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CARDNEWS FOR CONSUMERS
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(4/24/07)
Smart Shoppers
The smart money this holiday season is on early bird specials and last minute deals. Shopping online, buying gift cards and maximizing credit card rewards are also among the top ways to slash holiday spending.
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(4/16/07)
Travel Auction
Starting tomorrow American Express cardholders can bid online for nine declining-price travel packages, offered in varying quantities, ranging from 10 to 30. AmEx will auction off one travel package a day - and once a trip goes on sale, the price drops every twenty minutes.
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(4/13/07)
Tax Options
Americans have more options to pay personal, business and old taxes than ever before. With "Tax Day 2007" breathing down their necks taxpayers can also go online and get a confirmed, automatic six-month extension to file for as little as one buck.
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(4/12/07)
Card APRS
While offered interest rates on bank credit cards hover at 12% to 14%, the APRs most consumers are paying are much higher. Excluding short-term promotional interest rates but including penalty rates charged to consumers with deteriorating credit scores, the average rate for standard bank credit cards topped 19% last month, compared to 16.5% four years ago.
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(4/12/07)
Jetsetter Card
Prepaid cards are now for the upper crust too! A private jet
charter card has been launched with a starting denomination of 100,000
smackers.
American Express Incentive Services has teamed with JetOne Jets to
offer the new prepaid card.
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(4/11/07)
Feb Debt
Consumer revolving credit jumped by $2.5 billion in February after a very sluggish January wherein Americans added $1.3 billion from the prior month. Revolving consumer credit set a new record of nearly $884 billion in February, growing at an annual rate of 3.4%.
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