Good news for Chase customers that got socked with a their new monthly service charge… According to recent reports, they’ll stop charging this fee in April, and will be refunding previous months’ charges.
“Beginning in April, and based on customer feedback, Chase will stop charging the $10 monthly service charge and credit the service charges billed [...]
American Express is offering its card members double Membership Rewards points on gas and groceries from March 15, 2009 through March 15, 2010. The promo is capped at $1,000 of eligible purchases per month, but that’s a lot of gas groceries, so the cap should discourage you.
You can signup on the AmEx website or by [...]
As I’ve noted in the past, credit utilization has a major effect on your credit score. It should thus come as no surprise that recent moves by credit card issuers to reduce the credit limits of certain customers is negatively influencing credit scores.
According to a recent report in the Seattle Times, approximately 45% of US [...]
According to a recent report, Maryland could become the first state in the country to outlaw retroactive changes in credit card interest rates. The propose legislation would “prohibit card companies that change their rates from applying the new rate to debt a consumer already has incurred.”
Card issuers often adjust (i.e., increase) interest rates in response [...]
Every once in awhile I run across MyFICO discount codes, so I thought I’d start compiling them here in one place. For starters, here are two codes that give you 20-30% off your purchase:
myFICOis8 – 30% discount!
CPPSAVINGS – 20% discount!
As always, they also offer a free 30 day trial on their ScoreWatch service, which gives [...]
Have you ever heard of Credit Karma? If not, you should check them out. They offer free credit score tracking. No, it’s not a real FICO score — for that, you’ll need to try a service like MyFICO ScoreWatch — but it still gives you a sense for where you stand. And like I said [...]
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