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Bill would block checkout fees on credit card purchases
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
State Rep. Adam Ravenstahl, D-North Side, introduced legislation Thursday that would prohibit retailers in Pennsylvania from imposing so-called checkout fees on credit card purchases. As of last month, merchants gained the right under a class action ...
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Second Arrest in Credit Card Fraud
CBS Local
Vernon Police have made a second arrest in the investigation of credit card fraud.31 year old Celeste Harris of East Hartford is accused of stealing credit card numbers from individuals living in Maryland to make purchases in East Hartford and Vernon.
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Photos of persons of interest in death of Patrick Burton distributed
KOCO Oklahoma City
... Edmond apartment fire. Text Size: ASmall Text; AMedium Text; ALarge Text. Slain man's credit card used at Riverwind Casino. Police confirmed late Friday that a credit card belonging to a slain Norman man was used, after his death, at a local business.
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Stolen refrigerators uncovers credit card theft ring
KIRO Seattle
Albert Lee showed KIRO 7 Eyewitness News reporter David Ham the types of refrigerators from his stores that were purchased with the stolen credit cards. "They want French door on the top, pull-out on the bottom," said Lee. "Again, and again, and again ...
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Syracuse man admits making fake credit cards for five-day shopping spree
Syracuse.com
Syracuse, NY -- A Syracuse man with credit-making equipment in his home admitted today that he used a fake card to make $5,000 in purchases in five days. Kareem Highsmith, 37, pleaded guilty to access device fraud, aggravated identity theft, and being ...
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Credit card use brings probation
Champaign/Urbana News-Gazette
Tucker pleaded guilty in December to unlawful use of credit card, admitting that on Dec. 30, 2011, that he was with two other men who were in the Walmart store on North Prospect Avenue using credit cards to obtain an iPad and gift cards totaling more ...
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Syracuse man pleads guilty to credit card fraud
CNYcentral.com
SYRACUSE -- A Syracuse man has pleaded guilty to credit card fraud in connection with an investigation by various law enforcement agencies into a credit card scheme last September. He also pleaded guilty to a separate charge of being a convicted felon ...
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Play your (credit) cards right to score a free vacation
Tribune-Review
The first thing to do is start with a travel goal, says Gary Leff, who offers advice about free travel and credit cards on his blog, View from the Wing. See which airlines fly to the city you want to visit. If, for example, Southwest is the only ...
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First Person: Being Dependent on Credit Cards Is Costing Me $162 a Month
Yahoo! Finance
I have always been conscience about how I spend money, but lately that hasn't been the case. Over the last six months we have had financial ups and downs that have caused me to re-think the way I do things. My credit cards have become a crutch for me ...
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First Person: Why I'm Still Using Credit Cards
Yahoo! Finance
Over the past several years, credit card companies have gotten a pretty bad rap. It's not to say they don't deserve it … with their ridiculously high interest rates, late fees and confusing fine print which can be hard for most of us to read, let ...
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Credit Card Delinquencies Rise Slightly: Interactive Graphic
American Banker (subscription)
Credit card delinquencies rose in January, but chargeoffs fell and portfolios appear likely to extend a streak of strong performance in the months ahead. To continue, please log in, register or subscribe. Already a subscriber? Log in here. Please note ...
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Credit card fraud suspects go on $100K spree
Union Democrat
Sonora and Modesto police are searching for a woman connected to a large credit-card fraud scheme that may have netted the crooks $100,000-plus in ill-gotten goods and services, many rung up in Tuolumne County. Wanted is Shatece Turner, 29, ...
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Police: Surveillance Images Show Man Using Stolen Credit Card
10TV
Police in Westerville need your help tracking down a man who ran up thousands of dollars in charges on a stolen credit card. Surveillance images show the man using the stolen cards at a gas station near the intersection of State and Hoff roads in ...
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New NJ law bans credit card companies from soliciting at public universities
Red Alert Politics
Earlier this week Gov. Chris Christie, R-N.J., signed into a law a bill that bans companies that issue credit cards from soliciting to college students on the grounds of the state's public universities. The law, which passed in the state legislature ...
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Northport police seek woman suspected of credit card fraud
al.com (blog)
npd-21513.jpg View full size Photos taken from surveillance footage of a suspect and suspect vehicle in a string of fraudulent credit/debit card use in Tuscaloosa County. (Tuscaloosa County Crime Stoppers). NORTHPORT, Alabama -- Northport police ...
