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&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=BqQZdgmBl6g:Y4bCazdAzs8:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=BqQZdgmBl6g:Y4bCazdAzs8:dnMXMwOfBR0"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=BqQZdgmBl6g:Y4bCazdAzs8:F7zBnMyn0Lo"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?i=BqQZdgmBl6g:Y4bCazdAzs8:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=BqQZdgmBl6g:Y4bCazdAzs8:7Q72WNTAKBA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=BqQZdgmBl6g:Y4bCazdAzs8:V_sGLiPBpWU"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?i=BqQZdgmBl6g:Y4bCazdAzs8:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=BqQZdgmBl6g:Y4bCazdAzs8:qj6IDK7rITs"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=BqQZdgmBl6g:Y4bCazdAzs8:KwTdNBX3Jqk"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?i=BqQZdgmBl6g:Y4bCazdAzs8:KwTdNBX3Jqk" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=BqQZdgmBl6g:Y4bCazdAzs8:l6gmwiTKsz0"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=BqQZdgmBl6g:Y4bCazdAzs8:gIN9vFwOqvQ"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?i=BqQZdgmBl6g:Y4bCazdAzs8:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=BqQZdgmBl6g:Y4bCazdAzs8:TzevzKxY174"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/credit-cards-4u/~4/BqQZdgmBl6g" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://credit-cards-4u.blogspot.com/2009/05/credit-card.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Table Of Contents</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/credit-cards-4u/~3/LdA1IUJCN4A/table-of-contents.html</link><category>credit card debt</category><category>credit cards</category><category>bad credit</category><category>MasterCard</category><category>credit card transfer</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (admin)</author><pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 00:44:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7118145379413223919.post-6358930724809980650</guid><atom:updated xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">2009-09-01T11:47:30.540-07:00</atom:updated><atom:summary xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"> CHAPTER 1 - Credit Cards1.1. How credit cards work1.1.1. Advertising, solicitation, application and approval 1.1.2. Interest charges 1.1.3. Benefits to customers 1.1.4. Detriments to customers 1.1.5. Grace period 1.1.6. Benefits to merchants 1.1.7. Costs to merchants 1.1.8. Parties involved 1.1.9. Transaction steps 1.1.10. Secured credit cards 1.1.11. Prepaid "credit" cards 1.2. Features 1.3. </atom:summary><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=LdA1IUJCN4A:GwQewZQbjd8:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=LdA1IUJCN4A:GwQewZQbjd8:dnMXMwOfBR0"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=LdA1IUJCN4A:GwQewZQbjd8:F7zBnMyn0Lo"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?i=LdA1IUJCN4A:GwQewZQbjd8:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=LdA1IUJCN4A:GwQewZQbjd8:7Q72WNTAKBA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=LdA1IUJCN4A:GwQewZQbjd8:V_sGLiPBpWU"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?i=LdA1IUJCN4A:GwQewZQbjd8:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=LdA1IUJCN4A:GwQewZQbjd8:qj6IDK7rITs"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=LdA1IUJCN4A:GwQewZQbjd8:KwTdNBX3Jqk"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?i=LdA1IUJCN4A:GwQewZQbjd8:KwTdNBX3Jqk" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=LdA1IUJCN4A:GwQewZQbjd8:l6gmwiTKsz0"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=LdA1IUJCN4A:GwQewZQbjd8:gIN9vFwOqvQ"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?i=LdA1IUJCN4A:GwQewZQbjd8:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=LdA1IUJCN4A:GwQewZQbjd8:TzevzKxY174"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/credit-cards-4u/~4/LdA1IUJCN4A" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://credit-cards-4u.blogspot.com/2009/08/table-of-contents.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Chapter 1 - Credit cards</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/credit-cards-4u/~3/3uQyS2u7-aQ/chapter-1-credit-cards.html</link><category>secured credit cards</category><category>credit cards</category><category>money</category><category>prepaid credit cards</category><category>funding</category><category>financing</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (admin)</author><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:20:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7118145379413223919.post-6568603890416061462</guid><atom:updated xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">2009-08-28T02:21:18.876-07:00</atom:updated><atom:summary xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"> CONTENTS1.1. How credit cards work1.1.1. Advertising, solicitation, application and approval 1.1.2. Interest charges 1.1.3. Benefits to customers 1.1.4. Detriments to customers 1.1.5. Grace period 1.1.6. Benefits to merchants 1.1.7. Costs to merchants 1.1.8. Parties involved 1.1.9. Transaction steps 1.1.10. Secured credit cards 1.1.11. Prepaid "credit" cards 1.2. Features 1.3. Security problems </atom:summary><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=3uQyS2u7-aQ:6gCz7VcbIO8:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=3uQyS2u7-aQ:6gCz7VcbIO8:dnMXMwOfBR0"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=3uQyS2u7-aQ:6gCz7VcbIO8:F7zBnMyn0Lo"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?i=3uQyS2u7-aQ:6gCz7VcbIO8:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=3uQyS2u7-aQ:6gCz7VcbIO8:7Q72WNTAKBA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=3uQyS2u7-aQ:6gCz7VcbIO8:V_sGLiPBpWU"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?i=3uQyS2u7-aQ:6gCz7VcbIO8:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=3uQyS2u7-aQ:6gCz7VcbIO8:qj6IDK7rITs"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=3uQyS2u7-aQ:6gCz7VcbIO8:KwTdNBX3Jqk"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?i=3uQyS2u7-aQ:6gCz7VcbIO8:KwTdNBX3Jqk" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=3uQyS2u7-aQ:6gCz7VcbIO8:l6gmwiTKsz0"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=3uQyS2u7-aQ:6gCz7VcbIO8:gIN9vFwOqvQ"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?i=3uQyS2u7-aQ:6gCz7VcbIO8:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=3uQyS2u7-aQ:6gCz7VcbIO8:TzevzKxY174"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/credit-cards-4u/~4/3uQyS2u7-aQ" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://credit-cards-4u.blogspot.com/2009/05/chapter-1-credit-cards.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>1.1. How credit cards work</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/credit-cards-4u/~3/dC-h8ReZzeg/how-credit-cards-work.html</link><category>grace period</category><category>authorization</category><category>money</category><category>cardholder</category><category>charges</category><category>credit card</category><category>Annual percentage rate</category><category>CNP</category><category>credit cards</category><category>ADB</category><category>APR</category><category>Chip</category><category>transaction</category><category>PIN</category><category>interest</category><category>daily balance</category><category>eCommerce</category><category>EMV</category><category>POS</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (admin)</author><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:20:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7118145379413223919.post-4681410315590017751</guid><atom:updated xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">2009-08-27T13:16:50.612-07:00</atom:updated><atom:summary xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"> Credit cards are issued after an account has been approved by the credit provider, after which cardholders can use it to make purchases at merchants accepting that card.When a purchase is made, the credit card user agrees to pay the card issuer. The cardholder indicates consent to pay by signing a receipt with a record of the card details and