Archive for November, 2009

Credit Card Use Down over Black Friday Weekend (source: ICC Credit Card)

Consumers may be seeing the holiday season as an opportunity to punish card issuers for hiking credit card rates, and imposing onerous new terms, and conditions. Certainly, mall shoppers are switching to cash or debit cards in droves. But will online purch… (source: ICC Credit Card) – RSS widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

Hello, Collections? The Worm Has Turned (source: New York Times)

A judge in Brooklyn may penalize the law firm Pressler & Pressler for dragging the wrong man into court over a credit card debt. (source: New York Times) – RSS news feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com

Bank charges case will mean better deals for us (source: The Independent)

The estimated one million or so customers expecting a tasty handout from their bank following the charges court case will now have to think again, after the Supreme Court refused the Office of Fair Trading permission to judge on the fairness of overdraft c… (source: The Independent) – News widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

Site-Hopping for Holiday Savings (source: New York Times)

Instead of going straight to a retailer, online shoppers may do better by choosing another entrance to that retailer’s Web site. (source: New York Times) – RSS news feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com

Credit Card Companies Ripping off Retailers? (source: ICC Credit Card)

It’s not just consumers who think they’re being treated badly by credit card companies. Plenty of retailers feel the same way. But a government report this week suggests that regulation of the fees that retailers pay may be problematic. (source: ICC Credit Card) – RSS and News widget on Feedzilla.com

Indian traders buy gold despite near-record prices (source: IB Times)

India gold traders continued to stock for weddings in anticipation of a further rise in near-record prices, but the flow of scrap sales eased, dealers said on Wednesday. (source: IB Times) – RSS feeds and Feed widget on Feedzilla.com

India needs efficient banks and infra funding – RBI (source: IB Times)

Inefficiencies in Indian banks have meant the large cuts in official rates have not been fully passed on to customers, hampering the effectiveness of monetary policy, the head of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said on Wednesday. (source: IB Times) – RSS widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

Infosys to focus on small buys (source: IB Times)

Infosys Technologies Ltd, India’s No. 2 software exporter, is focused on small acquisitions to boost growth and does not expect pricing to improve in the near term, a top executive said. (source: IB Times) – RSS and News widget on Feedzilla.com

Instant Credit Repair Tips Posted By : Ian Botham 1 (source: articlemotron.com)

Emergencies and carelessness often cause our credit scores to go downhill. The lowering of our scores makes getting credit and loans a major hassle since those lenders see you as a high risk for repaying the potential debt back to them. (source: articlemotron.com) – RSS news feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com

U.S. Looks to Australia on Credit Card Fees (source: New York Times)

After a law forced a cut in transaction fees, some merchants and banks added new charges for customers that were, sometimes, higher than the old ones. (source: New York Times) – News widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com