Personal Finance News - 'consumer' Tag

On February 23, 2012 MasterCard and Telefonica came together and unveiled the name of their new brand name that is looking to spread the development of mobile financial solutions in a dozen Latin American markets.

When I started living in Florida, I laughed at the temperatures of its winter but when I received my first winter electricity bill, it was quite a shock for me that it costs tremendously to keep the house nice and …

Recent statistics show that one of the easiest ways to become a target for both identity fraud and collection scams is to apply for a bad credit loan over the internet.

As students return to schools and colleges across the country, consumer groups are warning them to complete an identity protection checklist to stop thieves from using their names to commit credit card fraud and other crimes.

As of October 14, Wells Fargo account holders in New Mexico, Oregon, Georgia, Washington and Nevada will find themselves hit with additional fees on their debit card accounts as the bank tests out “debit card activity fees”.

Wells Fargo and U.S. Bank have recently launched a new type of private student loan. The fixed rate student loans are designed to attract more consumers, but they do have a range of pros and cons which should be considered …

According to a new survey from MasterCard, carried out in partnership with research Harris Interactive, almost 90 percent of all Americans are planning to actively look for deals before heading off on a summer vacation.

Finance experts have issued consumers with a list of their top five tips for managing spending money online so that they may avoid blowing their budget with a single click of the mouse.

A list of the top ten credit card best practices has been published offering advice which can help everyone from college students just starting out with their first credit card, to more mature consumers who have already made some mistakes …

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has put an end to a $275 million credit card scam which affected around five million bank customers and card holders over the past four years.

According to a new survey commissioned by credit card issuers JP Morgan Chase, three in five Americans are planning to take their summer vacation closer to home this year in attempts to save some money.

With the focus on being green creating increasing pressure on companies to be more environmentally friendly, more and more companies are offering paperless billing to customers.

Bankers are heralding mobile banking as the future of the payments industry. However, a recent survey carried out by the Federal Reserve discovered that consumers are not so taken by mobile banking, with only 10% using mobile devices for banking …

In recent months we have seen more and more of our Facebook friends checking in to locations. Retailers were quick to latch on to this and using Foursquare have begun to offer consumers special discounts for checking in to their …

Chase has launched the new Chase Sapphire Preferred credit card with a generous sign up bonus of 50,000 Ultimate Reward points worth $500 or, if used for travel, a ticket worth $625.