Sometimes the best stumps for reform come from the mouths of jesters. Consider this bit from Maria Bamford:
I really think that before giving me a credit card they really should have given me a math …

Have you been checking your credit card or checking account statements regularly? If not, you should be. You may notice some new, mysterious charges. In 2007, I signed up for a checking account with Citizens …

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College students often fallen easy prey to scams. And by scam, I don’t mean the whole system of going into debt for a marginally useful degree (jury’s still out on that one…). Students are increasingly …

In the third and final part of this series on getting your free credit report without the not-so-free extras, we’ll be looking at Equifax, one of the trickier credit reporting agencies.
1. Begin by signing onto …

Welcome to the post-recession credit market, where banks are paranoid about lending, consumers are wary of fees and everyone’s keeping a closer eye on their credit rating. In this new dawn of shell-shocked borrowing, many …

Corporate roadwarriors, leisure travelers and roaming gnomes alike will enjoy the Miles by Discover card. This flexible card lets you rack up miles on all of your purchases and redeem them for credits towards travel. …

It’s a classic makeup story. Credit card users got burned by the issuers deceptive ways and now the lenders are trying to win them back, to show them that they’ve changed and everything is going …

As we mentioned earlier, Chase has rolled out some new financial tools to help you track your finances and conquer your credit card debt. All in all, these simply amount to fancy ways of looking …

JP Morgan Chase is rolling out a whole new approach to getting card users to pay up – make it easy. Unlike Bank of America, which is pissing people off until they refuse to pay, …

As part of our weekly credit card review series, we’ll be looking at the Discover® More(SM) Card, which has long been the best cashback card available. With the recent changes to credit card laws, there’s …

Legislation like the Credit CARD Act may protect you from exorbitant fees, bait-and-switch marketing and sudden increase in your interest rate, but who will protect you from rampant spending, irresponsible borrowing and living beyond your …

Those tuning into the news this weekend probably heard that Albert Gonzalez, the hacker who sometimes went by the handle of “soupnazi,” has pleaded guilty to stealing stealing 170 million credit card and debit card …

Much of the clatter in recent press and on the blogosphere (MYC included) has been over the recent spate of overdraft fees and other charges that banks are levying, ostensibly in order to makeup for …