May 14, 2008 Archives

Hookers playing ‘Halo,’ charges from the grave and more: Wacky credit card stories

Emily Starbuck Gerson | May 14, 2008 | Living with credit

Tags: credit card debt, credit cards, debt, fraud, shopping

Credit cards are a normal part of day-to-day life, though from time to time, they result in wacky, bizarre and often comedic events. Here are seven of the most interesting and odd credit card stories seen in the news recently.

Sallie Mae fixes FICO score issue

Jeremy Simon | May 14, 2008 | Living with credit

Tags: Equifax, FICO scores, Sallie Mae

Sallie Mae last night resolved a coding error that caused around 1 million student loan borrowers to find that their FICO scores had suddenly plunged over one hundred points.

Chase payroll card offers daily paychecks

Jeremy Simon | May 14, 2008 | New, interesting products

Tags: Chase, payroll cards

Nursefinders asked banking giant JPMorgan Chase to offer temporary staff a Chase payroll card that gets loaded with the day's salary as quickly as two hours after a time card is submitted.

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