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Research, regulation, industry reports
A recent AskMen.com poll found that the typical modern man has few credit cards and even less debt, with the cash saved on interest charges apparently going toward his goal of $1 million in retirement savings.
The online version of a Chicago Tribune exposé about the evils of online title loans and online payday loans is full of links to online title and payday lenders.
A high-ranking U.S. Senator has filed a bill to create a national usury law that would cap consumer credit rates at 36 percent.
Gift cards may not provide the same level of protection as credit cards and debit cards, but gift card users are not left completely unguarded, according to a report released this month by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.
If Internet searches for the terms "cash advance" and "foreclosure" were songs on the Billboard charts, they'd be rising with a bullet.
A new survey has dubbed Las Vegas "Debt Central." However, when you're talking specifically about credit card-related debt, the same report shows that consumers living in far less glamorous places -- like Anchorage, Alaska, and Corpus Christi, Texas -- are far worse off than those in Sin City.
A consumer group has unveiled the confidential credit card marketing deal Bank of America struck with Florida State University, and it shines a light into the way big universities give up the personal information of students and alumni in exchange for big payoffs.
American Express has the best reputation of any U.S. credit card issuer or bank, according to a recent study. However, that same survey shows that the entire financial industry has a lot of work to do when it comes to winning people's hearts.
Consumers remain largely uneducated about credit scoring. That's unfortunate, since a new survey suggests that by informing themselves and taking a few easy steps, borrowers could save billions of dollars each year.
Consumers’ attitudes about the economy just keeping getting worse, according to a new study, and people’s fears are forcing them to cut back on everything from summer vacations to groceries.
Summer driving season is upon us, with gas prices and tempers both running high. To show their anger over credit card fees they say are boosting fuel costs and erasing profits, gas station owners are taking action.
The American Bankers Association has joined the chorus of voices warning that trouble in the economy is making life difficult for borrowers -- and pushing delinquencies higher.
The transaction processing giant, under pressure from federal and state regulators, dropped a rule that treated PIN-based purchases differently from signature-based debit buys. It means more consumers will zip through drugstore lines.
Now is a bad time to be a credit card issuer and times are only going to get tougher, according to Fitch Ratings.
In an effort to encourage more accurate tax reporting, the IRS would have a chance to look at the revenue that businesses receive through their merchant accounts.
A new survey of African-Americans finds they trust the police and government more than credit card companies.
Credit card issuers' marketing practices on college campuses got a raking-over from a congressional subcommittee Thursday, and one witness said it's about to get worse: The agreements between colleges and card companies are under investigation by the New York Attorney General, one witness revealed.
This afternoon, the Fed announced that it was leaving interest rates unchanged for the first time since last summer. The decision followed seven straight rate cuts that lowered the fed funds rate to 2 percent from 5.25 percent back in September 2007, as the central bank worked to keep a troubled U.S. economy afloat.
Want proof of just how fast that Chinese economy is growing? Try this: The total number of credit cards in China nearly doubled in the past year, according to the nation's central bank.
In March 2007, amid fanfare and praise from usual critics, Citi dropped two unpopular credit card practices -- universal default and "any time, any reason" rate hikes. A news report says they're considering bringing them back
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