indicating the amount to be paid or by entering a </atom:summary><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=dC-h8ReZzeg:3Nc7mqTqVLo:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=dC-h8ReZzeg:3Nc7mqTqVLo:dnMXMwOfBR0"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=dC-h8ReZzeg:3Nc7mqTqVLo:F7zBnMyn0Lo"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?i=dC-h8ReZzeg:3Nc7mqTqVLo:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=dC-h8ReZzeg:3Nc7mqTqVLo:7Q72WNTAKBA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=dC-h8ReZzeg:3Nc7mqTqVLo:V_sGLiPBpWU"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?i=dC-h8ReZzeg:3Nc7mqTqVLo:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=dC-h8ReZzeg:3Nc7mqTqVLo:qj6IDK7rITs"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=dC-h8ReZzeg:3Nc7mqTqVLo:KwTdNBX3Jqk"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?i=dC-h8ReZzeg:3Nc7mqTqVLo:KwTdNBX3Jqk" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=dC-h8ReZzeg:3Nc7mqTqVLo:l6gmwiTKsz0"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=dC-h8ReZzeg:3Nc7mqTqVLo:gIN9vFwOqvQ"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?i=dC-h8ReZzeg:3Nc7mqTqVLo:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=dC-h8ReZzeg:3Nc7mqTqVLo:TzevzKxY174"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/credit-cards-4u/~4/dC-h8ReZzeg" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://credit-cards-4u.blogspot.com/2009/05/how-credit-cards-work.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>1.2. Features</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/credit-cards-4u/~3/Jj1WsdkX78o/features.html</link><category>credit card limit</category><category>credit</category><category>credit cards</category><category>valid credit card</category><category>credit card</category><category>stolen credit card</category><category>financial institution</category><category>card</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (admin)</author><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:10:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7118145379413223919.post-3677498270972448139</guid><atom:updated xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">2009-08-27T13:16:40.077-07:00</atom:updated><atom:summary xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"> As well as convenient, accessible credit, credit cards offer consumers an easy way to track expenses, which is necessary for both monitoring personal expenditures and the tracking of work-related expenses for taxation and reimbursement purposes. Credit cards are accepted worldwide, and are available with a large variety of credit limits, repayment arrangement, and other perks (such as rewards </atom:summary><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=Jj1WsdkX78o:xnV4TuYnYhc:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=Jj1WsdkX78o:xnV4TuYnYhc:dnMXMwOfBR0"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=Jj1WsdkX78o:xnV4TuYnYhc:F7zBnMyn0Lo"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?i=Jj1WsdkX78o:xnV4TuYnYhc:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=Jj1WsdkX78o:xnV4TuYnYhc:7Q72WNTAKBA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=Jj1WsdkX78o:xnV4TuYnYhc:V_sGLiPBpWU"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?i=Jj1WsdkX78o:xnV4TuYnYhc:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=Jj1WsdkX78o:xnV4TuYnYhc:qj6IDK7rITs"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=Jj1WsdkX78o:xnV4TuYnYhc:KwTdNBX3Jqk"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?i=Jj1WsdkX78o:xnV4TuYnYhc:KwTdNBX3Jqk" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=Jj1WsdkX78o:xnV4TuYnYhc:l6gmwiTKsz0"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=Jj1WsdkX78o:xnV4TuYnYhc:gIN9vFwOqvQ"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?i=Jj1WsdkX78o:xnV4TuYnYhc:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=Jj1WsdkX78o:xnV4TuYnYhc:TzevzKxY174"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/credit-cards-4u/~4/Jj1WsdkX78o" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://credit-cards-4u.blogspot.com/2009/05/features.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>1.3. Security problems and solutions</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/credit-cards-4u/~3/fjAL0UtTCkQ/security-problems-and-solutions.html</link><category>credit card fraud</category><category>credit cards</category><category>PCI DSS</category><category>PIN</category><category>security</category><category>credit card</category><category>electronic authorization</category><category>fraud</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (admin)</author><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 00:02:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7118145379413223919.post-4311013243235296188</guid><atom:updated xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">2009-08-27T13:18:07.533-07:00</atom:updated><atom:summary xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"> Credit card fraudCredit card security relies on the physical security of the plastic card as well as the privacy of the credit card number. Therefore, whenever a person other than the card owner has access to the card or its number, security is potentially compromised. Once, merchants would often accept credit card numbers without additional verification for mail order purchases. It's now common</atom:summary><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=fjAL0UtTCkQ:RJP1Cpfftlw:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=fjAL0UtTCkQ:RJP1Cpfftlw:dnMXMwOfBR0"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=fjAL0UtTCkQ:RJP1Cpfftlw:F7zBnMyn0Lo"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?i=fjAL0UtTCkQ:RJP1Cpfftlw:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=fjAL0UtTCkQ:RJP1Cpfftlw:7Q72WNTAKBA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=fjAL0UtTCkQ:RJP1Cpfftlw:V_sGLiPBpWU"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?i=fjAL0UtTCkQ:RJP1Cpfftlw:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=fjAL0UtTCkQ:RJP1Cpfftlw:qj6IDK7rITs"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=fjAL0UtTCkQ:RJP1Cpfftlw:KwTdNBX3Jqk"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?i=fjAL0UtTCkQ:RJP1Cpfftlw:KwTdNBX3Jqk" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=fjAL0UtTCkQ:RJP1Cpfftlw:l6gmwiTKsz0"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=fjAL0UtTCkQ:RJP1Cpfftlw:gIN9vFwOqvQ"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?i=fjAL0UtTCkQ:RJP1Cpfftlw:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=fjAL0UtTCkQ:RJP1Cpfftlw:TzevzKxY174"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/credit-cards-4u/~4/fjAL0UtTCkQ" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://credit-cards-4u.blogspot.com/2009/05/security-problems-and-solutions.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>How credit rating is determined</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/credit-cards-4u/~3/6YfibPGt-GM/how-credit-rating-is-determined.html</link><category>credit rating</category><category>credit history</category><category>credit score</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (admin)</author><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 10:17:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7118145379413223919.post-4661931502115308671</guid><atom:updated xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">2010-05-03T10:22:41.279-07:00</atom:updated><atom:summary xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"> Credit ratings are determined differently in each country, but the factors are similar, and may include:• Payment history - a record of delinquent payments, generally being more than 30 days, will lower the credit rating.