TD Banknorth launches its own line of credit cards.
TD Banknorth, Portland, Maine, has entered the credit card market as a direct issuer with the launch of four new cards, including two cards that "put individual and small-business customers in control of their interest rates." The bank's Simply Flexible and Simply Flexible Business Visa credit cards...

Will Credit Cards Suffer a Subprime-Like Meltdown? Latest Experian/Gallup poll data show credit card payments vary significantly by age and income.
Byline: Dennis Jacobe Synopsis: About half of consumers use their credit cards as a substitute for cash by paying the full amount of their bill each month, although the ability to do so varies significantly by age and income. Still, the key question for the months ahead...

Credit cards: the nuts and bolts.
Accepting credit cards in your office--both for capturing charges immediately at the time of service and for billing residual balances--has huge advantages. But how do you arrange for credit card processing at your office at the best possible price? Several processing services are available. Which one you...

Buy now, pay later: greening credit cards.
In the U.S., there are now more than two credit cards for every man, woman and child. As correspondent Lowell Bergman recently reported on PBS Frontline, With more than 641 million credit cards in circulation and accounting for an estimated $1.5 trillion of consumer spending, the U.S. economy has...

Using credit cards for medical care.
Dr. Joseph S. Eastern's account of using credit cards in medical practices is most intriguing ("How to Slash Accounts Receivable," Guest Editorial, March 2006, p. 23). We have flirted with the idea and found resistance, but I suspect it is because of duplication and fears of identity...

Cash2Cuba.com stops accepting U.S. credit cards for Cuba remittances.
Cuban-American exiles who wire their relatives money through Cash2Cuba.com, one of several Canadian-based online remittance services that handle wire transfers to Cuba, were surprised last month to find out that Cash2Cuba has stopped accepting U.S. credit cards. In recent years, Cash2Cuba and its main rivals, Transcard and...

Use of credit cards still alien to Filipinos, survey shows.
Byline: MARS W. MOSQUEDA JR. CEBU CITY -- The use of credit cards to purchase goods or pay bills for services is still alien to most Filipinos, with only four percent availing themselves of this jet-age currency system, a nationwide survey said. James Dixon, Visa...

Using credit cards for medical care.
Dr. Joseph S. Eastern's account of using credit cards in medical practices is most intriguing ("Slashing Accounts Receivable, Part II," Guest Editorial, March 1, 2006, p. 10). We have flirted with the idea and found resistance, but I suspect it is because of duplication and fears of...

Using credit cards for medical care.
Dr. Joseph S. Eastern's account of using credit cards in medical practices is most intriguing ("Slash Accounts Receivable: Stop Extending Credit," Guest Editorial, March 15, 2006, p. 13). We have flirted with the idea and found resistance, but I suspect it is because of duplication and fears...

UMB Financial and CardPartner to Offer Affinity Credit Card Programs to Underserved Groups.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY CLOSE-UP-27 June 2008-UMB Financial and CardPartner to Offer Affinity Credit Card Programs to Underserved Groups(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com UMB Financial Corp., a Kansas City-based multi-bank holding company, and CardPartner, a New York-based company that markets VISA credit cards, said they have joined forces...