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New solar parking meters will take credit cards (San Antonio Express-News) -- The new units accept credit cards as well as coins, and enable customers to use any left-over parking time at another location. (more)

More people skipping mortgage to pay credit cards (Market Watch) -- U.S. consumers are starting to look like a frugal, debt-fearing lot as they pay down billions of dollars in credit-card obligations. But an alarming trend is emerging: A..... (more)

Analyst: Credit better, but cards face challenges (AP via Yahoo! Finance) -- Consumers are unlikely to take on more debt in the near term even though there are signs that they are spending more, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. analysts said Friday in a..... (more)

Credit cards cater to the rich (Bankrate.com via Yahoo! Finance) -- Rewards cards aimed at the super-rich are proliferating. Are the super-services worth it? (more)

Banks boost rewards on some credit cards to encourage customers to use them frequently (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune) -- NEW YORK - Not every letter from a credit card company is bad news these days. While millions of card users received notices of interest rate hikes and new fees in recent..... (more)

Lower interest rates? Not in the (credit) cards (AP via Yahoo! News) -- It sounds like a victory for credit card users ? a rule that would require banks to review any interest rate hikes every six months, and lower rates when appropriate. (more)

Lower interest rates? Not in the (credit) cards (Washington Post) -- NEW YORK -- It sounds like a victory for credit card users - a rule that would require banks to review any interest rate hikes every six months, and lower rates when..... (more)

Seek out the perfect loan -- Personal Loans have been regularly used to fund those little extras such as a holiday abroad, a new car and increasingly as a means of debt consolidation. Most people..... (more)

Unenforceable credit agreement claims -- Claims management companies lack of experience with unenforceable credit agreements, could land consumers in deeper financial trouble and even land them in court (more)

Students disappointed by broken principle -- Students will see their student loan rate dropped from 1.5% to 0% this September (more)

Sainsbury's make play for the UK loans market -- Sainsbury's the supermarket giant is making a play for the UK online unsecured personal loan market (more)

Single premium PPI 'must be withdrawn' -- Single premium Payment Protection Insurance (PPI) is the subject of a new campaign from the Financial Services Authority (FSA). The regulator has written to providers,..... (more)

Report warns of 'major change to family finances' -- Young adults in the UK are depending on their parents for financial support - and putting the older generation's finances under strain. A new report from The Children's..... (more)

BBA welcomes impact of loans scheme -- Banks have updated on the progress of the Enterprise Finance Guarantee scheme, aimed at improving loans flows to businesses. The comments, from the British Bankers'..... (more)