• Control of debt - Lenders want to see that borrowers are not living beyond their means. Experts estimate that non-mortgage credit payments each month should not exceed more </atom:summary><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=6YfibPGt-GM:5USQG7c_08U:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=6YfibPGt-GM:5USQG7c_08U:dnMXMwOfBR0"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=6YfibPGt-GM:5USQG7c_08U:YwkR-u9nhCs"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=YwkR-u9nhCs" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=6YfibPGt-GM:5USQG7c_08U:F7zBnMyn0Lo"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?i=6YfibPGt-GM:5USQG7c_08U:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=6YfibPGt-GM:5USQG7c_08U:7Q72WNTAKBA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=6YfibPGt-GM:5USQG7c_08U:V_sGLiPBpWU"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?i=6YfibPGt-GM:5USQG7c_08U:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=6YfibPGt-GM:5USQG7c_08U:qj6IDK7rITs"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=6YfibPGt-GM:5USQG7c_08U:KwTdNBX3Jqk"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?i=6YfibPGt-GM:5USQG7c_08U:KwTdNBX3Jqk" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=6YfibPGt-GM:5USQG7c_08U:l6gmwiTKsz0"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=6YfibPGt-GM:5USQG7c_08U:gIN9vFwOqvQ"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?i=6YfibPGt-GM:5USQG7c_08U:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=6YfibPGt-GM:5USQG7c_08U:TzevzKxY174"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/credit-cards-4u/~4/6YfibPGt-GM" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://credit-cards-4u.blogspot.com/2009/07/how-credit-rating-is-determined.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Your Credit History</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/credit-cards-4u/~3/QQ2QyzoYii0/your-credit-history.html</link><category>credit history</category><category>APR</category><category>credit score</category><category>credit report</category><category>credit worthiness</category><category>Annual percentage rate</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (admin)</author><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 10:00:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7118145379413223919.post-6055546508408092521</guid><atom:updated xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">2010-05-03T10:02:58.242-07:00</atom:updated><atom:summary xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"> Credit history or credit report is, in many countries, a record of an individual's or company's past borrowing and repaying, including information about late payments and bankruptcy. The term "credit reputation" can either be used synonymous to credit history or to credit score.In the U.S., when a customer fills out an application for credit from a bank, store or credit card company, their </atom:summary><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=QQ2QyzoYii0:qSnnZdcgkw4:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=QQ2QyzoYii0:qSnnZdcgkw4:dnMXMwOfBR0"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=QQ2QyzoYii0:qSnnZdcgkw4:YwkR-u9nhCs"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=YwkR-u9nhCs" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=QQ2QyzoYii0:qSnnZdcgkw4:F7zBnMyn0Lo"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?i=QQ2QyzoYii0:qSnnZdcgkw4:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=QQ2QyzoYii0:qSnnZdcgkw4:7Q72WNTAKBA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=QQ2QyzoYii0:qSnnZdcgkw4:V_sGLiPBpWU"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?i=QQ2QyzoYii0:qSnnZdcgkw4:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=QQ2QyzoYii0:qSnnZdcgkw4:qj6IDK7rITs"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=QQ2QyzoYii0:qSnnZdcgkw4:KwTdNBX3Jqk"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?i=QQ2QyzoYii0:qSnnZdcgkw4:KwTdNBX3Jqk" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=QQ2QyzoYii0:qSnnZdcgkw4:l6gmwiTKsz0"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=QQ2QyzoYii0:qSnnZdcgkw4:gIN9vFwOqvQ"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?i=QQ2QyzoYii0:qSnnZdcgkw4:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=QQ2QyzoYii0:qSnnZdcgkw4:TzevzKxY174"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/credit-cards-4u/~4/QQ2QyzoYii0" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://credit-cards-4u.blogspot.com/2009/07/your-credit-history.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>1.4. Credit history</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/credit-cards-4u/~3/OKe0lhVQShU/credit-history.html</link><category>credit</category><category>credit cards</category><category>credit card</category><category>card</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (admin)</author><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 00:06:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7118145379413223919.post-1722554596566704698</guid><atom:updated xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">2010-05-03T10:21:37.801-07:00</atom:updated><atom:summary xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"> The way credit card owners pay off their balances has a tremendous effect on their credit history. All the information is collected by credit bureaus. The credit information stays on the credit report, depending on the jurisdiction and the situation, for 1, 2, or even 10 years after the debt is repaid.Source: wikipedia.orgRelated articles:° Your Credit History° How Credit Rating Is Determined</atom:summary><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=OKe0lhVQShU:_bmmnW_lDvg:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=OKe0lhVQShU:_bmmnW_lDvg:dnMXMwOfBR0"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=OKe0lhVQShU:_bmmnW_lDvg:F7zBnMyn0Lo"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?i=OKe0lhVQShU:_bmmnW_lDvg:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=OKe0lhVQShU:_bmmnW_lDvg:7Q72WNTAKBA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=OKe0lhVQShU:_bmmnW_lDvg:V_sGLiPBpWU"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?i=OKe0lhVQShU:_bmmnW_lDvg:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=OKe0lhVQShU:_bmmnW_lDvg:qj6IDK7rITs"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=OKe0lhVQShU:_bmmnW_lDvg:KwTdNBX3Jqk"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?i=OKe0lhVQShU:_bmmnW_lDvg:KwTdNBX3Jqk" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=OKe0lhVQShU:_bmmnW_lDvg:l6gmwiTKsz0"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=OKe0lhVQShU:_bmmnW_lDvg:gIN9vFwOqvQ"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?i=OKe0lhVQShU:_bmmnW_lDvg:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=OKe0lhVQShU:_bmmnW_lDvg:TzevzKxY174"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/credit-cards-4u/~4/OKe0lhVQShU" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://credit-cards-4u.blogspot.com/2009/05/credit-history.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>1.5. Profits and losses</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/credit-cards-4u/~3/05xatyV90Yo/profits-and-losses.html</link><category>credit card fraud</category><category>borrower</category><category>exchange rate</category><category>lending</category><category>rate</category><category>credit card</category><category>late payment</category><category>card</category><category>membership fees</category><category>credit</category><category>fees</category><category>credit cards</category><category>interest</category><category>fraud</category><category>interest rates</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (admin)</author><pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 00:07:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7118145379413223919.post-2362896086063842572</guid><atom:updated xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">2009-08-28T15:36:21.147-07:00</atom:updated><atom:summary xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"> In recent times, credit card portfolios have been very profitable for banks, largely due to the booming economy of the late nineties. However, in the case of credit cards, such high returns go hand in hand with risk, since the business is essentially one of making unsecured (uncollateralized) loans, and thus dependent on borrowers not to default in large numbers.1.5.1. Costs1.5.1.1. Interest </atom:summary><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=05xatyV90Yo:8Ocu74xQf_g:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=05xatyV90Yo:8Ocu74xQf_g:dnMXMwOfBR0"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=05xatyV90Yo:8Ocu74xQf_g:F7zBnMyn0Lo"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?i=05xatyV90Yo:8Ocu74xQf_g:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=05xatyV90Yo:8Ocu74xQf_g:7Q72WNTAKBA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=05xatyV90Yo:8Ocu74xQf_g:V_sGLiPBpWU"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?i=05xatyV90Yo:8Ocu74xQf_g:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=05xatyV90Yo:8Ocu74xQf_g:qj6IDK7rITs"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=05xatyV90Yo:8Ocu74xQf_g:KwTdNBX3Jqk"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?i=05xatyV90Yo:8Ocu74xQf_g:KwTdNBX3Jqk" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=05xatyV90Yo:8Ocu74xQf_g:l6gmwiTKsz0"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=05xatyV90Yo:8Ocu74xQf_g:gIN9vFwOqvQ"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?i=05xatyV90Yo:8Ocu74xQf_g:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=05xatyV90Yo:8Ocu74xQf_g:TzevzKxY174"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/credit-cards-4u/~4/05xatyV90Yo" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://credit-cards-4u.blogspot.com/2009/05/profits-and-losses.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>1.5.1. Costs</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/credit-cards-4u/~3/7gXQ2F0XW8g/151-costs.html</link><category>loan</category><category>lenders</category><category>cards</category><category>rate</category><category>credit card</category><category>card</category><category>best credit card</category><category>credit</category><category>fees</category><category>credit cards</category><category>rewards</category><category>interest</category><category>membership</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (admin)</author><pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 00:05:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7118145379413223919.post-1179392358400811482</guid><atom:updated xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">2009-08-28T15:34:36.884-07:00</atom:updated><atom:summary xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"> Credit card issuers (banks) have several types of costs:1.5.1.1. Interest expensesBanks generally borrow the money they then lend to their customers. As they receive very low-interest loans from other firms, they may borrow as much as their customers require, while lending their capital to other borrowers at higher rates. If the card issuer charges 15% on money lent to users, and it costs 5% to </atom:summary><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=7gXQ2F0XW8g:G3mkGrqSmZM:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=7gXQ2F0XW8g:G3mkGrqSmZM:dnMXMwOfBR0"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=7gXQ2F0XW8g:G3mkGrqSmZM:F7zBnMyn0Lo"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?i=7gXQ2F0XW8g:G3mkGrqSmZM:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=7gXQ2F0XW8g:G3mkGrqSmZM:7Q72WNTAKBA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=7gXQ2F0XW8g:G3mkGrqSmZM:V_sGLiPBpWU"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?i=7gXQ2F0XW8g:G3mkGrqSmZM:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=7gXQ2F0XW8g:G3mkGrqSmZM:qj6IDK7rITs"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=7gXQ2F0XW8g:G3mkGrqSmZM:KwTdNBX3Jqk"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?i=7gXQ2F0XW8g:G3mkGrqSmZM:KwTdNBX3Jqk" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=7gXQ2F0XW8g:G3mkGrqSmZM:l6gmwiTKsz0"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=7gXQ2F0XW8g:G3mkGrqSmZM:gIN9vFwOqvQ"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?i=7gXQ2F0XW8g:G3mkGrqSmZM:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=7gXQ2F0XW8g:G3mkGrqSmZM:TzevzKxY174"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/credit-cards-4u/~4/7gXQ2F0XW8g" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://credit-cards-4u.blogspot.com/2009/07/151-costs.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>1.5.2. Revenues</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/credit-cards-4u/~3/Rbv6HhOVzAY/152-revenues.html</link><category>credit limit</category><category>overdue payment</category><category>credit</category><category>credit cards</category><category>rate</category><category>interest</category><category>payment</category><category>credit card fees</category><category>credit card</category><category>card</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (admin)</author><pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 00:03:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7118145379413223919.post-5704927567495400321</guid><atom:updated xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">2009-08-28T15:23:10.417-07:00</atom:updated><atom:summary xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"> Offsetting costs are the following revenues:1.5.2.1. Interchange feeIn addition to fees paid by the card holder, merchants must also pay interchange fees to the card-issuing bank and the card association. For a typical credit card issuer, interchange fee revenues may represent about a quarter of total revenues.These fees are typically from 1 to 6 percent of each sale, but will vary not only from</atom:summary><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=Rbv6HhOVzAY:S6Y3zFMo1wo:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=Rbv6HhOVzAY:S6Y3zFMo1wo:dnMXMwOfBR0"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=Rbv6HhOVzAY:S6Y3zFMo1wo:F7zBnMyn0Lo"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?i=Rbv6HhOVzAY:S6Y3zFMo1wo:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=Rbv6HhOVzAY:S6Y3zFMo1wo:7Q72WNTAKBA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=Rbv6HhOVzAY:S6Y3zFMo1wo:V_sGLiPBpWU"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?i=Rbv6HhOVzAY:S6Y3zFMo1wo:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=Rbv6HhOVzAY:S6Y3zFMo1wo:qj6IDK7rITs"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=Rbv6HhOVzAY:S6Y3zFMo1wo:KwTdNBX3Jqk"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?i=Rbv6HhOVzAY:S6Y3zFMo1wo:KwTdNBX3Jqk" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=Rbv6HhOVzAY:S6Y3zFMo1wo:l6gmwiTKsz0"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=Rbv6HhOVzAY:S6Y3zFMo1wo:gIN9vFwOqvQ"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?i=Rbv6HhOVzAY:S6Y3zFMo1wo:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=Rbv6HhOVzAY:S6Y3zFMo1wo:TzevzKxY174"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/credit-cards-4u/~4/Rbv6HhOVzAY" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://credit-cards-4u.blogspot.com/2009/06/152-revenues.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>1.6. Over limit charges</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/credit-cards-4u/~3/3ZFGRT9Jez4/over-limit-charges.html</link><category>credit card debt</category><category>credit</category><category>bank</category><category>credit cards</category><category>interest</category><category>over limit charges</category><category>credit card</category><category>card</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (admin)</author><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:11:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7118145379413223919.post-4934255833678423877</guid><atom:updated xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">2009-08-28T13:53:42.321-07:00</atom:updated><atom:summary xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"> Consumers who keep their account in good order by always staying within their credit limit, and always making at least the minimum monthly payment will see interest as the biggest expense from their card provider. Those who are not so careful and regularly surpass their credit limit or are late in making payments are exposed to multiple charges that were typically as high as £25 - £35 until a </atom:summary><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=3ZFGRT9Jez4:vXbys8zA5tA:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=3ZFGRT9Jez4:vXbys8zA5tA:dnMXMwOfBR0"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=3ZFGRT9Jez4:vXbys8zA5tA:F7zBnMyn0Lo"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?i=3ZFGRT9Jez4:vXbys8zA5tA:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=3ZFGRT9Jez4:vXbys8zA5tA:7Q72WNTAKBA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=3ZFGRT9Jez4:vXbys8zA5tA:V_sGLiPBpWU"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?i=3ZFGRT9Jez4:vXbys8zA5tA:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=3ZFGRT9Jez4:vXbys8zA5tA:qj6IDK7rITs"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=3ZFGRT9Jez4:vXbys8zA5tA:KwTdNBX3Jqk"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?i=3ZFGRT9Jez4:vXbys8zA5tA:KwTdNBX3Jqk" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=3ZFGRT9Jez4:vXbys8zA5tA:l6gmwiTKsz0"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=3ZFGRT9Jez4:vXbys8zA5tA:gIN9vFwOqvQ"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?i=3ZFGRT9Jez4:vXbys8zA5tA:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=3ZFGRT9Jez4:vXbys8zA5tA:TzevzKxY174"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/credit-cards-4u/~4/3ZFGRT9Jez4" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://credit-cards-4u.blogspot.com/2009/05/over-limit-charges.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>1.7. Neutral consumer resources</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/credit-cards-4u/~3/3uGOWamj_Wc/neutral-consumer-resources.html</link><category>credit</category><category>credit cards</category><category>reward program</category><category>credit card</category><category>interest rates</category><category>card</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (admin)</author><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:43:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7118145379413223919.post-358677000280678139</guid><atom:updated xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">2009-08-27T13:21:41.072-07:00</atom:updated><atom:summary xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"> CanadaThe Government of Canada maintains a database of the fees, features, interest rates and reward programs of nearly 200 credit cards available in Canada. This database is updated on a quarterly basis with information supplied by the credit card issuing companies. Information in the database is published every quarter on the website of the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada (FCAC).</atom:summary><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=3uGOWamj_Wc:vg-Ln85gLXc:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=3uGOWamj_Wc:vg-Ln85gLXc:dnMXMwOfBR0"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=3uGOWamj_Wc:vg-Ln85gLXc:F7zBnMyn0Lo"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?i=3uGOWamj_Wc:vg-Ln85gLXc:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=3uGOWamj_Wc:vg-Ln85gLXc:7Q72WNTAKBA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=3uGOWamj_Wc:vg-Ln85gLXc:V_sGLiPBpWU"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?i=3uGOWamj_Wc:vg-Ln85gLXc:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=3uGOWamj_Wc:vg-Ln85gLXc:qj6IDK7rITs"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=3uGOWamj_Wc:vg-Ln85gLXc:KwTdNBX3Jqk"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?i=3uGOWamj_Wc:vg-Ln85gLXc:KwTdNBX3Jqk" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=3uGOWamj_Wc:vg-Ln85gLXc:l6gmwiTKsz0"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=3uGOWamj_Wc:vg-Ln85gLXc:gIN9vFwOqvQ"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?i=3uGOWamj_Wc:vg-Ln85gLXc:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=3uGOWamj_Wc:vg-Ln85gLXc:TzevzKxY174"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/credit-cards-4u/~4/3uGOWamj_Wc" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://credit-cards-4u.blogspot.com/2009/05/neutral-consumer-resources.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>1.8. History</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/credit-cards-4u/~3/eNY7oahZMbM/history.html</link><category>bank</category><category>credit cards</category><category>BankAmericard</category><category>Citibank</category><category>McNamara</category><category>Visa</category><category>MasterCard</category><category>credit card</category><category>Diners</category><category>Carte bleue</category><category>Schneider</category><category>Eurocard</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (admin)</author><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:44:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7118145379413223919.post-2260968189156187759</guid><atom:updated xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">2009-08-28T11:04:01.892-07:00</atom:updated><atom:summary xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"> The concept of using a card for purchases was described in 1887 by Edward Bellamy in his utopian novel Looking Backward. Bellamy used the term credit card eleven times in this novel.The modern credit card was the successor of a variety of merchant credit schemes. It was first used in the 1920s, in the United States, specifically to sell fuel to a growing number of automobile owners. In 1938 </atom:summary><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=eNY7oahZMbM:fLjFf2UOjAw:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=eNY7oahZMbM:fLjFf2UOjAw:dnMXMwOfBR0"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=eNY7oahZMbM:fLjFf2UOjAw:F7zBnMyn0Lo"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?i=eNY7oahZMbM:fLjFf2UOjAw:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=eNY7oahZMbM:fLjFf2UOjAw:7Q72WNTAKBA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=eNY7oahZMbM:fLjFf2UOjAw:V_sGLiPBpWU"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?i=eNY7oahZMbM:fLjFf2UOjAw:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=eNY7oahZMbM:fLjFf2UOjAw:qj6IDK7rITs"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=eNY7oahZMbM:fLjFf2UOjAw:KwTdNBX3Jqk"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?i=eNY7oahZMbM:fLjFf2UOjAw:KwTdNBX3Jqk" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=eNY7oahZMbM:fLjFf2UOjAw:l6gmwiTKsz0"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=eNY7oahZMbM:fLjFf2UOjAw:gIN9vFwOqvQ"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?i=eNY7oahZMbM:fLjFf2UOjAw:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=eNY7oahZMbM:fLjFf2UOjAw:TzevzKxY174"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/credit-cards-4u/~4/eNY7oahZMbM" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://credit-cards-4u.blogspot.com/2009/05/history.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>1.9. Controversy</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/credit-cards-4u/~3/xSyMcBhYddk/controversy.html</link><category>loan</category><category>interest rate</category><category>credit card limit</category><category>lenders</category><category>bank</category><category>credit cards</category><category>Citibank</category><category>cardholder</category><category>credit card</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (admin)</author><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 00:46:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7118145379413223919.post-7157762718048516297</guid><atom:updated xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">2009-08-27T13:24:15.467-07:00</atom:updated><atom:summary xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"> Credit card debt has increased steadily. Since the late 1990s, lawmakers, consumer advocacy groups, college officials and other higher education affiliates have become increasingly concerned about the rising use of credit cards among college students. The major credit card companies have been accused of targeting a younger audience, in particular college students, many of whom are already in </atom:summary><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=xSyMcBhYddk:aoqCxy7Bn8s:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=xSyMcBhYddk:aoqCxy7Bn8s:dnMXMwOfBR0"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=xSyMcBhYddk:aoqCxy7Bn8s:F7zBnMyn0Lo"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?i=xSyMcBhYddk:aoqCxy7Bn8s:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=xSyMcBhYddk:aoqCxy7Bn8s:7Q72WNTAKBA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=xSyMcBhYddk:aoqCxy7Bn8s:V_sGLiPBpWU"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?i=xSyMcBhYddk:aoqCxy7Bn8s:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=xSyMcBhYddk:aoqCxy7Bn8s:qj6IDK7rITs"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=xSyMcBhYddk:aoqCxy7Bn8s:KwTdNBX3Jqk"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?i=xSyMcBhYddk:aoqCxy7Bn8s:KwTdNBX3Jqk" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=xSyMcBhYddk:aoqCxy7Bn8s:l6gmwiTKsz0"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=xSyMcBhYddk:aoqCxy7Bn8s:gIN9vFwOqvQ"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?i=xSyMcBhYddk:aoqCxy7Bn8s:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=xSyMcBhYddk:aoqCxy7Bn8s:TzevzKxY174"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/credit-cards-4u/~4/xSyMcBhYddk" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://credit-cards-4u.blogspot.com/2009/05/controversy.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>1.10. Credit card numbering</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/credit-cards-4u/~3/gJ-Be8JoT9A/credit-card-numbering.html</link><category>credit</category><category>credit cards</category><category>Visa</category><category>MasterCard</category><category>credit card number</category><category>credit card</category><category>card</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (admin)</author><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 00:52:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7118145379413223919.post-8930799974395073845</guid><atom:updated xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">2009-08-27T13:24:59.510-07:00</atom:updated><atom:summary xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"> Credit card numberThe numbers found on credit cards have a certain amount of internal structure, and share a common numbering scheme.The card number's prefix, called the Bank Identification Number, is the sequence of digits at the beginning of the number that determine the bank to which a credit card number belongs. This is the first six digits for MasterCard and Visa cards. The next nine digits</atom:summary><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=gJ-Be8JoT9A:FUzFXSD9vnQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=gJ-Be8JoT9A:FUzFXSD9vnQ:dnMXMwOfBR0"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=gJ-Be8JoT9A:FUzFXSD9vnQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?i=gJ-Be8JoT9A:FUzFXSD9vnQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=gJ-Be8JoT9A:FUzFXSD9vnQ:7Q72WNTAKBA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=gJ-Be8JoT9A:FUzFXSD9vnQ:V_sGLiPBpWU"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?i=gJ-Be8JoT9A:FUzFXSD9vnQ:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=gJ-Be8JoT9A:FUzFXSD9vnQ:qj6IDK7rITs"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=gJ-Be8JoT9A:FUzFXSD9vnQ:KwTdNBX3Jqk"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?i=gJ-Be8JoT9A:FUzFXSD9vnQ:KwTdNBX3Jqk" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=gJ-Be8JoT9A:FUzFXSD9vnQ:l6gmwiTKsz0"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=gJ-Be8JoT9A:FUzFXSD9vnQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?i=gJ-Be8JoT9A:FUzFXSD9vnQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=gJ-Be8JoT9A:FUzFXSD9vnQ:TzevzKxY174"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/credit-cards-4u/~4/gJ-Be8JoT9A" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://credit-cards-4u.blogspot.com/2009/05/credit-card-numbering.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>1.11. Credit cards in ATMs</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/credit-cards-4u/~3/7MwMfgStsJg/credit-cards-in-atms.html</link><category>interest rate</category><category>money</category><category>rate</category><category>withdrawal</category><category>credit card</category><category>billing date</category><category>card issuers</category><category>cash-back</category><category>late payment</category><category>cashback</category><category>statement balance</category><category>credit</category><category>credit cards</category><category>ATM</category><category>finance</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (admin)</author><pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:53:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7118145379413223919.post-3919064979696844276</guid><atom:updated xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">2009-08-27T13:26:31.986-07:00</atom:updated><atom:summary xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"> Many credit cards can also be used in an ATM to withdraw money against the credit limit extended to the card, but many card issuers charge interest on cash advances before they do so on purchases. The interest on cash advances is commonly charged from the date the withdrawal is made, rather than the monthly billing date. Many card issuers levy a commission for cash withdrawals, even if the ATM </atom:summary><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=7MwMfgStsJg:rhoXYiKIbJI:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=7MwMfgStsJg:rhoXYiKIbJI:dnMXMwOfBR0"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=7MwMfgStsJg:rhoXYiKIbJI:F7zBnMyn0Lo"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?i=7MwMfgStsJg:rhoXYiKIbJI:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=7MwMfgStsJg:rhoXYiKIbJI:7Q72WNTAKBA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=7MwMfgStsJg:rhoXYiKIbJI:V_sGLiPBpWU"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?i=7MwMfgStsJg:rhoXYiKIbJI:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=7MwMfgStsJg:rhoXYiKIbJI:qj6IDK7rITs"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=7MwMfgStsJg:rhoXYiKIbJI:KwTdNBX3Jqk"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?i=7MwMfgStsJg:rhoXYiKIbJI:KwTdNBX3Jqk" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=7MwMfgStsJg:rhoXYiKIbJI:l6gmwiTKsz0"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=7MwMfgStsJg:rhoXYiKIbJI:gIN9vFwOqvQ"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?i=7MwMfgStsJg:rhoXYiKIbJI:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=7MwMfgStsJg:rhoXYiKIbJI:TzevzKxY174"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/credit-cards-4u/~4/7MwMfgStsJg" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://credit-cards-4u.blogspot.com/2009/05/credit-cards-in-atms.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>1.12. Credit cards as funding for entrepreneurs</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/credit-cards-4u/~3/eUSbUgT8TR4/credit-cards-as-funding-for.html</link><category>financial</category><category>credit cards</category><category>funding</category><category>bank account</category><category>credit card</category><category>financing</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (admin)</author><pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:54:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7118145379413223919.post-3513264580072177944</guid><atom:updated xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">2009-08-27T13:27:41.029-07:00</atom:updated><atom:summary xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"> Credit cards are a creative, yet often risky way for entrepreneurs to acquire capital for their start ups when more conventional financing is unavailable. It is rumoured that Larry Page and Sergey Brin's start up of Google was financed by credit cards to buy the necessary computers and office equipment, more specifically "a terabyte of hard disks". Similarly, filmmaker Robert Townsend financed </atom:summary><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=eUSbUgT8TR4:A0pZ-gOBQWE:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=eUSbUgT8TR4:A0pZ-gOBQWE:dnMXMwOfBR0"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=eUSbUgT8TR4:A0pZ-gOBQWE:F7zBnMyn0Lo"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?i=eUSbUgT8TR4:A0pZ-gOBQWE:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=eUSbUgT8TR4:A0pZ-gOBQWE:7Q72WNTAKBA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=eUSbUgT8TR4:A0pZ-gOBQWE:V_sGLiPBpWU"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?i=eUSbUgT8TR4:A0pZ-gOBQWE:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=eUSbUgT8TR4:A0pZ-gOBQWE:qj6IDK7rITs"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=eUSbUgT8TR4:A0pZ-gOBQWE:KwTdNBX3Jqk"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?i=eUSbUgT8TR4:A0pZ-gOBQWE:KwTdNBX3Jqk" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=eUSbUgT8TR4:A0pZ-gOBQWE:l6gmwiTKsz0"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=eUSbUgT8TR4:A0pZ-gOBQWE:gIN9vFwOqvQ"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?i=eUSbUgT8TR4:A0pZ-gOBQWE:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=eUSbUgT8TR4:A0pZ-gOBQWE:TzevzKxY174"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/credit-cards-4u/~4/eUSbUgT8TR4" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://credit-cards-4u.blogspot.com/2009/05/credit-cards-as-funding-for.