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 … [Read more...]
FoxBusiness.com Highlights: Credit Card Safety, Offshore Spam Banks, College Grads
July 6, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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 … [Read more...]
CardRatings.com Highlights: New Credit Card Deals
May 16, 2011 By
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 … [Read more...]
Best of CardRatings.com: PayPal, Kardashians, APIs
November 16, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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 … [Read more...]
Scams, Lies, and Credit Cards: Fraud Rings’ Five Favorite Schemes
July 18, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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 … [Read more...]
Credit Card News Updates
December 15, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Recent updates from my credit card news blog at CardRatings.com: Fewer card delinquencies expected in 2010. (It could be because we all lost our shirts in 2009.) Choose between higher fees and lower credit scores. Buy that smartphone with your … [Read more...]
