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Not All Credit Cards Are The Same!
SayEducate | August 26th 2008 by Matt Keegan
How many credit cards do you carry? 2? 5? 11? If you were to add up all of your store cards, gas cards and your MasterCard, VISA, American Express, Discover and other national cards, you might be surprised at that number. Then again, maybe you have s read more
Debt Issue Suffers Setback on Campaign Trail With Biden as VP Cho…
Credit Card Debt Law | August 24th 2008
The Democratic Convention is slated to begin this week in Denver and I’m already disappointed about Democratic Presidential Nominee Senator Barack Obama’s choice for his Vice Presidential Candidate - Senator Joseph (Joe) Biden from Delawa read more
AmEx credit limits, policies, and tactics
CHESSNOID random noid musings | August 23rd 2008 by CHESSNOID
I used to have 7 American Express credit cards. I am currently down to 5 now, since I have canceled 2 of them. I plan on canceling them all eventually. They used to be the Rolls Royce of credit cards but now that they have been hammered by the hou read more
Father Knows Best
A.R. and Proud | August 22nd 2008 by missburrows
Ok, raise your hand if you know that my Dad works at Ecotrust.Good. You've been paying attention.When I was little, I used to tell him how much I loved him and then ask for something (most often it was for some sort of pet). Well, last week, he retur read more
Help for a Friend
Snarky Behavior | August 22nd 2008 by Jon Host
My friend has been working on a project this summer introducing secondary education in rural Cambodia and she’s trying to secure funding through American Express. Please take a moment to nominate her project by clicking on the link below: Hi read more
Help Aimee help others through the American Express Members Proje…
Whats the Diff: Exposing the Gap Between Average and Excelle… | August 21st 2008
Our good friend Bob Lee, of last summer's Ride for 3 Reasons, asked us to spread the word about another great cause - helping Amy's Living Story win the American Express Members project. Please help us help Aimee. read more
0% Balance Transfer Card Guide: 2008 Edition
Blueprint for Financial Prosperity | August 15th 2008 by jim
The reports of the death of 0% APY balance transfers are greatly exaggerated. Many years ago, no fee 0% balance transfers were a dime a dozen. It would be difficult to find a credit card that didn’t offer a no fee 0% balance transfer as the che read more
AMEX does good with the ‘08 Members Project
The Responsible Marketing Blog - responsiblemarketing.com | August 14th 2008 by Patrick Byers
Have you heard about the Members Project from American Express? It’s a social good promotion built to encourage people to “come together to achieve something amazing.” Card members are invited to submit ideas for projects in the areas of a read more
A Startling Fact About Cash Back Reward Cards
Moolah-Moolah | August 13th 2008 by BPaul
Due to the financial woes companies are experiencing with our economy, many are shutting down their reward program packages to their consumers. For example, have you tried to claiming any frequent flier miles lately? Coincidently, cash back reward pr read more
American Express stories 8-11-08
CHESSNOID random noid musings | August 11th 2008 by CHESSNOID
There are 2 more comments from 2 more current American customers about their recent experience. The comments are starting to get buried in the older posts so I have decided to move them up here with a link back to the original blog post. Keith OMG! read more
Meredith Whitney sees AmEx consumer credit situation a major prob…
AgustinGonzalez.com Financial Commentary | August 10th 2008 by Agustin Gonzalez
This shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone but maybe a form of validation: Oppenheimer analyst Meredith Whitney seeing problems in consumer-based credit to continue over next 12 to 18 months. This comes on the heels of American Express noting... read more
Who is doing it right
Customer Experience Managemetn | August 9th 2008
As you read in my last blog, I’m moving and it is no picnic. I could write 10 blogs on all the negative customer experiences I’ve lived through, but let me focus on the companies that are doing things right. We’ve all lived through experience read more
Save Money By Talking To Your Creditors
Spending Less 101 | August 8th 2008 by John A. Simpson
If you ended up in a bad position financially, and it happens to the best of us, one tip you can take to heart is to talk to your creditors. The phone may be ringing off the hook and stressing you out. Maybe you are ignoring the calls, only to fiel read more
Credit Card Company Earnings Down - Lending Questioned
Credit Card Debt Law | August 8th 2008
It hasn’t been a particularly good month to be a credit card company or a credit card processor. American Express - Moody’s announced on Thursday that it is reevaluating American Express’ rating because of concerns over its credit read more
Amex credit cut
CHESSNOID random noid musings | August 7th 2008 by CHESSNOID
I missed the blurb about Moody’s cutting American Express’ credit rating yesterday, but I think it is karma coming back to bite Amex. They cut peoples credit lines and now Moody’s may be cutting their credit rating. Ironic! The read more
Delta 1,000 Mile Online Booking Bonus Promo
inFLIGHTout | August 7th 2008 by mike g
A (temporary) return to the online booking bonus!Delta Airlines is offering a 1,000 mile SkyMiles Bonus when booking your next round-trip ticket at Delta.com, and pay with your American Express card.The promotion runs now through December 31st, and y read more
Credit Card Rental Car Insurance is Secondary Coverage!?
