Treated Like a Criminal at Checkout? Don’t Put Up With It
June 9, 2010 – 10:53 am | No Comment

Credit card fraud is a serious issue, and retailers and credit card issuers have enacted a number of measures to help protect your identity and their bottom-lines. But the backlash of tighter security is that …

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Treated Like a Criminal at Checkout? Don’t Put Up With It
June 9, 2010 – 10:53 am | No Comment
Treated Like a Criminal at Checkout? Don’t Put Up With It

Credit card fraud is a serious issue, and retailers and credit card issuers have enacted a number of measures to help protect your identity and their bottom-lines. But the backlash of tighter security is that …

Pissed About Credit Card Business Practices? Take Action
February 3, 2010 – 10:13 am | 3 Comments
Pissed About Credit Card Business Practices? Take Action

Washington Post recently ran some required reading for all credit card users entitled “Five myths about America’s credit card debt.” Don’t be deceived by the somewhat banal title – this piece is actually very illuminating …

Nickled and Dimed: The High Cost of Banking While Poor
October 6, 2009 – 7:23 am | 5 Comments
Nickled and Dimed: The High Cost of Banking While Poor

You load sixteen tons, and what do you get?
Another day older and deeper in debt.
Saint Peter, don’t you call me, ’cause I can’t go;
I owe my soul to the company store…
That’s the chorus to an …