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Former Auburn firefighter accused of using town credit card to buy own gas
Worcester Telegram
Mr. Lempicki, who joined the fire department in 2006, allegedly filled his tank and directed the clerk to charge the purchase to the Auburn Fire Department Shell credit card that was on file at the gas station, according to a statement of facts by ...
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Report: Young adults not enamored with credit cards
ATM marketplace.com (press release)
According to a report from Mercator Advisory Group, consumer credit card use remains steady, but young adults age 18 to 35 are eschewing credit cards. In its "Consumers and Credit 2012: Come Back, Young Cardholders" report, Mercator said that only 59 ...
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Two Florida men busted in Boise for using phony credit cards
KTVB
BOISE -- Two Florida men were booked into the Ada County Jail Friday following an investigation into thefts at around 10 local stores involving fraudulent credit card transactions. Boise Police say Ernesto V. Rodriguez, 27, and Carlos M. Alvarez, 27 ...
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Canyon Police Getting Increase Reports of Credit Card Abuse Cases
MyHighPlains
CANYON -- The Canyon Police have investigated an increasing number of credit card abuse cases during the last couple of weeks. Charges on these cards are occurring along the east coast. Police on the east coast have not determined how the information ...
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Consumers coming back, but they may not run up credit cards
TheNewsTribune.com
Almost a decade of easy lending led consumers to buy more home than they thought possible, borrow heavily against their homes, rack up huge credit card debt and live beyond their means. The Great Recession forced consumers and businesses to pay ...
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Site finds high credit card balances in Springs-Pueblo area
Colorado Springs Gazette
Credit card balances in the Colorado Springs-Pueblo market area are the fifth highest in the nation, according to data from Manilla.com, a website that helps consumers track their finances. Residents of 10 southeastern Colorado counties that make up ...
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Police looking for suspect who used credit card stolen from gym
WXIX
Cincinnati Police Department, District Two is Investigating the theft and use of a credit card. On Jan. 15, 2013, the victim had his credit cards taken from his locker at LA Fitness located at 4700 Marburg Avenue. The credit cards were used at the ...
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Credit Card Fraud Bust
MyMotherLode.com
It is believed that there are more victims than just the Ventura resident, as officers found around $100,000 in credit card receipts. In addition there were 500 blank credit cards, a credit card embosser, a card skimmer, card graphic printer, written ...
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Everyday Cheapskate: Credit card payment date affects your balance
Appeal-Democrat
DEAR MARY: Is there any advantage to sending in my credit card payment early? Or is it better to keep the money in the bank where it is earning interest and then sending it closer to the due date? — Jeff, New Jersey. DEAR JEFF: Because interest on ...
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• The calamitous credit card
Times-Mail (subscription)
When he was campaigning for the presidency in 2008, candidate Obama pointed out George W. Bush's propensity for using the "Bank of China" credit card. He complained Bush had amassed "$9 trillion of debt that we are going to have to pay back ...
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Warner Robins Woman Arrested For Stealing Credit Card Information
41 NBC News
dorties brown MILLEDGEVILLE, Goeriga (41NBC/WMGT) - Baldwin County deputies arrested a Warner Robins woman for stealing credit card information and charging thousands of dollars in cities across the Peach State and Pennsylvania. Captain Brad ...
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Beaufort to test parking meters that take coins and credit cards
Hilton Head Island Packet
Ten parking meters that accept coins and credit or debit cards will be installed on Bay Street next month. The meters will be tested for 60 days, according to a news release. If they go over well, the city will replace all downtown meters with ones ...
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Hilton Head Island Packet
HK credit card receivables up 10.4% in Q4
People's Daily Online
HONG KONG, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) -- Total credit-card receivables in Hong Kong rose 10.4 percent to 111.3 billion HK dollars (14.34 billion U.S. dollars) in the fourth quarter last year, after increasing 2.1 percent in the previous quarter, the Monetary ...
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JEDCO's former director charged meals, alcohol to public credit card; and ...
NOLA.com
JEDCO's former executive director charged numerous meals - some including alcohol - to an agency credit card, WVUE reported. The station found the charges, made by former Jefferson Parish Economic Development Commission's director Lucien Gunter, ...
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Local police trying to identify credit card abuse suspects
KXXV News Channel 25
Waco Police Detectives are trying to identify two female suspects accused of credit card abuse. Both women have both been accused of using false identification information also. Police say if anyone recognize either of suspect, please call Det. Rogers ...
