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N.Y. Senator Adds Voice To Concern About Credit Cards, Echoing Cuomo's Health Credit Probe -- MarketWatch: More warnings about credit cards - including those to pay for health care services - are coming from New York's elected officials. Sen. Charles Schumer sent..... (more)

Venezuela Plans `Good Living' Credit Cards for Government-Run Retailers -- Venezuela?s government will issue credit cards that allow customers to buy food, refrigerators and vacation packages from state-run companies and pay over time, Public..... (more)

Despite new law, subprime credit cards and payday loans can still be very dicey -- You can still get credit if your finances are a mess. It will just cost dearly. A sweeping credit card law that took effect yesterday is supposed to prevent banks from..... (more)

A credit card that gives back -- For many of us, credit cards are necessary evils that help us get through life. Yes, a credit card can help you buy something on a deferred basis, get that designer bag..... (more)

Health care credit cards may add to your pain -- These days, you may leave your dentist's office with more than a toothbrush and dental floss in your bag. Thousands of dentists are offering patients health-care credit..... (more)

Two held for procuring credit cards at fake addresses -- New Delhi, Sep 3 (PTI) Two youths, who allegedly procured credit cards including one of a senior Intelligence Bureau (IB) official at fake addresses, were arrested here,..... (more)

Credit card debt falls to lowest level in 8 years -- NEW YORK ? The amount consumers owed on their credit cards in this year?s second quarter dropped to the lowest level in more than eight years as cardholders continued to..... (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)