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foreign transaction fees
Beware Credit Cards Charging Foreign Transaction Fees On Domestic Purchases
Banks are increasingly charging foreign transaction fees on domestic purchases, a dangerous practice that's likely to expand as banks look for new ways to generate profit. Tripso tells us the story of Sunil, who bought tickets with Qatar airlines, which sounds ever so expensively foreign. Citi charged a 2% foreign transaction fee, even though the tickets were bought in U.S. dollars and processed by the airline's central reservation system based in Washington D.C. More » -
credit card debt
Does The Citi "Payment Partner Program" Work?
For several years and in different forms, Citi has had an interesting idea to get you/help you to pay off your credit card called the Citi Payment Partner Program. How it works is if you enroll and make above the minimum payment due for four months, on-time, at the end they will match 10% of the amount you paid off above your minimum payment. The max cap is $550. But there are two important caveats: More » -
money meltdown
Your Inactive Credit Cards Could Be In Danger
If you've got a few credit cards lying around that you haven't used in a while but don't want to lose, you might want to talk them out for a walk. More » -
insiders
Citicard Exec On Ending Universal Default: "It's Like Telling People You Stopped Beating Your Wife."
I was talking to a high-up marketing type person from Citicards recently and she wanted to know what Consumerist readers were complaining about with regards to the little plastic devil she pushes. She told me how Citicards had recently stopped doing Universal Default, which is where if you're late on your payments with one creditor, other creditors get to treat you like you defaulted with them and spike your APR. She said she was personally appalled after finding out that her company had the policy in the first place, but then struggled with how to tell customers about it, because, she said, "It's like telling people you stopped beating your wife."
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4:14 PM on Mon Apr 14 2008
By Ben Popken
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citibank
Thunder Before The Storm? Another Citibank Account 'Compromised'
Buckle yourselves in, boys and girls. Is this email we just received from Kate H. the first rumbling of another massive slate of Citibank security breaches? More » -
debt
UPDATE: Getting Out of Credit Card Debt
T'is a pity for the flower of youth to be wrinkled by the radioactive belch of credit card debt. Yesterday, we asked the readers about how college boy L.S. should get out of his $2150 in credit card debt set at exorbitant rates and here's what we think he should do. More » -
chase
Ask The Consumerists: Getting Out of Credit Card Debt
Ah, to be in college again, free of care, living life to the hilt, and mired in thousands of dollars of credit card debt .
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