Court Upholds Binding Arbitration for Credit Cards

Sunday, January 22nd, 2012

The U.S Supreme Court gave a blow to peoples hopes with upholding the binding credit card arbitration procedures. These are the business-friendly procedures which deny customers to takes their complaints to the Court. After a clear ...

2011 Credit Cards in Review

Sunday, January 8th, 2012

For the first time in three long years, the credit card market seemed to thrive.  2011 was just a fantastic year to be a credit card holder, or a potential credit card holder as some credit card issuers went above and beyond the usual to offer big bonuses and awesome ...

Why You Should Avoid Store Credit Cards This Holiday Season

Wednesday, December 7th, 2011

“Would you like to apply for a (insert relevant store) credit card? You’ll save 10 percent on today’s purchase.”Have you ever heard some form of that sales pitch before? Chances are that you have on multiple occasions and may have even thought about just abandoning your items at the cash ...

How To Maximize Your Rewards With A Few Credit Cards

Thursday, November 3rd, 2011

When every credit card has a unique benefit, how do you decide which ones to carry? Lets look at how to get above average rewards on gas, air travel and clothing purchases without carrying numerous specialty credit cards. Gas is an ongoing expense ...

Are We Crazy Or What? Now Offering Exclusive, Free Credit Monitoring!

Tuesday, July 19th, 2011

After our news of the cool Approval Odds feature last month, you’d think we’d lay off the big announcements for a while. Not so. This month we’re announcing the next exciting addition to Credit Karma: Credit Alerts. Credit Alerts will be offered exclusively to a limited number of members, ...

No More Credit Cards for Stay at Home Moms?

Tuesday, June 28th, 2011

One of the Credit CARD Act’s goals is to make sure that individuals can really afford to repay what they borrow. In particular, the Fed wants to protect teenagers from digging themselves into a deep hole of credit card debt. Sometimes, however, good intentions can result in inconvenient consequences. ...