March 4, 2008 Archives

Chicago transit takes plastic

Jeremy Simon | March 4, 2008 | Credit card miscellany

Tags: credit cards, CTA

The Chicago Transit Authority said it was installing 60 express farecard vending machines that offer that chance to pay for farecards using Visa, MasterCard, Discover Card and American Express credit cards. The express farecard machines will also take debit cards that bear the logo of those issuers.

You're not a shopaholic -- it's just shopping momentum

Emily Starbuck Gerson | March 4, 2008 | Research, regulation, industry reports

Tags: credit cards, debit cards, research, shopping

How often do you go shopping with the intent to purchase one item, but end up splurging on a shopping cart full of goods? Think it's because you lack willpower or have a shopping addiction? Actually, Stanford researchers have a name for this phenomenon -- shopping momentum -- and it happens to the best of us.

Chase enters health care financing race

Connie Prater | March 4, 2008 | New, interesting products

Tags: credit, health care, health insurance, medical debt

Health care financing options expand for consumers facing medical debt. JPMorgan Chase is the latest to offer health care payment plan.

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