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Get Out Of Credit Card Debt in 18 Months with a 0% APR
The Balance Transfers Blog (blog)
1debtsruvry One of the hardest things to do is to pay off credit card debt but a 0% APR promotional financing offer can be extremely helpful. But these offers are only valid for a limited time, and at the moment, the longest financing offers come from ...
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There is no free lunch with credit cards
Focus News
Why when I withdraw money from ATMs in Bulgaria with my credit card, I pay fees here, but not abroad? Bulgarians living abroad ask such questions. Their questions are well-grounded because fees are not cheap – they stand between BGN 2 and BGN 8, ...
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FTC Sends Refunds to Victims of Credit Card Interest Rate Reduction Scandal
LoanSafe
(Source: FTC) - The Federal Trade Commission mailed 330 refund checks to consumers who allegedly were duped by marketers using illegal robocalls to deceptively claim they could reduce consumers' credit card interest rates. Under settlements entered by ...
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Investors Question Price of Plastic as Card Issuers Face Strain
Fox Business
Credit-card lenders are losing their luster with investors amid the slow economic recovery, intense competition for borrowers and weakened performance from some players. Shares of the largest card issuers fell Friday, led by a 2.8% decline by Capital ...
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General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) Retail extends credit card arrangement ...
Cogo
General Electric Company(NYSE:GE) Retail Bank has signed a multiyear agreement with department store, J.C. Penney Company, Inc.(NYSE:JCP) to extend their private label credit card program. With this extension allows customers of the retailer to avail ...
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4 Questions to Ask Before a Big Credit Card Purchase
TheStreet.com
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- With great credit limits comes great responsibility. Just because you have plastic power doesn't mean you should wield it without careful consideration, especially if you're contemplating a large purchase that you might not be ...
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PayPass credit cards easily breached by cellphone app: Security firm
Sun News Network
MONTREAL - That PIN-less credit card in your wallet might be quietly giving away all of its secrets thanks to a perfectly legal phone app. The PayPass cards, issued by Visa and Mastercard, emit a radio frequency that allows gas pumps and various other ...
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Leisure bosses rapped for credit card use
Manchester Evening News
An investigation found senior bosses at a charity which runs sports and arts services in Rochdale 'inappropriately used' company credit cards, the Observer can reveal. Council leader Colin Lambert confirmed to the Observer Link4Life's managing director ...
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Manchester Evening News
California Supreme Court Holds That Song-Beverly Act Does Not Apply To ...
Mondaq News Alerts (registration)
The California Supreme Court began by examining the text of the Credit Card Act. Section 1747.08 provides that, subject to several exceptions, a retailer shall not request or require, as a condition to accepting a credit card as payment, that the ...
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Banksy pieces recovered by police in credit card sting
Essex Enquirer
Around two weeks after delivering the artworks to a customer in Plumstead, Mr Brandler of Brandler Galleries, Optfold Road, Brentwood, received bank letters stating that the cards used to buy the artwork did not have the authorisation of the ...
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Maryland consumers may pay up to 4 percent 'checkout fee' on credit card...
My Eastern Shore
BALTIMORE - The "checkout fee" became an option for retailers to charge up to 4 percent of the purchase price when a customer pays with a credit card - effective Jan. 27. This new fee allows merchants to pass on costs that the retailer must pay to a ...
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Accused Stanford mall fraudster had assault weapon
Palo Alto Online
Palo Alto police said a man who allegedly used counterfeit credit cards to defraud stores at Stanford Shopping Center had a stash of illegal weapons in his Oakland home. The weapons were discovered in a Feb. 11 search following the Feb. 4 arrest of the ...
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Debit Or Credit Examine The Exchange
KMVT
Some credit cards charge a yearly fee, others have reward points or a cash back program. Some pre–paid cards have added fees every time you use it. Larry Shepherd from Twin Falls says "I use a debit card it's just easier having it come out of my bank ...
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Blogs2 new results for Credit Card
 
Online Shopping: 5 Tips To Protect Your Credit Card Number | The ...
By GM
Submitting credit card numbers and other sensitive information online shouldn't be cause for cold sweats and sleepless nights. Despite the efforts of id...
The Guardian Express
I Was an Authorized Credit Card User and Used It After the ...
By Steve Rhode
"Dear Steve, About thirteen years ago, my Dad was living with us after my Mom passed away. He added me to his Citicard as an authorized user. I.
How to Get Out of Debt With the...


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