credit cards rewards

    By Hugh Collins

    | 7:22AM 10/04/2010
    Visa (V) and MasterCard (MA) are close to settling an antitrust case with the Justice Department over credit-card acceptance rules, The Wall Street Journal reported. The settlement could allow merchants to steer customers towards cheaper forms of payment, a setback for a credit card industry that...

    By Martha C. White

    | 12:08PM 9/15/2010
    We've written recently about some tricky things credit card companies do that can whittle away at the value of your hard-earned rewards, and recent news reported in the Consumer Reports blog illustrates that banks are still trying -- and trying very hard, in some cases -- to keep you from getting...

    By Geoff Williams

    | 4:00PM 8/21/2009
    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....