched a new co-branded "US Airways Dividend Miles World MasterCard" offering 15,000 bonus miles upon activation, up to 10,000 bonus miles for balance transfers and the chance to purchase fifty cent tickets to some of US Airways' more than 200 ...
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Friday, December 23rd ranked as the highest overall sales volume day of the 2005 holiday shopping season. Six of the ten busiest retail shopping days of the season occurred during the week of December 19th thru December 25th.
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HSBC, the issuer of the "General Motors MasterCard," has agreed to become the fifth U.S. issuer of American Express cards. In return, AmEx has agreed to dismiss HSBC from its antitrust lawsuit against VISA, MasterCard and other U.S. banks.
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