The Best Visa Credit Card Rewards Option
Finding the right rewards card is difficult with so many different options on the market, but sometimes turning to a processor like Visa can show people great cards with even more advantages. While card providers and partner companies such as airlines develop most credit card rewards programs, there can also be additional reward benefits and [...]
Top 5 Black Friday Sites of 2011: Tools for Mapping the Mayhem
The gist: NerdWallet reviews the top 5 sites to help you navigate the Black Friday madness. Happy Thanksgiving, nerds! Looking past the turkey to the Black Friday sales? We’re here to help. If you’re a discount gladiator contending in the retail arena tomorrow, you might want to take a few minutes to strategize. Don’t risk [...]
After Debit Card Debacle, Bank of America Lures Consumers to Credit Cards Instead
When Bank of America announced that debit cards would now come with a $5 per month fee, consumers revolted, transferring more than $4 billion in accounts to credit unions. Bank of America walked away from that mess canceling plans for the fee and eating a whole bunch of crow. Instead, it has opted to do [...]
BillMyParents & MasterCard Teach Teens Finances
BillMyParents and MasterCard have teamed up to target the parents of teenage consumers in a new campaign designed to educate parents in prepaid cards for teens. The campaign has been running across social networking sites and online media outlets in an attempt to teach the parents of teens about the real time tracking capabilities of [...]
Bankers Expect Delinquencies to Increase for Consumer Loans
Auto Loans 30 percent expected auto loan delinquencies to rise in the next six months; 21 percent expected them to fall. Credit cards 40 percent expected credit card delinquencies to rise in the next six months; 23 percent expected them to fall. Almost half (49.8 percent) believed the average credit card balance will increase over [...]