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Things suddenly seem a little more European around here. Almost Frugal has included my blog post, "Iceland trip preparation provides education on travel, money," in the French Money Quotes edition of the Carnival of Personal Finance.
This round-up of the best blog posts from the past week will help you feel more secure if you are walking a financial tightrope in this economy.
I haven't even left for Iceland, and I've already learned a lot from my trip.
A massive group of hackers. Undercover federal agents. A casino. And lots of booze. All under the fiery, don't ask, don't tell Las Vegas sun. What could go wrong?
Although it's summertime, it seems that card thieves don't take any time off. This week brings with it another healthy collection of credit card fraud and crime stories.
The predicted breakup of the love affair between Mexican credit cardholders and their issuing banks isn't happening as quickly as I thought.
Read about the inspiring financial success story of Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling in addition to a recap of the week's best credit-related blog posts from the Web.
When you consider this week's crime stories involving adult entertainment stores, cross dressing and automatic litter boxes, it becomes clear that some credit card scammers are pretty weird.
This confession certainly won't make me very popular: I was a debt collector. But at least I wasn't very good at it.
Read some of the best credit card and debt-related blog posts on the Web and discover some of the obscure holidays that fall on this date.
Franklin Pierce may be considered one of the worst presidents in U.S. history, but I'll take what I can get.
Move over FreeCreditReport.com; the battle to dupe people into paying for a credit report has moved to Craigslist.
Criminal Charges has a new look this week in an effort to fit in even more stories of credit card fraud and crime from across the Internet. Read on for the latest tales of card misconduct around the U.S. and beyond.
Emily sprinkles some Disney magic on this week's best blog posts about debt and credit cards.
Often, we get a version of crime stories from the police and courts -- but not the alleged perpetrator. This week's Criminal Charges attempt to do a little to make up for that imbalance.
My blog on the wall-sized rainbow of credit cards at the Graphic Design Museum in Breda, the Netherlands, was included in the 213th Edition of the Carnival of Personal Finance.
A Dutch museum unveiled a wall-sized credit card rainbow. What does it mean?
Be very, very quiet. Emily explains why you should be sure to enjoy a few moments of silence today, and highlights some of the best blog posts about credit cards and debt from the past week.
Family may be a source of happiness for many people, but not the folks in this edition of Criminal Charges.
I've been with the same bank all my life, and I don't know why. But a Texas-based credit union has me questioning why I'm being so picky.
In my excitement over the Emirate Islamic Bank's Skywards 100,000 bonus miles deal, I decided to go ahead and try to apply, only to discover that I've been duped.
Welcome to the 14th edition of the Carnival of Pecuniary Delights! Here you can find some of the best and most timeless personal finance posts from the blogosphere.
My blog about those 1960s-style embossed numbers on credit cards was included in the Carnival of Personal Finance No. 211, hosted this week by Green Panda Treehouse.
Hoop dreams and credit card fraud schemes come together in this week's edition of Criminal Charges. We've got two stories of basketball and crime, including the foul shots allegedly taken by the girlfriend of professional basketball star and the former director of a high school b-ball tournament.
Emily highlights some of her favorite posts about credit cards in the personal finance blogosphere from this week and discusses even more changes to her credit card agreement.
By next summer, your cell phone might be able to unlock your car, open your house and even prevent credit card fraud.
Sure, the credit crunch has made you sick. But it has also caused a host of banking and Fed related words and phrases to enter the popular lexicon. Can you find them all in this word search puzzle?
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