Mother of All Credit Card Lists ( over 1200 Listed )
I have tried to include all credit cards issued in US. If you think if I have missed any, please leave a comment. More than 1200 cards have been included.
1. AAA Credit Card
2. AAA Rewards Visa Credit Card (Northern California, Nevada, Utah)
3. AAdvantage American Express from Citi
4. AAdvantage Bronze MasterCard from Citi
5. AAdvantage Bronze MasterCard from Citi for College Students
6. AAdvantage Gold World MasterCard from Citi
7. AAdvantage CitiBusiness Card
8. AARP Platinum Visa
9. AARP Rewards Platinum Visa Credit Card
10. AARP Travel Plus Visa Signature Card
11. Abercrombie & Fitch Credit Card
12. Academy of General Dentistry Platinum Visa Card
13. AccountNow Prepaid MasterCard
14. Adirondack Trust Company MasterCard or Visa
15. Advanta Platinum BusinessCard with Rewards
16. Advanta Life-Of-Balance Platinum Card
17. Advanta Platinum BusinessCard
18. Aer Lingus Rewards MasterCard
19. Agriculture Federal Credit Union Visa
20. AICPA Platinum Visa Card
21. Air BP Visa
22. Air Canada MasterCard
23. Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association MasterCard
24. Air Force Association Platinum MasterCard
25. Air Force Sergeants Association MasterCard
26. AirTran Airways A+ Business Card
27. AirTran Airways A+ Visa Signature Credit Card from Juniper Bank
28. Alabama Central Credit Union MasterCard or Visa
29. Alaska Airlines Visa
30. Alaska Airlines Visa Business Card
31. Albina Community Bank Loop Card
32. All-Access Visa Prepaid Card
33. Allow Card Prepaid MasterCard
34. Alternatives Federal Credit Union Visa
35. Amalgamated Bank MasterCard
36. Amalgamated Bank Union MasterCard
37. Amalgamated Bank Secured Gold MasterCard
38. Amazon.com Business Credit Card
39. Amazon.com Platinum Visa Credit Card
40. American Association of Neurological Surgeons Credit Card
41. American Bar Association Visa
42. American Boating Association Credit Card
43. American Canine Association Platinum MasterCard
44. American Chemical Society Credit Card
45. American DreamCard MasterCard
46. American Eagle Outfitters Credit Card
47. American Express Business ExtrAA Corporate Card
48. American Express Business Gold Rewards Card
49. American Express Business Green Rewards Card
50. American Express Business Membership Rewards Card
51. American Express Business Platinum Card
52. The American Express Card
53. American Express Card for Students
54. American Express Cash Rebate Card
55. American Express Corporate Card
56. American Express Executive Business Card
57. The American Express Gold Card
58. American Express Golf Card
59. American Express IN:CHICAGO Card
60. American Express IN:LA Card
61. American Express IN:NYC Card
62. American Express Optima Card
63. American Express Optima Platinum Card
64. American Express Platinum Business Credit Card
65. American Express Platinum Business FreedomPass Credit Card
66. American Express Platinum Card
67. American Express Platinum Cash Rebate Card
68. American Express Preferred Rewards Gold Card
69. American Express Preferred Rewards Green Card
70. American Express Rewards Plus Gold Card
71. American Express SimplyCash Business Card
72. American Institute of Architects Credit Card
73. American Kennel Club Rewards Visa
74. American Legion Auxiliary Visa
75. American Legion Visa
76. American Medical Association Business Credit Card
77. American Medical Association Platinum Visa Credit Card
78. American Medical Student Association Credit Card
79. American Paint Horse Association Credit Card
80. American Photo Visa Card
81. American Quarter Horse Association Business Credit Card
82. American Quarter Horse Association Credit Card
83. American Savings Bank Secured Visa
84. American Savings Bank Student Secured Visa
85. American Savings Bank Visa
86. American Savings Bank Visa Gold
87. American Skiing Company Edge MasterCard
88. American Society of Civil Engineers Credit Card
89. American Society of Mechanical Engineers Credit Card
90. American State Bank Credit Card (Iowa)
91. American State Bank & Trust Visa (North Dakota)
92. American State Bank Visa (Texas)
93. American Taekwondo Association Credit Card
94. American University MasterCard
95. America’s Christian Credit Union Credit Cards
96. Amtrak Guest Rewards MasterCard
97. AmTrust Bank Rewards American Express Card
98. AmTrust Bank WorldPoints Credit Card
99. ANB Financial MasterCard or Visa
100. AnimalSafe MasterCard
Rest of the list has located here
What I Do With Credit Card Applications In My Mail?
