Why pay retail for gift cards when you can nail a discount or add a few more gallons to your gas tank. You can obtain prepaid gift cards that carry discounts ranging from 2% to 20% or more.
more
While the economy generally sucks there are a number of new card-related holiday promotions to lessen the pinch. For example, Nordstrom, Safeway and Office Depot have added some extra holiday cheer to their card programs.
more
Among Americans that plan to buy prepaid cards as gifts this holiday season 24% will purchase three or four cards and totally spend about $100 to $200. A new CardTrak poll shows that 33% of consumers do not plan to buy gift cards this year and that 76% will ...
more
The prime rate dropped to a four year low of 4.0% yesterday and has set the stage for a scramble in the credit card business to establish minimum interest rates, or floor rates, and raise the interest rate spreads, or the number of percentage points added to ...
more
Continental Airlines and Chase have added a new benefit for Continental
Airlines Chase credit and debit cardholders. Effective immediately
Continental Airlines will waive fees for the
first checked bag for cardholders of its co-branded Chase cards.
more
While most of the financial world is seeing "red" these day, the payment card world is seeing "green." Two new environmentally friendly cards have entered the U.S. marketplace. This month, U.S. Bank has teamed with CPI Card Group to offer a "bioPVC" card to ...
more
Nearly two-thirds of Americans are scared more about identity theft or fraud than Halloween monsters. By comparison only 9% are afraid of the holiday's horror movies, less than 3% are scared of haunted houses and about 1% are bothered by ghost stories.
more
Credit card loans for the three largest U.S. card issuers, Chase, BofA and Citi, grew by an average of 5.3% in the third quarter. The growth was led by Chase, posting a 7% gain over 3Q/07 to $159.3 billion.
more
As Disney's "High School Musical 3" comes to the big screen tomorrow at AMC Theatres, a new gift card has been unveiled. The new AMC "High School Musical 3" gift cards are available at AMC’s Web site and allow guests to select the design featuring the entire ...
more
Business owners are so uptight about the economy that they are willing to cross party lines this year to vote for the U.S. presidential candidate that they feel will do the most to help their business. A new survey reveals that many business owners are now ...
more
