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And That’s Another Reason You Shouldn’t be Late

Posted by Sun on October 11, 2006 (0) Comment

in paying your credit card bills.
According to a Reuters article, The General Accountability Office (GAO)’s report released today found that the average financial charge for a late credit card payment jumped from $13 in 1995 to $34 in 2005, an increase of 115%, and the highest charge is $39. The fees for over the limit [...]

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Open a BoA WorldPoint Platinum Credit Card and Get a 1GB iPod Nano

Posted by Sun on October 11, 2006 (4) Comment

In addition to the 1GB Nano, Bank of America has a credit card offer that also include

$50 Statement Credit after qualifying transaction(s)
0% balance transfer for one year

To receive the free iPod, you have to
use your new account within 90 days of the date the account is opened by Bank of America to make any [...]

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For One-Year 0% BT, I only Got Ten Months

Posted by Sun on October 11, 2006 (7) Comment

Following a link on MyMoneyBlog, I applied a Discover Mills Card back in July, which offers 12,000 bonus miles, fee-free 0% balance transfer for one year, and additional 1,000 monthly bonus miles for 12 months with any purchase charged with the card (BTW, the offer is still valide). Immediately after receiving the card, I called [...]

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Ok, Now It’s Official

Posted by Sun on August 31, 2006 (0) Comment

Received in the mail tonight, starting October 13th, the new Citi Dividend Reward program works as follows:

2% cash back on purchases made at supermarket, drugstores, and gas station;
2% cash back or more at convenience stores and for electricity, gas, water supply, refuse services, excluding phone services;
1% cash back on all other purchases;
1% cash back on [...]

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Attention Shoppers, AT&T Is Hacked!

Posted by Sun on August 29, 2006 (0) Comment

If you are an AT&T customer, by now you probably have already been informed. Otherwise, here’s the story.
USAToday reported that hackers accessed credit cards and other personal information of AT&T’s nearly 19,000 customers over the weekend. As a result, AT&T shut down its online store and notified credit card companies of those customers being affected. [...]

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