credit card fees
5 Worst Credit Cards of 2011: CardRatings' Plastic Hall Of Shame
6:00AM 1/10/2012
We Americans can't live without our credit cards -- but there are a few varieties of plastic that should be kept out of consumers' wallets. Here's CardRatings list of the five Worst Credit Cards of 2011 (plus one that you might want to reconsider).
The Foreign Currency Conversion Settlement Check Is Finally In the Mail
3:23PM 12/22/2011
Sometimes it pays to wait; sometimes it doesn't. Just ask the roughly 10 million cardholders who were part of the Foreign Currency Conversion Fee Antitrust class action lawsuit settlement. After a decade of legal wrangling, the settlement funds are finally being disbursed -- but a suit this large can dilute even $336 million.
Do You Still Need to Read Your Credit Card Contract's Fine Print?
8:00AM 9/01/2011
JP Morgan Chase, American Express, Bank of America, Citigroup, Wells Fargo & Co, Personal Finance, Credit Cards
It appears that complaints from consumers and regulators about the lack of credit card transparency at banks have not fallen on deaf ears. According to CardHub.com's 2011 Credit Card Application Study, the 10 biggest issuers of plastic have significantly improved transparency this year.
Bank Lowers Credit Card APRs for Some, but Adds Fee for Others
1:00PM 3/15/2011
The cat and mouse game continues. Americans are beginning to reap more of the benefits of 2009's landmark credit card protection legislation, the CARD Act, even as some banks continue to add fees. The Act ordered banks to review credit card customers' files to determine if their interest rates...
Credit CARD Act: One Year Later, How's It Going?
9:00AM 3/06/2011
During the battle over Credit CARD Act, much talk focused on what the legislation would -- and wouldn't -- do. A year after the law rolled out, what's the word now? Here's an on-the-ground look at how card issuers and consumers are adapting to the new landscape.
Credit Card Companies Lobby Congress to Roll Back Reforms
5:30PM 2/17/2011
Credit card companies are seeking to delay enforcement of lower limits on so-called "swipe fees." If successful, the postponement will cost customers and retailers more than $1 billion a month.
How to Avoid Getting Nickel and Dimed With Fees
4:00PM 1/19/2011
These days, it seems as if everyone's trying to squeeze every penny out of us. From banks to colleges, American consumers are being nickeled and dimed like never before. Here are some of the biggest offenders, and your best defense against them:
Banks
As banks try to shore up their balance sheets...
Credit card issuers keep inventing new fees to replace the old ones
6:00PM 11/08/2010
The Federal Reserve seems to be in a never ending game of Whac-a-Mole with the banks that issue credit cards. In October the agency had to roll out clarifications to its regulations on credit card fees after it became clear that the banks had found a way to get around the Credit Card Accountability...
How to Tell If It's Time to Switch Banks
8:40AM 10/19/2010
The consumer advocates at the Center for Responsible Lending have released a checklist of tough questions people should ask their banks to make sure their needs are being met -- and and to ensure they aren't paying unnecessary fees.
Avoiding overdraft and over limit fees by refusing to opt-in to the new "protection" plans banks are hawking is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to sparing yourself from dubious fees for financial products and services. Recently, these fees have proliferated, many of them marketed by the...
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