Personal Finance News - 'checking account' Tag

Citizens who have rushed to their local cash advance store for fast cash are discovering more resources for quick-fix loans in unanticipated places, like the local branches of their bank.

For many young consumers, and also those who are unable to get a bank account or choose not to get a tradtional credit card, Prepaid credit seems like the solution and it is one which is growing in popularity every …

After a series of successful security breaches against smartphones who utilize the Google Wallet application, Google have announced that they have been forced to suspend access to customers’ prepaid debit cards.

A sticker was recently spotted in the window of a taxi cab in Dallas, Texas, stating that a person’s identity may be stolen if they use their credit card to pay for their ride.

If you are currently a member of Citibank’s ThankYou rewards program, then there is a brand new facebook app now ready for you to use that allows you and your friends and family to pool all of your reward points.

On Jan, 3rd Citi launched a new Facebook app which allows the users of Citi’s reward credit cards to collect their points through Facebook.

North Shore Bank, MA, is set to offer a new incentive to their customers, namely to offer people who hold a checking account a reward scheme that will offer them incentives in exchange for obeying various monthly rules.

American Express has completed the purchase of Sometrics, a company which assists video game developers in the creation of virtual currency.

Cheating spouse end up getting caught eventually, but not by the stereotypical telltale signs such as lipstick on a collar, or the smell of an unknown cologne.

Capital One are celebrating ten years of partnership with Consumer Action which has helped to educated thousands of American consumers in a wide variety of financial matters.

In recent months several major banks have been introducing addition fees here and there in anticipation of losses caused by the cap on debit card interchange fees which has just come into effect.

Some businesses are no longer accepting credit cards as a method of payment in an attempt to reduce the amount of money they spend on processing card payments.

Bank of America will be adding around five hundred additional financial advisers to their staff in order to better serve their most preferred customers.

American Express is set to launch its very first prepaid debit card next week in an attempt to stake a claim on the rapidly growing prepaid card industry.

The Federal Reserve attempted to close some of the loopholes in the Credit CARD act over the last few months, but one particular group of borrowers who are still vulnerable to aggressive tactics from card issuers are college students.