5 Steps to Greater Online Payment Security

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

With over 80 million individuals falling victim to Identity Theft annually and the growing important of online trades in our daily life, the important to improve online payment security is not only a necessity but a vital step one must take to ensure your credit cards stay away ...

Emily’s list: Haiti edition

Saturday, January 23rd, 2010

#contentArea .entryDetail img { border-style: none; margin-right: 10px; margin-left: 10px; border: 0px; } Right now, our lives seem petty and mundane compared to the recent devastation in Haiti. While we may be bummed out that we may not have a vacation in the budget and whether ...

How to Get a Credit Card if You Have Bad Credit

Thursday, January 21st, 2010

There are many ways you can get a credit card, even if you have bad credit. Open checking and savings accounts. When you’re starting on the long road to obtaining credit cards, you will want to begin in a very obvious place: your local bank. Open a checking account ...

Massachusetts Senate upset may have ripple effects on financial reform

Thursday, January 21st, 2010

Could Republican Scott Brown's election to fill Ted Kennedy's Democratic U.S. Senate seat in Massachusetts derail pending Wall Street financial reforms? Although much of the attention about Brown's election has focused on the fate of the health care bill, there's another piece of pending legislation that may be affected: ...

Britney Spears swipes bodyguard’s credit card

Thursday, January 21st, 2010

Pop icon Britney Spears is in the headlines again. This time, for credit card misdeeds. It shows that, once again, celebrity trumps all. According to TMZ, Spears used her bodyguard's credit card to buy two pairs of boots on a recent shopping spree. The problem: Spears signed her own name to the ...

Contactless bank cards ‘to flood UK’, says Visa

Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

Visa hopesthe new technology will replace cash for small purchases Speaking as the payments group unveiled its annual results, Peter Ayliffe, chief executive of Visa Europe, said 2010 would be “the tipping point” when the British consumer finally adopts the new ...