Fox Business, NASDAQ, and many other outlets in our CardRatings syndicate picked up my feature on four technology trends that could change the way we use credit cards over the next twenty years. I'm not sure if we'll figure out how to eliminate Continue Reading
September 1, 2011
MSN Feature: Demystifying Your Credit Score
The folks at MSN highlighted a feature I originally wrote for CardRatings.com about the ingredients that make up your credit score. Each one of the four major credit bureaus uses their own recipe:FICOTransUnionEquifaxExperianSome bureaus give more Continue Reading
July 6, 2011
FoxBusiness.com Highlights: Credit Card Safety, Offshore Spam Banks, College Grads
The folks at Fox Business have picked up some of my CardRatings.com columns for their Personal Finance channel. They're featuring expanded editions of:Bank of America Tops Credit Card Safety Scorecard for Fifth YearCredit Card Spam Payments Handled Continue Reading
May 16, 2011
CardRatings.com Highlights: New Credit Card Deals
We've been mixing things up on CardRatings with our credit card news blog and a new series of feature articles. Some of my recent favorites: * The six best credit cards for parents. This ran as a Mother's Day special, but it's got some great ideas Continue Reading
November 16, 2010
Best of CardRatings.com: PayPal, Kardashians, APIs
Some of my favorite recent stories from our CardRatings.com Credit Card News blog: PayPal's mobile app enables person-to-person transactions. It sounds like they want to take on the folks from Square, but Intuit's rolling up with a serious contender Continue Reading
July 18, 2010
Scams, Lies, and Credit Cards: Fraud Rings’ Five Favorite Schemes
Even if you’ve become religious about shredding your credit card statements before you toss them away, criminals can still find ways to cheat you out of time and money. Investigators want you to watch for five of the fastest growing sources of Continue Reading
