Credit Card Management in 5 Simple Ways
The following credit card management tips are excellent ways to manage your credit card before it controls your financial-life.
1. Do not memorize your PIN number – If you know your pin number then it would be extremely tempting to spend on your credit card every time you go into a shop or are short of cash. The only way to stop this behaviour is to stop using your PIN number. The only way to stop doing that is not to memorize it in the first place. Read more
Exploiting Leeches? Go to Your Credit Card Company
Two seemingly unrelated stories caught my attention yesterday. One was about corporations stockpiling cash and the other was about consumer savings rates.
Some American corporations really know how to sock it away. Read more
Credit Card’s Dirty Little Secrets
Do you know about credit cards and their dirty little secrets? I make my living knowing about them and I was unable to answer all the questions at a great quiz from the PBS Frontline program Secret History of The Credit Card at Credit Card Quiz. Take the quiz and see how much you do or don’t know about universal default, and other credit card issues. Then read this article for more dirty little secrets this great PBS special offered. Here are a few apetizers: Read more
True Debt Advisor Warns: The Season Begins for Credit Card Abuse
Thanksgiving is over, the stores are open early, and retailers are enticing shoppers with lower prices. The season has begun to abuse the plastic in our wallets. When the credit card statements arrive, many Americans will learn to resolve the extra strain on their budgets by learning how to legally eliminate 100% of their credit card debt, without bankruptcy, consolidation, or refinancing.
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