Article: NO: Credit cards are useful and totally transparent; Mark Bowerman, a spokesperson for the Association for Payment Clearing Services (APACS), believes the credit card industry is doing nothing wrong.(News)

Article: The FCAC Updates Interactive Tool to Help Consumers Shop Around ...
Marketwire Canada;  September 16, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... its well-liked Credit Cards and You guide and ... finding the right credit card, knowing what ... needs, and find a credit card that fits their ... FCAC updates the Credit Cards and You interactive ... has updated its Credit Cards and You guide ... find the right ...

Article: Consumers' use of credit cards: store credit ...
Journal of Consumer Affairs;  December 22, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... loans as well as credit card debt) grew from ... Reserve Board 2000). Credit cards include bank-issued ... secured cards (credit cards that require a security ... dominant form of credit card, the first credit cards were store cards ...

Article: Confessions of a credit card surfer. (switching ...
Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine;  February 1, 1996 ;     700+ words ... ... century of creeping credit card debt, the guilt ... received my first credit card--we called ... days, offers for credit cards did not pour into ... owe, the more credit cards you become "prequalified ... actually reading the credit card offers that poured ...

Article: Explosion in popularity of credit cards in the ...
Middle East;  June 18, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... the popularity of credit cards in the region ... levels of growth in credit card numbers worldwide. The credit cards industry is very ... most attractive to credit card issuers, because ... propensity to spend on credit cards. The region is ...

Article: Nearly One-Third of Credit-Card Owners Hold High ...
Gallup Poll News Service;  June 11, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... consumers used their credit cards less during April ... survey of consumer credit-card use showed the ... shows that American credit-card holders have about four credit cards on average. Many ... maintain fairly high credit-card balances. Overall ...

Article: What happens if the bank yanks my credit ...
Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine;  September 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Q: I received a notice from Capital One that it is closing my credit-card account because of inactivity. If the company closes the account, will it hurt my credit score? Whether you or the issuer cancels ...

Article: Mini will offer Visa credit card.(service ...
Automotive News;  June 12, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... order works for cars, Mini figures it should work for credit cards, too. Mini Financial Services will begin marketing a Visa ... or they can donate them to charity. Mini will market the credit card to owners at its dealerships and on a Web site. The company ...