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Chapter 2 - Choosing A Credit Card</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/credit-cards-4u/~3/10oem4UdBo0/chapter-2-choosing-credit-card.html</link><category>issuer</category><category>credit card issuers</category><category>fees</category><category>credit</category><category>bank</category><category>credit cards</category><category>bank account</category><category>credit card</category><category>interest rates</category><category>card</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (admin)</author><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 04:17:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7118145379413223919.post-1589358646068767644</guid><atom:updated xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">2009-08-28T02:18:55.154-07:00</atom:updated><atom:summary xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"> Choosing A Credit Card: The Deal is in the Disclosures A credit card lets you buy things and pay for them over time. Using a credit card is a form of borrowing: you have to pay the money back.When you are choosing a credit card, there are many features — and several kinds of cards — to consider: Fees, charges, interest rates, and benefits can vary among credit card issuers. As a result, some </atom:summary><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=10oem4UdBo0:YOqC39fcXTk:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=10oem4UdBo0:YOqC39fcXTk:dnMXMwOfBR0"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=10oem4UdBo0:YOqC39fcXTk:F7zBnMyn0Lo"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?i=10oem4UdBo0:YOqC39fcXTk:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=10oem4UdBo0:YOqC39fcXTk:7Q72WNTAKBA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=10oem4UdBo0:YOqC39fcXTk:V_sGLiPBpWU"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?i=10oem4UdBo0:YOqC39fcXTk:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=10oem4UdBo0:YOqC39fcXTk:qj6IDK7rITs"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=10oem4UdBo0:YOqC39fcXTk:KwTdNBX3Jqk"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?i=10oem4UdBo0:YOqC39fcXTk:KwTdNBX3Jqk" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=10oem4UdBo0:YOqC39fcXTk:l6gmwiTKsz0"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=10oem4UdBo0:YOqC39fcXTk:gIN9vFwOqvQ"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?i=10oem4UdBo0:YOqC39fcXTk:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=10oem4UdBo0:YOqC39fcXTk:TzevzKxY174"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/credit-cards-4u/~4/10oem4UdBo0" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://credit-cards-4u.blogspot.com/2009/05/chapter-2-choosing-credit-card.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>2.1. Credit Card Terms</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/credit-cards-4u/~3/CMVUFzMbX_g/21-credit-card-terms.html</link><category>loan</category><category>application</category><category>fees</category><category>credit</category><category>bank</category><category>credit cards</category><category>amount</category><category>participation fees</category><category>credit card</category><category>late payment</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (admin)</author><pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 13:05:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7118145379413223919.post-2532701398728894870</guid><atom:updated xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">2009-08-27T13:28:07.052-07:00</atom:updated><atom:summary xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"> Important terms of use generally must be disclosed in any credit card application and even in solicitations that don’t require an application. Here are the most important terms to understand — or ask about — when you are choosing among credit offers. Fees. Many credit cards charge membership and/or participation fees. Issuers have a variety of names for these fees, including “annual,” “</atom:summary><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=CMVUFzMbX_g:t3OncQglZp8:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=CMVUFzMbX_g:t3OncQglZp8:dnMXMwOfBR0"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=CMVUFzMbX_g:t3OncQglZp8:F7zBnMyn0Lo"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?i=CMVUFzMbX_g:t3OncQglZp8:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=CMVUFzMbX_g:t3OncQglZp8:7Q72WNTAKBA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=CMVUFzMbX_g:t3OncQglZp8:V_sGLiPBpWU"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?i=CMVUFzMbX_g:t3OncQglZp8:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=CMVUFzMbX_g:t3OncQglZp8:qj6IDK7rITs"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=CMVUFzMbX_g:t3OncQglZp8:KwTdNBX3Jqk"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?i=CMVUFzMbX_g:t3OncQglZp8:KwTdNBX3Jqk" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=CMVUFzMbX_g:t3OncQglZp8:l6gmwiTKsz0"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=CMVUFzMbX_g:t3OncQglZp8:gIN9vFwOqvQ"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?i=CMVUFzMbX_g:t3OncQglZp8:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=CMVUFzMbX_g:t3OncQglZp8:TzevzKxY174"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/credit-cards-4u/~4/CMVUFzMbX_g" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://credit-cards-4u.blogspot.com/2009/08/21-credit-card-terms.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>2.2. Balance Computation Methods</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/credit-cards-4u/~3/MhNAIkmELBI/22-balance-computation-methods.html</link><category>loan</category><category>money</category><category>cardholder</category><category>rate</category><category>balance</category><category>credit card</category><category>billing statement</category><category>carholders</category><category>credit</category><category>credits</category><category>credit cards</category><category>billing period</category><category>daily balance</category><category>interest</category><category>payment</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (admin)</author><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 13:01:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7118145379413223919.post-6348427096068739773</guid><atom:updated xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">2009-08-30T02:43:47.434-07:00</atom:updated><atom:summary xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"> Average Daily Balance. This is the most common calculation method. It credits your account from the day the issuer receives your payment. To figure the balance due, the issuer totals the beginning balance for each day in the billing period and subtracts any credits made to your account that day. While new purchases may or may not be added to the balance, cash advances typically are