Small Business Credit Card Company

June 16th, 2009 | Posted in Credit Card Companies, Small Business Credit Card

Right now finding a good small business credit card company is like trying to find a needle in a haystack. To be honest with the credit card industry crumbling around us, settling on a small business credit card company is like taking a gamble.

Bad news is all around for Credit card companies, here are some of the latest credit card headlines.

J.P. Morgan Chase Acquires Wamu.

Advanta closes its doors  on small business credit card holders. Advanta really put a hurt on small businesses as they lowered credit limits to the amount of the balance card holders carried. This credit lowering action by Advanta caused  the lowering of credit scores of previous small business card holders. Small businesses were forced to try to find other solutions.

HSBC  The fifth largest bank in the world- Begin raking its customers over the coals with shady business practices and obtaining well over 80,000 in consumer complaints online.

Credit card companies have been revoking earned airline miles, raising interest rates, and hitting consumers with unscrupulous charges to no avail lately.

Visa and Mastercard seamed to have the market cornered for quite some time being accepted in more places, as they used to advertise.  However, American Express and Discover card have had less consumer complaints against them – so far.

It is obvious to me that the companies that our gouging credit card rates and charges are not worried about customer loyalty These Companies are either banking on having the market cornered (J.P.Morgan Chase) or clawing at the edges on their way down (HSBC Bank).

It is quite evident that most Americans will seek out other sources of credit and it seams possible that those alternatives just may be the long time underdogs American Express and Discover. The game is not over yet. So it is still a roll of the dice to try to determine which small business credit card company deserves your patronage.

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Money Back Credit Card

May 13th, 2009 | Posted in Money Back Credit Card

Money Back Credit Card

Not all money back credit cards are created equally. To find the best money back credit card for you, start buy getting  a grip on the the way you spend your money. Do you put allot of mileage on your vehicle? If  so, then you may save more money by using a gas rewards cards. Or, Do you travel allot? Maybe then you would need a travel card. Most people need credit cards for day to day purchases.

Okay, now that you have an idea where you spend most of your money, now it is time to start comparing cards. Here is something you may not know. Credit card companies require advertisers to use certain wording that does not tell you the whole story about the savings offer. For example “Earn up to 5% Money back on every day purchases”. What they do not tell you is that you have to charge $6,500 on your credit card first, and /or the money back is only good for purchases at a certain store.

So the next thing you need to do is to look at the money back credit card applications and somewhere on the bottom of the application will be a link that says “Terms of Service”. Click on link to find out the finer details of how that particular money back credit card works.

Now you know how to find the money back credit card that can save you the most money, let’s talk about how to maximize your savings. The nature of money back cards is to get you to put more on your card instead of using your banking account. With that in mind, the credit card company wants you to screw up and make a late payment, or not pay off your credit card every month. They want to charge you late fees, take away your money back earnings, and jack up your interest rates. To beat the system, you must be diligent buy not over spending, and pay your bill in its entirety every month. If you do not pay off the bill of every month, you will incur apr charges and eat up any money back savings you may have had.

Getting money back from a credit card is not easy but it can be done. As a matter of fact you can earn yourself a few hundred extra bucks a year exploiting savings if you remain focused.

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