January Archive:

Welcome to the January 2009 credit card news archive. Feel free to take a look around.

January 01, 2009
NEWS: Different Year, Same Stuff.
NEWS: Hold the Lifeline: The CC Lifeline, that is.
NEWS: Strapped in Seniors.

January 02, 2009
NEWS: Credit Card Industry Shifts to Softer Tactics.
NEWS: CC Industry Trying to Avert Even Worse.
NEWS: Even W/O Gov't Assistance, CC Ind. Giving Breaks.
NEWS: ‘Forgivness Deal' Not A Giveaway, But Nice.
NEWS: What's Up With College Credit Card Promos?

January 5, 2008
NEWS: Should CC Industry Leave Students A Loan?
NEWS: Educating Students for Financial Life.
NEWS: What's Coming in 2009 for CC Holders?
NEWS: CC Availability Fundamentals & Consequences.
NEWS: CC Industry's Next Moves.

January 6, 2008
NEWS: CC Industry's New Restrictions.
NEWS: CC Industry's Rub.
NEWS: CC Risky-Shifty Business: Brave New CC World.
NEWS: Smarter Buying Habits are Becoming the Rule.
NEWS: Good CC Scores, Good Rewards.

January 7, 2008
NEWS: Secured and Prepaid Credit Cards.
NEWS: Less Fraud but More Expensive.
NEWS: On-line Shopping Safer than at the Store.
NEWS: On-line Credit Card Shopping Security.
NEWS: Credit Card Precautions at the Stores.

January 8, 2008
NEWS: Beware of the Phish Net

January 9, 2008
NEWS: Can They Garnish Your Wages Over CC Debt?
NEWS: Ramifications of Garnishment Over CC Debt.
NEWS: Process of Garnishment Over CC Debt.
NEWS: How Can Garnishment Affect you?
NEWS: Protection During Garnishment.

January 12, 2008
NEWS: Non-Wage Garnishment.

January 13, 2008
NEWS: States' Laws Concerning Garnishment.

January 14, 2008
NEWS: Mind Your Behavior; CC is Watching.
NEWS: CompuCredit's "Behavioral Scoring Model"
NEWS: Should the CC Industry be Using a ‘Spyglass' on Our Lives?

January 15, 2008
NEWS: Private-Label Credit Card Market in Hurts.

January 16, 2008
NEWS: CC Giants are falling, what about us?

January 19, 2008
NEWS: Credit Card ‘Ballpark Rules'

January 20, 2008
NEWS: NEWS: Dealing with Collections: the Dregs.
NEWS: Watch the ‘Gotcha' CC Promos.

January 21, 2008
NEWS: Visa & MasterCard Declined by Low Spending.
NEWS: Credit Card Freebees Have Strings Attached.
NEWS: CC ‘Debt Forgiving' Strings.
NEWS: I Smell A Rat, Sniffing.
NEWS: So, What Happened at Heartland?

January 22, 2008
NEWS: Obama to the CC Rescue.

January 23, 2008
NEWS: No Double-Dipping.

January 26, 2008
NEWS: Cellular CCs Everywhere; Why Not Us?
NEWS: Protect Your CCs from Skimmer Scummer Scams.

January 27, 2008
NEWS: Cap One Can't Cap Calamity.
NEWS: Credit Card Industry Due for Overhaul.

January 29, 2008
NEWS: CC ID Theft Rampant.

January 30, 2008
NEWS: Credit Card Worthiness (or, the lack of…).

January 31, 2008
NEWS: Puzzling Hole in FICO System.

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