Are You Really Ready For a Credit Card?
This is a guest post from Mr. Credit Card of www.askmrcreditcard.com. Credit cards are seen as an essential method of payment for the majority of Americans. Unfortunately, credit cards are not for everybody. There are two groups of people who do not possess a credit card, but probably should some day. The big question is: [...]
Free Web Traffic
What does every online marketer want? Simple – free web traffic! In the evolution of online marketing to date, that has meant learning to satisfy one gigantic customer – Google. If your website pleases Google and fits in with their estimation of what a “relevant” website is for a particular keyword, they will (grudgingly it [...]
Review: BillFloat – Can’t Pay Your Bills? They Have you Covered (For A Fee)
It’s the 1st of the month and time to pay the bills. After unexpected medical bills or some other financial emergency bungled your budget earlier this month, you realize there’s a bill or two your funds can’t cover. What do you do? You float it. BillFloat, founded in 2009 and incubated by PayPal, has a [...]
Hoenig critical of the Fed’s zero rate policy, says rates should be hiked up
Thomas Hoenig, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, in his remarks seemed critical about the current zero percent rate of the Federal Reserve (link to ). He says that it should be hiked from 0% to 1% and then moving to 2% gradually. This is needed or else it will leave a [...]
Tougher punishment for late payers
Credit card borrowers who miss a monthly repayment are facing increasingly harsh penalties. Borrowers are being lured into 0% deals on credit cards, with some lenders offering no interest for 16 months. But if borrowers miss one payment by a few days they may forfeit the entire 0% deal and see their credit limit drastically [...]