Posts from the ‘credit cards’ Category

Credit Cards: You Can Live Without Them

I don’t own a credit card, and I am fine.  Today, I read this post from fashion maven Gala Darling about she lives without a credit card, which makes it easier for to only spend what she earns. Gala says: The fact of the matter is that I only recently moved to America, & as [...]

Plentii Explains The New Credit Card Act

http://www.viddler.com/simple_on_site/84d4dfd5Plentii, a new personal finance content site, created a video that explains the new Credit Card Act.

Take 5: Real Costs, Apps and Feeding The Pig

How much? Whats The Cost shows the real cost of things.  It is a site full of financial calculators for expenses like mortgages, credit card. It also has calculators for smokers and or social drinkers and you should see how much it  really costs financially. (via Lifehacker) 7th Heaven. Top 7 Free Personal Finance iPhone [...]

Take 5: Links You Can Use

Congress just passed the Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure Act this week.  Read what that means for you and small business owners. Tivo or watch Mellody Hobson’s ABC special about personal finance, UnBroke, which features celebrities talking about money. Lifestyler Mag has 5 daily ways to save. Getting hitched on a budget? Check out [...]

Web 2 Point Dough: Cash, Xero and More

Xero, an online financial application that was founded in New Zealand, is now available in the US. You can try Xero for FREE for 30 days, and the service is available for as low as $29/month. Budget your money by using a Discover prepaid card for shopping. Hold on to your cash receipts, kids! In [...]

Check-Rich; Cash Poor and Piggy Banking It

Check-Rich: Here’s an update on my personal finance crisis.  The amount Rubin & Rothman/Midland Funding claim I owe is about $3400. I don’t know anything about this.  I pulled my credit report and found an exception from Midland Credit for $1600 for a credit card that was opened in 2005.  I am disputing this since [...]

Universally Good

AT&T and Citibank are joining forces to create a small business card program called AT&T Universal Business Rewards Card. The program is to provide small-business owners with points on their purchases but it also provides them with a prescription drug benefits program and an around-the-clock personal business assistant.  It sounds like Citibank is going to [...]

Consumption Art by Kate Bingaman-Burt

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Chase Statement Poketo Letterpress Print for SALE!, originally uploaded by kate*. Have you ever thought of your credit card statement as a work of art? No. Neither have I until I [...]

GreenPay

It’s plastic and it’s green! There is a green credit card, GreenPay ,which is made of out recycled plastic. The card promises to help reduce carbon and here are the details: 10 pounds of CO2 reduction for each $1 of eligible net purchases for gasoline and household utilities 5 pounds of CO2 reduction for each [...]

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