Bad Credit Personal Finance News Blog

Did you notice that sometimes you aren’t required to sign for your credit card purchase? Don’t be alarmed or worried. This is a new push by Visa. Until recently, all credit card purchases had to be signed, whether the purchase amount was $5 or $23. Now, merchants could go ahead and not request your signature […]

I don’t know about you, but it seems as if every time I get off the phone with the credit card company, they always try to sell me their insurance plan. I always refuse, and they always try to reassure me two or three more times. There are many types of credit card insurance plans. […]

Sometimes when people get credit cards, they simply think that the money they’ve just received is free. Wrong. The money you’ve just received isn’t free; it’s a loan, a loan with high interest if not used carefully. Getting a credit card and using it responsibly are two different things. Almost anyone can get a credit […]

Long time rivals Visa and Mastercard are working together to create a special group that will set industrywide standards in order to improve credit card security. The two companies began talks about improving credit card security more than a year ago.
The thought given a new push after a credit card breach at CardSystems solution left […]