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How Marty McFly’s sneakers help your credit card company prevent fraud
Maybe not those sneakers per se, but my latest column for Fox Business explores five of the most ridiculous credit card charges of all time, including Tinie Tempah’s recent purchase of a $37,500 pair of Nike Mags. (Don’t worry, it was for charity.) Your credit card company watches for purchases that fall outside your normal…
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The Making of Barclaycard Ring
In an era of big bank consolidation, I’m excited that the folks from Barclaycard have chosen to leverage their “clean brand” to shake up the credit card business here in the United States. I interviewed Barclaycard’s Paul Wilmore for this credit card profile on the Fox Business website.
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Credit Cards of the Future
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 cash in our lifetime. After all, there’s still something very primal and…
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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: FICO TransUnion Equifax Experian Some bureaus give more weight to what you’ve done with your credit history over the past two years,…
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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 identity theft and credit card forgeries… Read the full article at CardRatings.com…
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Have you been rate jacked by your credit card issuer?
We just posted a new feature to the front page of CardRatings.com: Credit card rate hikes have become a popular strategy for lenders who want to purge their portfolios of less profitable accounts. New federal credit card regulations give consumers the power to reject a credit card rate increase, but only at the expense of…
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Ten Reasons to Get Out of Debt: Dirty Collector Tricks
While many debt collection agencies perform legitimate work for credit card issuers, banks, and other lenders, some rogue collectors have drawn the attention of law enforcement officials for their dishonest and illegal behavior. If you need some inspiration to get out of debt faster, learn about these ten extreme cases of collector misconduct: Read the…
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Crowdsourcing Your Debt Consolidation Loan
If you’re like most Americans, you’re not quite as connected to your neighbors as your grandparents might have been. Borrowing money from relatives or close friends carries too much emotional baggage, narrowing your options if you’ve exhausted your lines of credit at traditional banks or credit unions. Read the full article at Rebuild.org…
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Top Ten Signs Your Debt Consolidation Company Is Trying to Bankrupt You
Americans who once thought that open lines of credit were as good as money in the bank have been getting some rude awakenings. Applications for emergency lines of credit for medical bills are going up, while credit card companies are shrinking available credit limits, even for their best customers. Many of us may seek help…