Things that come in mail these days are pretty scary. Especially I am worried about those pre filled credit card applications that are sent to my mail box. If some one get them from my mail box and change the ID, they can be spending lot of the money on those credit card, never to pay back. Recently I came across an article on cookeyed.com. The dude tore his credit card application and then re-glued it. made changes on it and sent back to CHASE. Guess what, he got a credit card delivered to his father’s address.
The dude got a pre-filled application. here is what he did with that…
He tore them into little bitty pieces.
Next, he arranged the bits back. It actually took a surprising amount of effort to get them all flipped and aligned properly.
VISA and MasterCard Pay $2.75 Billion in Settlement to Discover
This Monday, credit card issuing companies VISA and MASTERCARD announced that they have settled the anti-trust law suit filed by Discover Financial Services. Discover accused both of the companies of entering in to exclusivity contracts with banks. Such contracts prohibited banks and other financial institutions to issue competing cards. Discover filed for $6 billion as compensation but settled for less than half that amount.
Visa has a larger credit card holder base and paid the major chunk of settlement amount. Visa Paid $1.8 Billion. While MasterCard with second largest penetration paid only $862.5 Million.
This amount looks big but it is peanuts when it is viewed in context of Total US Credit Card Market Size. According to Bloomberg
The value of U.S. credit card purchases was $2.17 trillion in 2007, up from $426 billion in 1993.
Previously, AMEX (American Express Company) sued both of credit card Giants and managed to extract about $5 billion in settlement.
So It is obvious that VISA and MASTERCARD have struck a great deal. Paying under $10 billion for un-restricted access to a multi-trillion dollar market is good business in every sense of word.
How these two play with each other is yet to be seen…
More on this story can be read here
How to Improve Your Credit Score
If you have ever tried to lose weight then probably you know how difficult it is to improve your credit score. It is not something you can do quickly. If you try to raise your credit score based on bad advice, you must be prepared for these quick-fix efforts to backfire. If you ask me to put all of the advice in one sentence, I would probably say “Manage your credit responsibly”. It is indeed a uphill task to improve your credit score once it is down. Still following the tips below is very crucial to get your bad credit back on track.
Build a sound credit history
Always pay your bills on time, every time
Nothing ruins your credit report like a delinquent payment or a collection. In 70% cased this is the major negative factor in people’s credit report.
Always take corrective action ASAP
If you missed one or two payments, take corrective action as soon as possible. Longer you delay your payment, worst will be your credit score.
Collection Is Like a Life Sentence to Your Score
If you pay off your bills after they go to collection. It might be too late. Even if you pay, this will stay on your credit report for next seven years.
How to Cut My Credit Cards : Make Boomerangs
Boomerangs are L-shaped objects that return back to the person who throw them in any direction. Credit Cards are made of rigid and virtually indestructible plastics and hence they are a good candidate for the job of making boomerangs. A quick look at this Wikipedia Article will give you a fair idea of boomerang basics.
This is much easier for all of us if we can explain the process with images. so i have put up some before and after images of a cute little boomerang made out of a stores card. It is more enjoyable when you do it with a valid card. expired credit cards are not that much fun to play with. leave them for your children to play with.
10 Things You Should Know About Your Credit Card
When it comes to credit cards, American’s are least educated people around the world. Our knowledge about them comes mostly from friends and family or credit card sales people. After a long search on forums and blog comments I have come up with the list of 10 things that most of people should know about their credit cards and they don’t. It’s my contribution to help you learn more about your own credit card rights and providing you means and methods to protect them
1) Your Credit Card is Not Valid Till You Sign it
There is a panel on the back of your card that says “Not Valid Unless Signed”. A large number of people ignore this or just write “SEE ID” or “CHECK ID”. They become very shocked when some diligent merchants refuse their card.
Let’s have a look at what VISA’s procedures says about what should happen when a customer presents an unsigned card:
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The merchant will ask for customer’s ID like Driving Licence or Passport.
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Customer will be asked to sign the card. If he signs it, the signature on the card will be compared to the signature on his ID.
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If customer refuses, the card will not be accepted.
