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It's no wonder Discover Credit Cards are so popular. Discover Credit Cards haven't been around as long as some, but Discover established a desirable reputation from the inception of their credit card program that has only improved with time. When Discover Credit Cards became available to consumers in 1985, it was an immediate hit with its users. While other credit card companies were struggling to attract business, Discover Credit Cards immediately found a broad base of appeal in the United States. Discover Credit Cards distinguished themselves from the pack by offering cards with no annual fee, which wasn't a common feature of the average credit card at that time, and offering its users higher credit limits than the competition.
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Discover Cards have no annual fees
Often offer higher credit limits than competitor credit cards
Wide variety of quality business credit cards that target small business owners
Discover offers rewards cards, student cards, and long-term low rates on balance transfers
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If you are a business owner, you definitely want to consider the GM Business Card as your choice of credit cards. Offered by Chase, it has been designed with the business owner in mind. You work hard after all operating your business, why not get a credit card that rewards you for being the hard worker that you are.
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Federal regulators have taken a first pass at creating rules to stamp out illegal online gambling via credit cards. Judging from the reaction, the Feds came up snake eyes.
The rules are an attempt to block online gambling by requiring banks and credit card companies to prevent "illegal" transactions. A public comment period on the rules ended in mid-December, and the reviews were harsh. The payment industry is up in arms, claiming the act is vague and unenforceable, while gamblers feel it is an attack on their personal freedom.
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Thought you couldn't get a rental car if you didn't have a credit card? That's probably what you've heard for years from rental car agents at airports, but it may be getting easier for some travelers to rent a car without a credit card. A CreditCards.com survey of the top rental car companies indicates that nearly all of the companies allow you to rent their vehicles without credit cards. However, it may take some work on your part -- and patience -- to get the vehicles.
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Don't have a credit card or don't want to use one to rent a car? A CreditCards.com survey of the major rental car companies found it's difficult but not impossible to rent a car without plastic. Keep these 12 tips in mind the next time you approach the rental car counter with no plastic in hand. It just might help you avoid a frustrating rental experience.
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Thought you couldn't get a rental car if you didn't have a credit card? That's probably what you've heard for years from rental car agents at airports, but it may be getting easier for some travelers to rent a car without a credit card. A CreditCards.com survey of the top rental car companies indicates that nearly all of the companies allow you to rent their vehicles without credit cards. However, it may take some work on your part -- and patience -- to get the vehicles.
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Was 2007 a bad year for you and credit card debt? Here are some easy and not-so-easy steps to take
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The holidays bring a flurry of emotions and obligations, and people find it easy to get lost in holiday spirit. You may feel guilty if you can't afford to buy your loved ones what they want, so you put presents on the credit card.
Come January, the holiday joy turns into debt regret. It's important to shed this debt quickly, and to learn how to prevent the same troubles next year.
Drowning in debt after the holidays is all too common. "It's important to first take a deep breath and realize you're not the only one struggling with looming holiday debt," says Michael Gold, a certified financial planner who works in investments at Wachovia Securities. The average American household is already saddled with debt before holiday spending, so "digging an even bigger hole of debt during the holidays is a major concern for most."
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What do you get when you add "contactless" credit abilities to your cell phone? A single device for making calls and credit card purchases. You yak, you wave, you buy.
Credit cards that use contactless technology are already becoming familiar to consumers through devices such as the Mobil Speedpass. You make purchases simply by waving such devices in front of contactless readers wherever you find them. Credit issuers want to add the technology to your mobile phone, so you can scan it, too.
Credit-enabled phones, while years away in the United States, are already in widespread use elsewhere. In Korea, for example, cell phone users can wave phones at a machine and authorize a transaction of a few Korean wons for a bottle of soda.
In the U.S., neither the wireless system nor merchant acceptance is up to the task yet. "I don't expect the industry to have that infrastructure rolled out for at least five years," says Bruce Cundiff, research director, Javelin Strategy and Research. It will probably be 10 years before the majority of credit card transactions are contactless, not to mention phone transactions, he adds. But the list of interested parties includes the industry heavyweights: Visa and MasterCard have held contactless phone trials in major cities such as Atlanta and New York with partners such as Citi, Cingular and Nokia, says Manuel Albers, a director with NXP, co-creator of the contactless phone chip and partner in contactless trials.
With 2.7 billion cell phones in circulation globally, credit issuers have plenty of motive for turning the gadgets into contactless credit devices, says Richard Crone, founder, Crone Consulting, LLC, an electronic payments consultant.
But what's in it for you?
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