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Ask Your Advocate: Protecting Your Identity While Shopping
When I pay for an item with a credit card, sometimes I’m asked to show ID. Are store merchants allowed to request this? Can I refuse? —G. Graham Brooklyn, NY It’s understandable that you might be...
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Money Expert Q&A: When Stores Cancel Your Line of Credit
I’ve heard that you shouldn’t close a credit card–even if you don’t use it–because it can have a negative impact on your credit score. However, I recently got a letter in the mail that my credit card...
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5 Ways To Upgrade Your Investments As Nation Deals With Debt Downgrade
(Image: ThinkStock) Brace yourself for stock market activity with all the twists, turns and plunges of the Intimidator 305 roller coaster ride. The roller coaster ride is evident with the impact of the...
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Relearning the Value of a Dollar
Don't let increased plastic use desensitize you to the value of a dollar (Image: Thinkstock) Like any other day, I moved about without a single bill in my wallet. It’s an unfortunate habit I developed...
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Best Black Friday Deals & the Worst Shopping Traps to Avoid
(Image: ThinkStock) It’s official, recession or not, Americans are going to be out in full force shopping and spending on Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving. If you’re one of the 74 million...
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How to Shop Safe & Save Money on Cyber Monday
(Image: ThinkStock) Black Friday may bring out the holiday shopping crowds, but Cyber Monday is increasingly generating the biggest bucks for retailers as consumers hop online to make merry and find...
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How Radio Personality Angela Yee Dug Herself Out of Debt
As co-host for New York’s Power 105 FM’s popular Breakfast Club, Angela Yee is one of the most listened to voices in morning radio. A graduate of Wesleyan University, she majored in English and held...
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Experts Say Credit Card Hack May Reoccur
(Image: Thinkstock) Distrust of financial institutions continues to spread. J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.* admitted Tuesday to accidently charging customers in several states including New York and...
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Google to Begin Credit Card Program for Small Businesses
Google expanded its apparent pursuit of world domination this week by offering a credit card to small businesses in the United States and the United Kingdom. The search giant has teamed with the...
View ArticleWhile Holiday Shopping, Guard Against Identity Theft
The holiday season is prime time for identity theft. It’s no wonder: the mix of frenzied shopping, demanding kids, wall-to-wall crowds and a tidal wave of consumer marketing via phone, mail and the...
View ArticleInvesting to Build Wealth? Or Spending to Look Rich?
One of the things I like to talk about when I travel the country speaking about the principles and habits of successful wealth-building is learning to recognize and avoid what I call poverty traps:...
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Obama Presses for Credit Card Reform
Making good on a campaign trail promise, President Barack Obama met with top executives from 14 credit card companies today at the White House and urged them to adopt more consumer friendly practices...
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Credit Card Companies Go On the Defense
Looks like credit card issuers are playing a tough game of defense against sweeping legislation set to take effect Thursday. Provisions of the Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure...
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The Tangled Web of Debit Cards
I always thought that using a debit card for my purchases was a safe alternative to credit cards since the money is immediately taken out of my account. I mean, credit card debt aside, you can’t spend...
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Cutting Edge: Resisting the Credit Temptation
Around mid-December, I promised myself I would pay off my credit card by the New Year and refrain from using it to make any more purchases (unless I was in dire need). Things were going well. I had a...
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MasterCard Extends Zero-Liability Policy
Debit and credit card company MasterCard announced that it will extend its zero-liability policy for U.S. cardholders to include all PIN-based and ATM transactions. This comes on the heels of the data...
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Suze Orman Prepaid Debit Card Discontinued
If you own one of Suze Orman’s Approved cards, you might have a slightly annoying problem. In just a short time, you won’t be able to use your card anymore. So if your card gets declined, we warned...
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How to Avoid Holiday Season Credit Card Rip-Offs
Buy now; pay later is the mantra that drives much of American holiday spending. Credit cards mixed with massive consumer spending are the cornerstone of the highly-profitable credit card industry. So...
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Get The 411 on Your Credit Score
A new study by CardHub showing that the average American household owes nearly $8,000 in credit card debt raises the question as to whether we really understand what comprises a credit score....
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