Credit Cards

Local man charged with stealing credit cards from gym locker
Journal Inquirer
By Mike Savino ENFIELD — A local man was arrested Thursday on charges he stole two credit cards from a gym locker at Club Fitness on Enfield Street in February to purchase cartons of cigarettes, police said. The man, Shawn Christopher Flynn, 27, ...

New York Times
How to learn about your credit score and improve it
Fort Worth Star Telegram
Don't max out or come close to maxing out credit cards or revolving credit accounts. For higher scores, keep your balance under 25 percent of the limit. Pay down debt instead of moving it around. Don't open a lot of new accounts at once.
Avoid becoming 'unscoreable' and maintain your credit history as you ageMilwaukee Journal Sentinel
Your credit report: Why it is important and how to get it for freenewjerseynewsroom.com
For consumers, credit scores matter -- a lotPalm Beach Post
WWLP 22News -New York Times -Detroit Free Press
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Man uses company credit cards for $40000 in personal use
WBXH
But Walker said since then, Runnels abused that trust by using the company credit cards for personal use, going to the ATM withdrawing money in $500 increments. "Everything from jewelry, to eating out at restaurants, Walmart," said Walker Police ...

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Robber bought fare cards, movie tickets
Washington Post
A man who allegedly bought batches of movie tickets and Metro fare cards with credit cards stolen from young women was convicted this week in connection with seven incidents in the District, the US attorney's office said. Winston Jackson, 49, of the ...

Business Insider
Sentencing Your Credit Cards To Exile Might Not Be The Smartest Move
Business Insider
Some consumers routinely let their credit cards gather dust. They're comfortable walking around with cash or they use debit cards, saving credit accounts for emergencies and the occasional plane ticket or hotel room. Their resolve is admirable, ...
How Stay-at-Home Moms Can Thumb Their Noses at the CARD ActForbes
Consumer Credit in Japan - New Market Research ReportSBWire (press release)
Rate Survey: Credit Card Interest Rates Stay Flat a 5th WeekFox Business

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NorthJersey.com
Man serving life for Tenafly murders faces credit card fraud charges
NorthJersey.com
BY PETER J. SAMPSON A New York man serving life in prison for a 2008 triple murder in Bergen County has a date in federal court in Newark this summer relating to his alleged use of stolen and fraudulently obtained credit cards.

Villa Park police make arrests in credit card fraud
Suburban Life Publications
Princess P. Patterson, 28, of Chicago was charged with identity theft and possession of altered credit cards in Villa Park, Wednesday. Photo courtesy of the Villa Park Police Department. By Sarah Small, ssmall@mysuburbanlife.com Villa Park police were ...

Lansing police arrest two on fraud charges
nwitimes.com
Donald Perkins, 40, of Calumet Park, Ill., is charged with felony possession of altered credit card and possession of machinery to reproduce credit cards. Vinson Barbee, 41, of Chicago, is charged with possession of altered credit card.

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Is Dust on Your Credit Card a Bad Thing?
U.S. News & World Report
By Rachel Koning Beals Some debt-laden consumers go to extremes to let their credit cards cool off. Quite literally. Some exile their cards in an icy "lock box" in their freezer. It's believed that in the time it takes the ice to melt, ...
How Stay-at-Home Moms Can Thumb Their Noses at the CARD ActForbes
Consumer Credit in Japan - New Market Research ReportSBWire (press release)
Rate Survey: Credit Card Interest Rates Stay Flat a 5th WeekFox Business

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Aspiring model, 23, used stolen credit cards to pay for thousands of pounds of ...
Daily Mail
By Tom Gardner An aspiring model who used stolen credit cards to pay for expensive cosmetic surgery to bolster her fledgling career walked free from court today. Faileigh Cooper, 23, splashed £6850 on liposuction and lip enhancements with around £4000 ...

Georgia Woman Arrested for Having Fake Credit, Gift Cards
NewsTalk 1010 WCSI
Marijuana, paraphernalia, over 100 fake gift cards from different nationwide retail stores valued from $15 to $500 and 30 fake credit cards were found along with numerous items of new clothing and jewelry. A fake driver's license was also found from ...
Woman faces multiple felonies after traffic stopEvening News and Tribune

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The Guardian
'Credit virgins' struggle to build borrowing histories
The Guardian
But by putting credit agreements, mobile phone contracts, call loans, credit cards and even mortgages in their own names they are preventing their children from developing a credit record, the free credit report service Noddle has warned.
Warning comes to release children from 'credit virginity'Compare Pre Paid
Parents Shoulder Bills For 40-Year-Old KidsMix 96

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New York Daily News
Ed Perkins on Travel: New credit cards reflect consumer push-back
San Jose Mercury News
By Ed Perkins The three newest consumer credit cards -- two from Bank of America, one a Fairmont card from JPMorgan Chase -- reflect consumer exasperation with airline mileage cards. All three have some advantages. The Bank of America Travel Rewards ...
Website Ranks the Best Credit Cards for New GraduatesLoanSafe
The Best Cash Back Credit Cards, May 2012TheStreet.com
Pace of new credit card accounts picked up in 1QBusinessWeek
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Are NFC and smartphones-as-credit-cards dumb ideas?
DVICE
Since way before the iPhone was a gleam in Steve Jobs's eye, back when the Motorola RAZR was the mobile phone du jour, financial institutions, mobile handset makers and carriers have dreamed of turning your cellphone into a mobile wallet, ...

CBS Local
Radio Frequency Credit Cards Proliferating Security Risk?
CBS Local
DENVER (CBS4)- Millions of credit cards, known as radio frequency identification cards, are emitting radio signals, giving away what some security experts say is crucial information that could allow an electronic pickpocket to steal your credit card ...

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Qantas 'pocketing $100m' in excess card fees
ABC Online
"Qantas does not collect more in surcharges that it costs us to offer credit cards as a payment option," a Qantas spokesperson said. "We also provide customers with alternatives to using credit cards." The Reserve Bank's payments system board is ...
Qantas denies pocketing $100m from card feesThe Australian

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You Can Use Your Credit Card at Irina's; Police Now Say Fraud Happened Elsewhere
Patch.com
In one of the instances where credit cards were used at Eastern Buffet, four businessmen from West Des Moines, Urbandale and Ankeny had lunch together May 11. Later that day, each of the men was told by his credit card company that attempts to use the ...
ID Theft Victims Ate at Same RestaurantWOI
12 identity theft cases linked by restaurant, West Des Moines police sayDesMoinesRegister.com (blog)

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BigPond News
Fake credit cards used in Sydney centre
Sydney Morning Herald
AAP A young man has been charged with using fake credit cards to pay for MP3 players at a shopping centre on Sydney's upper north shore. Police were called to the centre on Florence St, Hornsby, about 7pm (AEST) on Thursday after security detained two ...
Man charged after 18 credit cards seized - HornsbyNSW Police Online (press release)

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Fake credit cards used in Sydney centre
Brisbane Times
A young man has been charged with using fake credit cards to pay for MP3 players at a shopping centre on Sydney's upper north shore. Police were called to the centre on Florence St, Hornsby, about 7pm (AEST) on Thursday after security detained two men, ...
Man charged after 18 credit cards seized - HornsbyNSW Police Online (press release)

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BigPond News
Fake credit cards used in Sydney centre
Ninemsn
A young man has been charged with using fake credit cards to pay for MP3 players at a shopping centre on Sydney's upper north shore. Police were called to the centre on Florence St, Hornsby, about 7pm (AEST) on Thursday after security detained two men, ...
Man charged after 18 credit cards seized - HornsbyNSW Police Online (press release)

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