included. The</atom:summary><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=MhNAIkmELBI:aaLOPn4mNZo:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=MhNAIkmELBI:aaLOPn4mNZo:dnMXMwOfBR0"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=MhNAIkmELBI:aaLOPn4mNZo:F7zBnMyn0Lo"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?i=MhNAIkmELBI:aaLOPn4mNZo:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=MhNAIkmELBI:aaLOPn4mNZo:7Q72WNTAKBA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=MhNAIkmELBI:aaLOPn4mNZo:V_sGLiPBpWU"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?i=MhNAIkmELBI:aaLOPn4mNZo:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=MhNAIkmELBI:aaLOPn4mNZo:qj6IDK7rITs"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=MhNAIkmELBI:aaLOPn4mNZo:KwTdNBX3Jqk"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?i=MhNAIkmELBI:aaLOPn4mNZo:KwTdNBX3Jqk" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=MhNAIkmELBI:aaLOPn4mNZo:l6gmwiTKsz0"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=MhNAIkmELBI:aaLOPn4mNZo:gIN9vFwOqvQ"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?i=MhNAIkmELBI:aaLOPn4mNZo:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=MhNAIkmELBI:aaLOPn4mNZo:TzevzKxY174"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/credit-cards-4u/~4/MhNAIkmELBI" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://credit-cards-4u.blogspot.com/2009/08/22-balance-computation-methods.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>2.3. Other Costs and Features</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/credit-cards-4u/~3/4m9dlnUQZ6c/23-other-costs-and-features.html</link><category>grace period</category><category>loan</category><category>credit cards</category><category>credit terms</category><category>bank account</category><category>interest</category><category>payment</category><category>credit card</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (admin)</author><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:57:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7118145379413223919.post-2646346598819388035</guid><atom:updated xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">2009-08-27T13:29:01.484-07:00</atom:updated><atom:summary xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"> Credit terms vary among issuers. When considering a credit card, think about how you plan to use it: If you expect to pay your bills in full each month, the annual fee and other charges may be more important than the periodic rate and the APR, and whether there is a grace period for purchases. If you use the cash advance feature, many cards do not permit a grace period for the amounts due — even</atom:summary><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=4m9dlnUQZ6c:Onnt3GxtcT4:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=4m9dlnUQZ6c:Onnt3GxtcT4:dnMXMwOfBR0"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=4m9dlnUQZ6c:Onnt3GxtcT4:F7zBnMyn0Lo"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?i=4m9dlnUQZ6c:Onnt3GxtcT4:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=4m9dlnUQZ6c:Onnt3GxtcT4:7Q72WNTAKBA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=4m9dlnUQZ6c:Onnt3GxtcT4:V_sGLiPBpWU"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?i=4m9dlnUQZ6c:Onnt3GxtcT4:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=4m9dlnUQZ6c:Onnt3GxtcT4:qj6IDK7rITs"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=4m9dlnUQZ6c:Onnt3GxtcT4:KwTdNBX3Jqk"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?i=4m9dlnUQZ6c:Onnt3GxtcT4:KwTdNBX3Jqk" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=4m9dlnUQZ6c:Onnt3GxtcT4:l6gmwiTKsz0"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=4m9dlnUQZ6c:Onnt3GxtcT4:gIN9vFwOqvQ"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?i=4m9dlnUQZ6c:Onnt3GxtcT4:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=4m9dlnUQZ6c:Onnt3GxtcT4:TzevzKxY174"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/credit-cards-4u/~4/4m9dlnUQZ6c" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://credit-cards-4u.blogspot.com/2009/08/23-other-costs-and-features.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Chapter 3 - Credit card associations</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/credit-cards-4u/~3/EcJu7Y5n350/chapter-3-credit-card-associations.html</link><category>American Express</category><category>Diners Club</category><category>credit cards</category><category>Visa</category><category>MasterCard</category><category>Japan Credit Bureau</category><category>credit card</category><category>Diners</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (admin)</author><pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2009 04:15:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7118145379413223919.post-652440378662153425</guid><atom:updated xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">2009-09-01T11:47:53.196-07:00</atom:updated><atom:summary xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"> CONTENTS3.1. American Express 3.1.1. History3.1.2. American Express today3.1.3. Credit Crisis3.1.4. Advertising3.1.6. Management and corporate governance3.2. Diners Club3.2.1. Founding 3.2.2. MasterCard alliance 3.2.3. Carte Blanche 3.2.4. enRoute 3.2.5. Acquisition by Discover Card3.3. Discover Card3.3.1. History3.3.2. Business developments3.3.3. Brand acceptance3.3.4. Discover acquires Diners </atom:summary><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=EcJu7Y5n350:mdyoTD73fgs:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=EcJu7Y5n350:mdyoTD73fgs:dnMXMwOfBR0"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=EcJu7Y5n350:mdyoTD73fgs:F7zBnMyn0Lo"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?i=EcJu7Y5n350:mdyoTD73fgs:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=EcJu7Y5n350:mdyoTD73fgs:7Q72WNTAKBA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=EcJu7Y5n350:mdyoTD73fgs:V_sGLiPBpWU"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?i=EcJu7Y5n350:mdyoTD73fgs:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=EcJu7Y5n350:mdyoTD73fgs:qj6IDK7rITs"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=EcJu7Y5n350:mdyoTD73fgs:KwTdNBX3Jqk"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?i=EcJu7Y5n350:mdyoTD73fgs:KwTdNBX3Jqk" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=EcJu7Y5n350:mdyoTD73fgs:l6gmwiTKsz0"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=EcJu7Y5n350:mdyoTD73fgs:gIN9vFwOqvQ"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?i=EcJu7Y5n350:mdyoTD73fgs:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?a=EcJu7Y5n350:mdyoTD73fgs:TzevzKxY174"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/credit-cards-4u?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/credit-cards-4u/~4/EcJu7Y5n350" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://credit-cards-4u.blogspot.com/2009/05/chapter-3-credit-card-associations.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>3.1. American Express</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/credit-cards-4u/~3/RavVDi7juwk/31-american-express.html</link><category>AmEx</category><category>American Express</category><category>credit card</category><category>AXP</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (admin)</author><pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 23:50:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7118145379413223919.post-1784012663060954856</guid><atom:updated xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">2009-08-28T10:43:02.721-07:00</atom:updated><atom:summary xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"> American Express Company (NYSE: AXP), sometimes known as "AmEx" or "Amex", is a diversified global financial services company that is headquartered in New York City, New York. Founded in 1850, the company also has major offices in Fort Lauderdale, Florida; Salt Lake City, Utah; Greensboro, North Carolina; Phoenix, Arizona; Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Markham, Ontario, Canada; London and </atom:summary><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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