Living with credit


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.

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.

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?

Emily recaps some of the best credit card-related posts in the blogosphere and explains why you should be sauntering everywhere you go today.

Emily discusses the way the economy is affecting retirement for Americans and lists some of the best credit card-related posts from the blogosphere this week.

I thought the credit card companies still loved me. Well, not anymore. They want everything but my first-born to prove that I am who I am.

Emily recounts her money experiences on her two-week trip to Europe and lists some of the best credit card-related posts from the blogosphere this week.

Nightlife has taken a hit in South Korea due to the recession, and karaoke is one of the victims. Numbers from a Korean issuer indicate that less people are frequenting the nightspots. But karaoke can't die in Asia, or can it?

My blog on laid-off expats leaving behind their credit card debt in Dubai was included in the Funny About Money Carnival of Personal Finance.

With every swipe, the bank gains a window into both my shopping habits and my psyche. If you are a cardholder, they are working to understand your psychology, as well.

While more consumer protections for credit cards may be in order, there will still be problems with credit cards if consumers don't use them wisely. Read about how we can be more responsible consumers and learn about other blog posts that can help you learn more about smart credit card use.

Not a lot of people are smiling about their financial situations today. But all the doom and gloom surrounding us today is just a bad dream on the Web site iStockphoto.

Enjoy a roundup of the week's best credit card-related blog posts, and learn about all the effort that goes into preparing your credit cards for traveling abroad.

Craigslist, the online classified service, has been under intense scrutiny the past few months. Craigslist's potential answer to its PR nightmare? Credit cards. But can forcing card use change behavior?

Enjoy a roundup of the week's best credit card-related blog posts and learn about a major change to Bank of America's foreign transaction fees.

In this week's roundup of the best credit card-related posts from the blogosphere, we explore the Hubble Telescope, an incredible (and troublesome) invention that was launched on this date 19 years ago and changed astronomy forever.

Famous hip-hopper Jay-Z and his crew are being accused by a New York restaurant of trying to skip out on a large bill.

In this week's credit card roundup, we relate personal finance and debt to Geoffrey Chaucer's epic and comical "The Canterbury Tales."

When engaging in risky activities, you need an added layer of protection. So to curb impulse shopping, encase your credit card in a reminder to think before you spend.

In celebration of National Siblings Day, this week's credit card round-up celebrates the ups and downs that come with having brothers and sisters, and how this can relate to personal finance.

Wide Open Wallet hosted the 198th edition of the the Carnival of Personal Finance and was nice enough to include my blog "Donor wants $10,000 back for missing inauguration."

In this week's round-up of some of the best posts from the personal finance blogosphere, we use the anniversary of Tweed's Day to reflect on corruption, and how you can remedy corrupt finances.

My not-so-irrational fear of spiraling into eternal debt and high-APR inferno keeps me, at 21, from getting a credit card.

In this week's round-up from the personal blogosphere, we discuss the American epidemic of living above our means. The recession is proving that we all need to spend a little wiser, and these posts explain why it's important not to spend what you don't have.

This week's round-up of the best credit card-related posts from the blogosphere focus on the opportunity the renewing season of spring presents. It's time to start fresh, create new goals and reform those spending habits.

This week's round-up features a Friday the 13th theme. Is it a day of bad luck, or is it all in your head? Either way, it's time to shed your financial fears and get that debt under control.

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