Chase Sapphire

Credit card companies are tripping over themselves to attract big spending, timely payers. The credit industry mavens at CardHub.com report that there credit cards than ever offering higher initial rewards bonuses -- for people with credit scores above 700.

When the economy hit the skids and credit card customers started defaulting in droves, the issuing banks started writing down big losses. One financial company that was spared the worst of the economic fallout was American Express. As this article from the Wall Street Journal points out, AmEx has...

In this age of credit cards and their diminishing rewards programs, Chase Card Services announced earlier this week its launch of Chase SapphireSM, a credit rewards card designed for the very affluent. How affluent? If your household is in the top 15% of wealthy Americans, this card is for you....

Credit card companies need to find some way to keep their good customers or attract new ones -- those who actually pay their bills on time. They used to be called "deadbeats" inside credit card companies, because there wasn't as much profit to be made from someone who paid off their card each...