Posted on December - 16 - 2011
Getting the finest credit card deal asks for attentive shopping and contrasting amongst many credit card offers, specifically whenever you have modest or below average credit. Even though numerous credit card providers for instance American Express, Scotiabank, Capital One and MBNA will approve a credit card application from an individual with a sub-par fico score, the Apr and charges related to those credit cards will often be astronomical, additionally your credit limit is extremely minimal. For example, some credit cards that are to be had for people with sub-par credit ratings come with high interest for purchases, money withdrawals and delinquencies.
Furthermore, these cards include annual charges, a one-time account opening cost, along with a monthly account maintenance cost. Read more…
Posted on December - 08 - 2011
MUMBAI: The government is considering a proposal to slash charges imposed by banks on credit card payment defaults to make it more affordable and to encourage payment by mobile phones as an alternate channel to replace debit and credit cards as part of a broad reform of the electronic payment system in the country.
Banks now charge an interest rate as high as 36% annually if a credit card customer fails to pay his dues before the billing cycle. There is no charge if the dues are paid on time. But, there have been instances of some customers being charged an interest rate of over 50% for defaulting on credit card payments.
Now, as part of a plan to reform the payment system in India, the finance ministry has formed a committee headed by DK Mittal, secretary, financial services, to work out a blueprint.
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Posted on December - 07 - 2011
There are several good credit cards with rewards available out there. When referring to the rewards, a large number of the cards have linked themselves with retailers along with other organizations. When you shop for your supplies from the company or shop which is partnered with your card, then you have the chance to gain reward points or bonus points. Most leading credit cards has linked themselves with several of the major air carriers to present you rewards on your next air travel ticket. They additionally provide a couple of air miles cards whereby you could gain air miles with them and you might choose the carrier you wish to journey with.
In contrast to other cards they have reasonable interest rates as well as charges and the majority of the cards they give are 0% prime rate at the time you buy and balance transfers but you aren’t able to collect a reward over it to get balance transfer. Read more…
Posted on December - 02 - 2011
Cyber Monday is in full swing, and if your like me I would rather shop online than fight the crazy crowds at the store. Did you see that at one place a lady peeper sprayed fellow shoppers in order to get an XBOX! Yikes! Online shopping does come with its own risks, but I am fairly certain getting peeper sprayed is not one of them! Here are a few tips to protect yourself while you do your do your cyber Monday shopping.
Shop on sites you trust! Stick with sites you know and love. I am not saying that just because the site is well know that they are safe from cyber attacks, but you are much better off with a well known retailer. At the same time make sure you are really on the site you think you are. A common trick is to build a site that looks exactly as it should look, but have a slight misspelling in the domain name.
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