It is a known fact that most of the merchants don’t follow this policy, but some like UPS are quite strict.
A Quick Guide to Credit Card Basics
Credit cards are a double edge sword. They can help make your life a financial heaven and hell depending upon how you use them. Following are some tips on using your credit cards wisely. The benefits of using your credit card wisely include but not limited to cash back, bonus points, airline miles and at best a great credit score. On the other hand if you decide to use them in an unwise fashion, you might end up in a mountain of debt.
Rule No. 1 is to pay off all you balance every month. You will have to pay interest on your spending if you don’t do that and that interest rate is very tricky. It takes a lot of discipline to pay back balances on time. According to a recent report by Federal Reserve, Almost 40% of all house holds in America carry a substantial amount of credit card debt.
Protect Your Credit Score
Make all your payments before the date they are due. Late fees can pile up quickly as they are around $20 - $50. If you miss more than two payments that will automatically increase your interest rate to “Default Rate” (around 24% to 30%) . Late and missed payments also lower your overall credit ratings. That can trigger interest rates on other loans to go up as well as getting soft loans in future impossible.
What if you don’t pay your credit card bills?
These are difficult times for our economy. Each one of us is feeling the pinch due to increased cost of living. It is getting very difficult to make ends meet. In difficult times like this it is very easy to amass a huge credit card debt. It can happen to anyone. Even to people who have been financially responsible. “Can I just don’t pay my credit card bills?” is the question many individual ask themselves and friends. This option is very much there. It also will give you some extra cash for few months ahead. But following are few of major problems you can get yourself into if you stop paying your credit card’s monthly payments.
Collection Calls
This is most scary part of Credit Card Game. Credit Card Companies will constantly call you and demand their money back. Collectors may call you 5 - 7 times a day. They will call you at home, They will call you at work and they will call you on your mobile phone too. There have been some reports that collection agents have been calling bosses, co-workers, and family members (which amounts to harassment and is not legal). They go to any length to get you on phone and when they get you on phone they use a lot of psychological techniques to lure you into giving them checking account numbers and other banking information. They will use every trick to make you pay. One of the well known methods is that they intimidate and threaten you by telling you that they will take your house, car etc. Or they will bring police to your home. all this can be very stressful on some people. You will also start getting letters in the mail from them that may eventually turn more demanding.
Don’t get intimidated by them, Know your rights and report any violations to police and seek help. Most of the credit cards are unsecured so no one can take your car, house, furniture, etc. Worst thing these credit card companies can do is… they can really damage your credit score.
How to Cancel Your Credit Card
A few days ago my wallet was feeling a little too bulky. It was not because it was stuffed with cash. It was filled with plastic; credit cards as we call it. So I thought it was a good idea to cancel a few of them that I hadn’t been using for a while. I would like to share with you how I canceled one of my credit cards.
How to cancel your credit card
Although I have experience of Applying for credit cards but this was my first experience of canceling one. Apply is easy, canceling a card is harder. Have you ever tried to cancel your credit card?. Or close a bank account. Or Tried to terminate your Internet Service?.
Most of these companies try to make it very hard for you to quit. They put you through lots of exit interviews and throw you to their “customer retention specialists”. These hogs keep on making calls to you and ask you teasing questions the list of which might be endless. They even try to talk you out of your decision. Thy use anything to achieve their target.
They question your sanity, try to bring in moral questions that you feel guilty about canceling that credit card or whatever service you are trying to quit.
This morning I had a similar experience. I have an Citibank Visa card that I am trying to cancel. I have no balance on this account, so if thought that is a good idea to call them and tell them that I no longer need their service and that would be it. but that was only what “I” thought.. I was nothing like it.
What if you don’t cancel your credit card before you die?
Be sure and cancel your credit cards before you die!!
A lady died this past January, and Citibank billed her for February and March for their annual service charges on her credit card, and added late fees and interest on the monthly charge. The balance had been $0.00, now somewhere around $60.00. A family member placed a call to Citibank.
Here is the exchange:
Family Member: “I am calling to tell you she died in January.”
Citibank: “The account was never closed and the late fees and charges still apply.”
Family Member: “Maybe, you should turn it over to collections.”
Citibank: “Since it is two months past due, it already has been.”
Family Member : So, what will they do when they find out she is dead?”
Citibank: “Either report her account to frauds division or report her to the credit bureau, maybe both!” Read the rest of this entry
