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Connie PraterMy official title is senior writer at CreditCards.com. In fact, I consider myself a savvy consumer, a mom, a penny-pincher/tightwad and an above average Scrabble player. I have been a reporter and editor for print and online news organizations for more than 22 years. I was on the team of Miami Herald journalists that won the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting in a series of articles on voter fraud in the Miami city elections...
Last week's blog about the pros and cons of redeeming credit card reward points to donate to the American Red Cross for Haiti earthquake relief efforts was included in the 242nd edition of the Carnival of Personal Finance. Blog carnivals rotate...
Redeeming those points was one of the best credit card moves I've made in a long time -- for more reasons than one.
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...
Britney Spears an ID thief? Celeb uses bodyguard's credit card to buy boots.
Carnival of Money Stories2 picks up blog about Chris Dodd's departure from the U.S. Senate.
Credit card reform law is among the hot money trends of 2010.
Fate of consumer financial protection watchdog agency less certain with pending shake-up in U.S. Senate banking committee.
Mark Fiore YouTube video cartoon spoofs credit card reforms from an industry perspective.
Carnival of Money Stories starts the year off with pickup of deferred interest blog.
Watch out for deferred interest offers. As TV show comically depicts, "no interest until" offers can be costly if you're not careful.
FTC files suit to stop companies' robocalls offering to reduce credit card interest rates.
Bad relationship led to bad credit, she says. "My credit was destroyed," she says in Detroit News interview.
Utility company gift certificates can be a godsend for families facing economic hardship.
A 475 FICO score and mounds of debt facing vineyard owner accused of crashing Obama's state dinner.
The Federal Reserve releases new credit card tips in movie theaters across the country -- just in time for holiday shopping season.
Laundry blog included in the Carnival of Personal Finance #229: The Candy Edition.
Are clotheslines making a comeback? I hope so. They are easy on the pocketbook and the environment.
Song about today's debt woes brings back memories ... and concerns.
Blog about NOT avoiding credit card company calls included in personal finance blog carnival.
In the words of Blondie's Deborah Harry, "Call me" if you're trying to alert me to credit card fraud.
If you don't trust the banks, you can put your money under or into the mattress.
Classic holiday movie is worth watching for message about how banking and credit system works.
The Advertising Council and U.S. Treasury Department have launched a new campaign aimed at educating young adults about the need for good credit. The campaign features a new interactive game. Play it and tell us what you think.
No cable, no landline, no problem. No frills lifestyle isn't poverty, but frugality.
More than a third of Americans say they spent rebates paying down credit card debt.
The first mass mailing of credit cards was in September 1958. Have they been a blessing or a curse?
Paying with cash more painful than paying with credit cards, study says, in explaining why we spend more with plastic.
The best credit cards carry no annual fees or balance transfer fees and offer cash back incentives. The worst have hidden fees and have no grace period for making payments.
Winter heating season starts Oct. 1, but few are warming up to the idea of paying 20 percent to 30 percent more to heat their homes in the coming months.
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