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Moody’s: 1Q credit card charge-offs reach record

The amount of uncollectable debt credit card companies wrote off in the first quarter reached a record high, but there are signs the problem is easing, Moody’s Investors Service said Friday.

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Blippy users’ credit card numbers exposed in Google search results

Sharing your credit card and online purchases with friends on the web sounds risky and it is.

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Blippy users’ credit card numbers exposed in Google search results

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Credit card bill stalls in Senate (The Barre Montpelier Times Argus)

MONTPELIER – A legislative effort to regulate the fees credit card companies charge store owners collapsed on the Senate floor Tuesday as lawmakers from both major parties raised questions about the bill’s unintended consequences.

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Berkeley Police Investigate Credit Card Info Theft (CBS 5 Bay Area)

Berkeley police are investigating thefts of credit and debit card information by crooks known as “skimmers.” Skimmers steal credit and debit card data by attaching a small electronic card reader to ATMs, gas pump and other machines that take credit or debit cards. They then use or sell the information, say the police.

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Berkeley Police Investigate Credit Card Info Theft (CBS 5 Bay Area)

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Berkeley police finding credit card info theft (San Diego Union-Tribune)

Berkeley police are investigating thefts of credit and debit card information by crooks known as “skimmers.”

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Berkeley police finding credit card info theft (San Diego Union-Tribune)

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Build Your Own Credit Card (ABC 2 Baltimore)

Credit card companies are giving consumers more control.

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Build Your Own Credit Card (ABC 2 Baltimore)

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More consumers pay credit card, but not mortgage (Erie Times-News)

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Banks goose credit card rewards to push card use (Erie Times-News)

Not every letter from a credit card company is bad news these days.

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Banks goose credit card rewards to push card use (Erie Times-News)

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The inventor of credit card technology (WTSP-TV Tampa)

SARASOTA, Florida – Forty-four years later, Ron Klein is still adored for his invention. “The women in the room, they absolutely love me,” said the 74-year-old retiree from his Sarasota home.

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How to cope as the credit card environment continues to change (USA Today)

Credit card companies are expected to implement a variety of creative fees to cushion the impact of a reform bill signed into law last year.

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