Article: Global Credit Card Industry - Emerging Markets - In China, Growth in the Number of Credit Cards Surged To Nearly 93% in the First Half Of 2008.

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: NO: Credit cards are useful and totally ...
The Birmingham Post (England);  July 15, 2005 ;     617 words ... ... reasons for using a credit card. Credit cards are probably the best ... innocent victim of credit card fraud your money will ... people, they use their credit cards as a short term ... loan only, then a credit card is a good thing ...

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 ...

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 ...