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Posted on 22 April 2011
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The first “Modern Credit Card” that can be used for paying parties other than the card issuer was started in 1950. It was issued by Diners Club in New York City. Initially they were issued to about two hundred people, most of them known to the owner. These were used mainly at the restaurants and were accepted at 14 places initially.
Since then there have been many developments in the credit card industry. Here is a choice of 10 interesting facts about credit cards.
1. Most Expensive Credit Card
Black Centurion Card offered by American Express is the most expensive credit card at the moment. It has an annual fee of $2,500 and requires the cardholder to spend at least $250,000 a year through credit card transactions. In some countries it also requires a
one-time joining fee.
2. How Visa Card Came Into Existence
In 1958 a credit card was issued by Bank of America. In 1970 the other American banks also joined and its control was handed over to a joint financial venture. In 1976 the name Visa was given to this operation.
3. Cash Back Bonus
Sears introduced its Discover Card in 1985. It was a big hit not only because it did not charge any annual fee, but it also actually offered an up to 5% Cash Back Bonus.
4. Is Low Minimum Payment Good For You?
The answer is a big NO, because that means more of the unpaid debt, which ultimately means more INTEREST.
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Posted on 04 April 2011
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If you are in touch with the news and aware of updates around, you would have probably came across a new term called the Credit CARD Act. And like many other clients, you also might be curious how this thing will influence you, your current credit card, and your power to get credit in the future.
Why Credit Card act?
Sometimes clients were traced quite confused and encumbered, regarding the practices of credit card.
Especially in this bothersome business related atmosphere, lawmakers desired to be sure that clients can easily access both credit and to pay back the amounts they owe. To cope up with the problems of clients and lawmakers desire, the Credit CARD Act is a sequence of improvements to the Truth in Lending Act.
Benefits for Cardholders
The importance of this legislation is satisfaction of client, easy billing and payment routine, more regularity regarding rate inflation’s and more moderate fees. Bank of America is agreeing with the CARD Act in ways that best go on the demands of clients.
Bank of America put in action many alterations included in the Credit CARD Act in February 2010. Below in this article, you shall see some supplementary alterations that begun in August 2010.
The freshest alterations beginning in August 2010 contains:
Late payment fees are reduced
The amount of late fees will be decreased, and will be dependent on the number of delayed payments you enact. The first delayed payment; the fee of $25 will be charged. If some more dues are late in the period of next six months, fee would be increased to $35 for each supplementary happening.
Subsequently, if your payments are on time for the period of next six months in a row, the late payment fee you were charged will return to $25. Furthermore, the amount of your late dues payment fee will never be more than your least payment. For example, if your least payment is $20, your late payment fee cannot be profuse than $20. At Bank of America, late payment fee is never charged if balance in client’s account is $100 or less.
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Posted on 31 March 2011
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Here is the list of eight exclusively rare credit cards other than the Amex Centurion Card and the Visa Black Card, which are popular because of their special benefits. All these credit cards have one common specialty that, they can only belong with some of the wealthiest citizens around the globe.
1. Eurasian Bank Diamond Card
This card is purely a sign of elegance and wealth. Its design has a 0.02-carat diamond which is surrounded by a golden heart shape. It is the property of the bank of Kazakhstan and only belongs with those customers of the bank who have an account of $300,000 or more.
2. The Visa Signature Card
Visa Black Card is the property of Barclay’s Bank. Its top ranked card is Visa Signature Card, which provides several amazing facilities to the customers. Its most important feature is that, it has no spending limit. Other includes; A VIP access to Broadway shows and musicals; Special accesses to different sporting events and concerts; travel facilities at many hotels and airlines and better dining facilities.
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Posted on 01 December 2009
Tags: balance transfers, Bank of America, Bank of America Corp., Banks, banks terms and conditions, BofA’s clarity initiative, cardholder, cash advances, largest bank in Northeast Florida, nation’s largest credit card lender, News, payment information
On Monday Bank of America Corp. launched a program in which it is offering its credit-card customers an easy-to-understand list of terms and conditions for each account.
Credit Card Clarity Commitment program
It has been said by the bank that in this Credit Card Clarity Commitment program they will provide each cardholder with a one-page summary of all account terms in plain language. The program is an extension of BofA’s clarity initiative that has been launched by the bank earlier this year for its mortgage business.
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Posted on 20 November 2009
Tags: balance, cardholder, citibank, convenience, customer, interchange fee, interest fee, interest rate, Money, profit, short-term credit
Citibank has recently introduced a new policy which enables some of their customers to reduce their interest fees, by using their card on a regular basis.
According to the plan, cardholders who spend up to a certain defined limit each month will qualify for the interest rebate. Although it would still be more profitable for Citi, it’s bad for consumers across-the-board.
You can categorize the credit card holders as those who use he card for convenience and those who use it for a short-term loan. The first category usually pays off their balance each month; whereas the second category runs a balance, incurring interest fees.
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Posted on 12 November 2009
Tags: applicants, balance, Banks, cardholder, credit card, credit line, dollar, Fed, fixed rate, House of Representatives, income, industry, interest rate, law
Banks are under pressure and trying very hard to increase profit in the credit card dealings. Interest rates are increasing, credit lines are being cut and additional fees are being made compulsory on even the best cardholders.
The increase in rates and fees is a sign of depressing new realities of the industry – there are high amount of percentage of uncollectible balances as a new US law may further limit the cards’ profitability.
Banks have started increasing interest rates and shortening the payment duration and are implementing new methods before new rules come into action in February. Recently, Fed provided evidences that showed that banks are increasing interest rates.
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Posted on 27 August 2009
Tags: American Express, back, Benefit Of The CVV2 Number, card, card not present, Card Verification Value, cardholder, CID Codes, credit card, credit card fraud, criminals, CVV number, CVV1 Code, CVV2 Code, Discover, gas stations, hidden, identity theft, Internet, magnetic strip, MasterCard, phone, security, security code, signature, stolen, transactions, VISA
In order to protect against credit card fraud, a CVV number, or Card Verification Value is printed on the back of the card. It is a three or four digit security code printed on credit cards, intended to guard against identity theft in transactions where the actual card is not present.
CVV1 Code
There is another, less known code also present on the card called the “CVV1” code. This is encoded on the magnetic strip of the credit card hidden from view. CVV1 is used for security on transactions when the cardholder is present in person.
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