Bad Credit and Home Refinance (Benton Evening News)

If payments fraud does take place, quicker detection by the consumer will result in a less difficult experience and can potentially reduce out-of-pocket losses. While detection options vary among payment types, frequent and thorough monitoring of accounts and credit reports (especially online) has been shown to be a primary way for consumers to detect and stop fraud.

Bad Credit and Home Refinance (Benton Evening News)

(ARA) - Mortgage rates are at historic lows, and it seems like everyone's jumping on the refinance bandwagon these days. But is it really a good idea for people with bad credit?

CreditCards.com: Weekly Credit Card Rate Report (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

AUSTIN, Texas----Credit card interest rates were unaltered this week, as analyst predictions for a lowering of the prime rate were balanced by indications that inflation still remains a concern for the Federal Reserve.

Lenders Turning to Alternative Credit Data In order to generate growth, lenders need to seek new customers in new ways. ... (Finance Technology Network)

As banks and other lenders look for new paths to profitability, alternative credit data is gaining acceptance for credit decisioning. "[Traditional] credit markets are tapped out," says Jennifer Tescher, director of Chicago-based Center for Financial Services Innovation (CFSI), a nonprofit whose mission is to assist the industry in profitably serving the underbanked market.

Lenders Turning to Alternative Credit Data (BankTech)

Nontraditional credit data for credit scoring is gaining acceptance among lenders seeking new sources of growth.

Credit card scams face FTC action (The Myrtle Beach Sun News)

1/83/8 HACKENSACK, N.J. | Credit card applications show up in the mail each week, and it's not a bad idea to check some of them out; you could find terms and benefits better than those in whatever plastic you're currently carrying. That's especially true for someone with a strong credit history, a person who really doesn't need credit, because that's the kind of customer card issuers want.

Google Goes With Cash Over Credit (InternetNews.com)

Users complained over rebates from shuttered video service.

Students flooded with credit card offers should be wary of benefits and pitfalls (MSN Money Canada)

VANCOUVER (CP) - The offers of credit cards will come fast and furious for students heading off to campus this fall, but financial advisers warn they can be a double-edged sword.

The Best First Credit Card (The Motley Fool)

Help your child get a good piece of plastic.

What's Going To Happen To Credit Cards? (The Motley Fool)

Will 0% balance-transfer deals still exist in a year? What else is happening to the credit-card market? One Fool shares his thoughts.

Cracking down on credit scams (The Record)

Credit card applications show up in the mail each week, and it's not a bad idea to check some of them out; you could find terms and benefits better than those in whatever plastic you're currently carrying.