Meters may break credit cards' rules
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Boston's new high-tech parking meters may be running afoul of Visa and MasterCard rules that prohibit vendors from imposing minimum purchase requirements on their customers.
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Sky-high interest rates on credit cards can make a mountain of debt seem insurmountable. Eventually for some, it is.
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Boston's new multispace parking meters along Newbury Street stopped accepting credit and debit cards yesterday, as city officials acknowledged that their minimum payment requirement appeared to violate Visa and MasterCard regulations.
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Many consumers believe that credit card come-ons are borderline deceptive. Now, a federal banking watchdog is expressing similar concerns that credit card solicitations promise more than they deliver.
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With the economy slowing and houses no longer easy sources of cash, a growing number of consumers cannot pay the minimum monthly amount off their credit card debt.
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Your credit card may be in significant danger at the gas pump, and not (just) from high fuel prices. According to a Gartner analyst, point-of-sale terminals are emerging as a substantial security problem.
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Don't want pay a credit monitoring service? Do it yourself.
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Business & money: Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests loophole in rules means that homeowners could avoid providing a pack.
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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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I overheard a long-time hospital client talking to another support vendor today. The hospitalâs patient accounting department was attempting to send patient financial and billing data to a third-party biller. The vendorâs normal Web site was down, and they were trying to come up with an emergency fix.
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Retailers and their customers face unduly high fees when using MasterCards, the Office of Fair Trading said yesterday in its latest provisional findings into the way card charges are set.
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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - It was a sight that would make any flagrant parking meter flouter smile. Police were pulling over parking meter attendants to warn them that their $9,600 miniature Mitsubishi and Subaru were not street legal and did not have proper tags.
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Federal legislation bans credit-card payments, but sites have alternatives.
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The companies that accept payment card transactions will eventually have to play by new rules being laid down by Visa to bolster data security.
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U.S. regulators warned banks against  some types of credit card marketing, calling them potentially  unfair or deceptive.
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With holiday shopping in full swing, U.S. banking regulators on Tuesday urged consumers to carefully check the terms and conditions when buying gift cards, including fees and expiration dates.
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THE Office of Fair Trading yesterday threatened to crack down on the credit card industry over its charging policy. It announced it was issuing the MasterCard network with a final warning to justify the fees