credit card

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Congress ducking national usury regs

Posted by PiedType ⋅ May 14, 2009 ⋅ 1 Comment

President Obama just gave a speech in New Mexico talking about credit card reform. Everything he said makes sense — as far as it goes. Just about everything about credit cards needs to be improved. I’m concerned, however, that neither he nor Congress is willing to make the most important change of all — capping … Continue reading »

ID spoofers continue to harass consumers

Posted by PiedType ⋅ June 19, 2008 ⋅ 2 Comments

Capital One isCaller ID spoofers are playing games again, and a brief Google search reveals I’m only one of hundreds, maybe thousands, involved. A woman claiming to be from Capital One Bank called here last night. Her voice was so heavily accented (Indian?) that we had difficulty understanding each other. It sounded like she was … Continue reading »

Capital One credit card: Don’t go there

Posted by PiedType ⋅ August 3, 2007 ⋅ 1 Comment

Apparently there’s no way to beat these guys unless you can live your entire life on a cash-only basis. I got a notice this week that my Capital One card, which has had a 9.9% fixed interest rate for more than 10 years and which I’ve used very prudently to protect the high credit limit … Continue reading »

Bank of America, here’s my card

Posted by PiedType ⋅ February 20, 2007 ⋅ 1 Comment

Okay, Bank of America, your new policy of issuing credit cards to people who don’t have Social Security numbers (read illegal immigrants) is totally unacceptable! Let ’em stay and help them to do it?! I went to your web site today to send you an email of protest, and guess what? I couldn’t enter my … Continue reading »