Archive for September, 2006

Debt Consolidation Through Mortgage Refinance

Finding it difficult to pay off your bills and other loans? If you haven’t approached a debt consolidation company yet, here’s a viable alternative you could try out. Refinancing your mortgage loan. Firstly, you can reduce your monthly mortgage payments with a refinance. Secondly, it gives you some extra money to pay off other outstanding [...]

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Chase Gives You Freedom To Choose With New Card

Chase Bank recently launched its new Chase Freedom credit card. The new card gives holders the freedom to change how they would like to receive their rewards, whether as cash or as points that can be used to purchase special offers, without penalties. Brandweek.com reports:
The card also features a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) [...]

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WaMu To Offer ESPN’s Visa Affinity Card

According to recent reports, Washington Mutual plans to issue ESPN’s new Total Access Visa credit card. The Seattle-based bank is the issuing bank for the credit card, which will give card-holders points when they buy ESPN-branded merchandise. Bizjournals.com reports:
Users of the ESPN Total Access Visa card will be able to attend "VIP" [...]

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Give Us Gifts With Cards, Say Europeans

Did you know Europeans love gifts with their cards? Well, at least that’s what a recent survey by MasterCard shows. The credit card provider recently published a survey claiming that the majority of cardholders all over Europe want a product that can offer them rewards.
According to the survey over 70 percent of the respondents [...]

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Credit Card Tips For Students

A recent survey by college debt financier Nellie Mae shows that students are getting smarter about their use of credit. But there is no stopping them from getting even smarter. What says? If you are a new student, here are a few tips that will help you tide through the initial rush of credit [...]

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SafePay’s New Visa Card

Online payments provider SafePay Solutions recently announced the launch of its own SafePay-branded prepaid Visa card for all US-based SafePay members. It will provide a bank-issued PIN-based debit card for international members. SafePay members will be able to use the SafePay Prepaid Visa Card to shop at locations worldwide, for purchases made in [...]

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The “R” Route To Avoiding Foreclosure

Foreclosure is a painful reality in America today. Growing numbers of families are now facing the imminent threat of foreclosure. But it need not be so. You could forestall foreclosure by resorting to certain steps. You will have to take your lender into confidence and try to work out a plan of action. Here are [...]

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Avoid Foreclosure; Talk To Your Lender

Nearly 300,000 Americans lost their homes through foreclosure last year. And that is not the disturbing fact — Nearly half of these people never tried to even talk to their lenders! Delawareonline.com reports:
People in financial jeopardy often are embarrassed to talk about their problems. They don’t think their lender will help them, and some [...]

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Wachovia Card For Businesses

Wachovia Corp. recently announced that it would offer credit cards for use by companies. The cards are the kind businesses give employees to pay travel and entertainment expenses, or to make purchases. Charlotte.com reports:
The cards will be available in the fourth quarter. They will be MasterCard brand. Wachovia’s consumer cards are Visa brand. [...]

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Breaking Up With Your Partner? You Could Go Bankrupt

And you thought that it was only people who had no control over their money that went bankrupt. Well, those types do exist but there is one more category of people that has begun to declare bankruptcy – those who’ve broken up with their partners. According to recent research, in Scotland, the average age of [...]

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