If you’re a Chase credit card holder and you received a “Change of Terms” notice in your recently mail, congratulations.
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Your Good Name: Build Credit With Loans & CD’s
By 11.8.06
Here’s a method from Wikihow on building up your credit and creating credit references.
Bank Of America’s Lovesong To Itself
By 11.6.06
Presented before at a company luncheon. Possibly recorded as recently as November 3rd.
Nothing Can Save You From Hotels Stealing Your Credit Cards
By 11.6.06
A call with Washington Mutual confirms that besides vigilance, there’s nothing you can do to stop hotels from stealing your credit card information.
Hotel Workers Arrested For Stealing Guest Credit Cards
By 11.3.06
10 owners, managers and employees of 7 Joliet area hotels were arrested last night for selling guest credit card numbers. A scam, authorities say, that could be going on across the nation.
Netbank Plays The Dating Game
By 10.31.06
Mike’s bank is asking inappropriately personal security questions, and Mike doesn’t feel that he will be able to remember the answers 12 months down the line.
Protect Yourself Online With A Firewall Bank Account
By 10.19.06
It’s one thing to protect your identity, weed out phish emails and shop safely, but if you *really* want to prevent a thief from stealing your account online…
Convert Interest Rates To Actual Interest
By 10.16.06
It ain’t alchemy but it can turn lead into gold.
Intro To Finding A Good Bank
By 10.12.06
If you’re thinking of opening a new bank account and you don’t want to get screwed over on fees and service like last time, here are some important questions to ask the bank before signing up.
Remix Of Worst Banking Video Resume Ever
By 10.12.06
Loop this on your video iPod during your morning power runs, or power lifting, or power whoopy-making. Cool points added for not using “Eye Of The Tiger.”
Aleksey Vayner’s Failed Investment Banking Video Resume
By 10.11.06
Recent Yale graduate Aleksey Vayner sent around this video, along with an eleven-page resume, to investment banks up and down Wall Street this summer.
AudioEdit: Consumerist.com Fears Identity Theft
By 10.10.06
Debit or Credit? The Cashier Doesn’t Know Either
By 10.8.06
Don’t the guys behind the counter know anything?
Road To Overdraft Hell Paved With Floats
By 9.30.06
The short answer to the questions raised in “National City Bank Loves Inexplicable Overdraft Fees” is simple. If you’re a broke-ass, don’t fuck with float.
Bank of America Will Get Your C-Note Back
By 9.26.06
Eagle-eyed reader Bruce points out that while Bank of America may be giving out 100 bucks…with the fees they charge they’ll be getting it back from you soon enough.
Scammed Youth Cry For Consumerist’s Aid
By 9.14.06
They really don’t teach kids these days anything about finance. Actually, they never did, as our credit history attests. In this vein, Dustin sends us a frantic plea for help.
