SUSAN TOMPOR: Credit card issuers raise big penalties
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Savvy consumers should skip over the bold print for 0-percent introductory rates for credit cards and head straight to the penalty box.
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A pending change to a popular credit scoring system is about to make it much harder for people to polish their credit by riding the coattails of someone else's good payment record.
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Credit card company American Express  said on Thursday that a slowdown in cardholder spending and rising delinquencies would lead to a pre-tax charge of around $440 million for the fourth quarter.
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Cutting up old cards could damage your FICO score.
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You might not want to set your credit record straight after all.
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A Senate panel is examining complex billing and interest-rate practices for credit cards that critics say confuse consumers and can push them deeper into debt.
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Hackers who struck TJX Cos.' computer system into last year exploited many security problems and violations of credit card handling rules within the Framingham retailer's data network, according to a recent court filing by a former MasterCard official.
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Consumers pay the price for high merchant fees.
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Late payments on credit card bills edged up this past spring, when high energy prices were squeezing the finances of some people.
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NEW YORK -- Americans paid their credit card bills on time at a record high level in June, sending credit card delinquencies to their lowest level in four years, Moody's Investors Service said yesterday.
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Gift cards have popular with gift givers, but many arenât aware that they come packed with hidden fees that can nibble away at the initial value of the cards.
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Many 'contactless' credit cards can leak their owner's name and card number for reading at a distance.
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Although special financing plans for health care carry risks, using regular credit cards to pay medical bills may be even more dangerous to household finances.
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Beware the wily ways of credit card companies.
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The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has filed charges against a payment processing company, accusing it of attempting to debit consumers&#39; bank accounts for up to $200 million on behalf of dishonest merchants.Those consumers either never received the goods or received worthless items, said the FTC, which filed the complaint with seven other U.S. states. The payment company allegedly violated both federal and state consumer fraud laws, telemarketing rules, and FTC regulations regarding the unfair processing of payments.The payment processing company went by several names, which are listed in a FTC news release. The FTC alleges the company processed payments for fraudulent telemarketers and Internet-based merchants that used deceptive sales scripts and methods.About $69 million of the $200 million in transactions were either rejected by consumers or returned because of lack of proper payment authorization, the FTC said.The FTC wants to refund consumers and force the company to forfeit money it still holds from the fraud in addition to other civil penalties. The complaint was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.The states that have joined the suit are Illinois, Iowa, Nevada, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, and Vermont.
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TJX has revealed that a breach of its credit card transaction systems occurred a year earlier than previously disclosed and that many more customers may have been affected.
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If you have a credit card with a variable interest rate, you may have noticed your rates have been going up.