Blueprint for Financial Prosperity | August 7th 2008 by jim
The Consumerist posted some information about rental car insurances and credit cards with a great list of the coverages (based on whether it’s a Discover, American Express, MasterCard or Visa card). I thought that perhaps the individual issuers read more
American Express Issues Travel Insurance Warning
Secondcity.in Where r u travelling today? | August 7th 2008 by SecondCity.in - Where r u traveling 2day...
Many British holidaymakers are neglecting to take out travel insurance - because they believe that their EHIC cards offer them cover instead. According to research from American Express, 2.3 million travellers who took a trip within the EU over the p read more
Consumidor pode ser alertado sobre limite do cartão
Anuidade Zero | August 7th 2008 by marcelo
Laycer Tomaz Dr. Talmir quer evitar situação humilhante para o consumidor A Câmara analisa o Projeto de Lei 3632/08, do deputado Dr. Talmir (PV-SP), que obriga as empresas administradoras de cartão de crédito a informar o consumidor sempre que read more
American Express® Preferred Rewards Card
Credit Card Gems | August 6th 2008 by Dennis
The American Express® Preferred Rewards Card has the most flexible rewards program in the industry. You will earn points on every dollar spent with double points for some purchases with specific retailers. Points may be transferred to 17 frequent fl read more
Amex - Trendy is Out
Credit Card Debt Law | August 6th 2008
The Wall Street Journal reported that American Express is giving up on efforts to attract a younger audience with its specialty credit card line for the young and affluent, in:nyc. Read more. read more
American Express “financial review” comment
CHESSNOID random noid musings | August 5th 2008 by CHESSNOID
I guess American Express is now on the phase of reviewing many customers financial records to determine whether they qualify under their “new review” process. This has not happened to me yet, but it really won’t matter in my situa read more
Green Livin At the Pump And Past The Limit
Green Livin | August 4th 2008 by Stephen M Harrell
Green Livin High Prices Cause Drivers to Hit Credit Card CutoffsGreen livin the pump slowed and cut off Brendan Baker's gasoline purchase at $74. He returned the nozzle to the pump, swiped his credit card a second time, then put the nozzle back in hi read more
Merideth Whitney comments on the Future of Financials
CHESSNOID random noid musings | August 3rd 2008 by CHESSNOID
I haven’t seen this lady before but she seems extremely sharp about the US financial companies. Meredith Whitney, executive director of equity research at Oppenheimer, discusses what’s in store for the financial sector in the video below read more
American Express losing future potenital business
CHESSNOID random noid musings | August 2nd 2008 by CHESSNOID
Just another comment about American Express from my previous post Un-American Express targeting profiles to decrease credit lines from a while back. I definitely can relate to what everyone is going through. I was actually contacted by the NY Time read more
Benefits of American Express
Shop The Planet | July 31st 2008 by Caroline Elle
If you are going to become a regular shopper of international stores you might want to think about getting yourself an American Express credit card. Why, you ask? Well, I'm not promoting that people should go out and get themselves in debt at all, bu read more
Amex Down and Out As Recession Reaches the Wealthy
Fish, Grits & Eggs | July 27th 2008 by Black Jesus Caesar Jones (BJ CJ)
After reporting less than stellar earnings on Tuesday shares of American Express have taken a dive. What is causing the charge card giant to fall on hard times? Well, the short and sweet answer is simply the economy.American Express is suffering read more
Back-To-School Giveaway!
Apron Strings and Angst | July 25th 2008 by Willow
It’s that time of year almost! New clothes and shoes, haircuts, eye exams and glasses, school supplies… Does just the thought of it overwhelm you and/or your budget? It does me, too, but ya know what? I have a secret vice. I love sch read more
Embaixadas e Consulados do Brasil no Exterior
Blog Britescade | July 25th 2008 by Britescade
As embaixadas do Brasil no exterior têm como uma de suas principais funções dar apoio aos cidadãos brasileiros que estão visitando, estudando ou morando no país onde estão localizadas. Em alguns países o [...] read more
Disbarred Tax Attorney Keeps Suing… and Suing… And Suing
Taxgirl | July 24th 2008 by Kelly Phillips Erb
I’ve resisted blogging this before - but the lawsuits keep coming and it is practically impossible to ignore. It’s a story of a tax attorney gone bad, really bad. And while I don’t usually like to call attention to a colleagueR read more
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