Category: Credit Card News

A joint promotion of the U.S. Travel Association and American Express, Daily Getaways is a 5-week program that offers travel getaways across the United States at discounted prices. Offers are…

Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group, one of the world’s largest and most dynamic hotel groups, and U.S. Bank, the fifth-largest commercial bank in the United States, have partnered to launch the…

Get 32 bonus credits after you spend $2,000 in the first 3 months of opening your account1 with your new AirTran Airways A+ Rewards® Credit Card. For a limited time,…

American Express and Walmart in October 2012 announced the launch of Bluebird, an alternative to debit and checking accounts designed to help consumers better manage and control their everyday finances.…

Southwest is once again offering a 50,000 points sign up bonus. Apply for the Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards Plus Card, and we’ll get you started with 50,000 bonus points after…

Barclays Bank currently has an outstanding signup bonus for its Extra Points Credit Card — under this offer, you’ll receive 40,000 bonus points worth $400 in statement credit after spending…

Very nice Amex/Twitter deal at McDonald’s is back. If you tweet #AmexMcDs, you’ll get back $5 on your next in-store purchase of $5 or more at McDonald’s with your synced…

PenFed Defender American Express Card presents an excellent value in a simple package, offering 1.5% cash back on every purchase with absolutely no fees and no penalty APR. There are…

This popular offer is back, but only for a limited time. When you apply for an SPG American Express card by September 3, 2012, you’ll earn 30,000 bonus Starpoints. 10,000…

The high-end travel credit card market keeps getting more competitive, as Citi and Hilton just introduced the Citi Hilton HHonors Reserve Card aimed towards the affluent traveler. The brand new…

For a limited time, Amex has brought back a 75,000 bonus point offer on its Business Gold Rewards Card. The last time this promo was offered back in February, it…

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the government’s watchdog agency tasked with regulating consumer financial products and services, just unveiled the initial version of its on-line database that catalogs consumer complaints…

US Bank has introduced a cash back credit card with rotating quarterly bonus categories, but added a twist. The new US Bank Cash+ Visa Signature Card allows you to choose…

A good offer just became better, as the Hyatt Credit Card is now available not only with two free award nights, but also a $75 statement credit after just your…

American Express recently debuted a new mobile offer engine that promises to recommend and rank relevant merchant offers in real time based on cardmembers’ spending history and location. The new…

Chase and Fairmont Hotels & Resorts just announced the first ever Fairmont credit card, the Fairmont Visa Signature Card. Not only does the brand new card help cardmembers earn status…

Bank of America announced three new offerings – BankAmericard Travel Rewards, BankAmericard Privileges with Travel Rewards and WorldPoints Travel Rewards for Business. All feature no foreign transaction fees, no expiration…

Citi is currently running a sale on many of the gift cards available through its ThankYou Rewards network. Through May 17, you can buy the following gift cards for 20%…

Just in time for the summer movie season, Visa is bringing back its popular “Buy One Get One Free” movie ticket offer with Fandango. Through this deal, Visa Signature (“VISA…

In honor of the Tribeca Film Festival, American Express is running another social media promotion with Twitter. American Express cardmembers who sync their Amex with Twitter and tweet using hashtag…

Chase and Southwest have once again brought back this popular offer – when you apply for a new Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards Plus Card, you’ll earn 50,000 bonus points after…

In recent months, many consumers have probably found their mailbox full of credit card offers regardless of their previous borrowing history, and the value of those offers has likely been…

Last week, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) backed off a plan to reduce costly up-front fees on credit cards. It’s amazing how the early headlines last week gave the…

The first travel card to introduce the 100,000 Avios point bonus has brought it back. The Chase British Airways Visa Signature card you will get 50,000 bonus Avios after your…

Chase and Ritz-Carlton had already teamed to offer the Ritz-Carlton Rewards credit card, so it comes as no big surprise to learn that Chase has just added Ritz-Carlton as its…

American Express is running yet another promo with the social network, Twitter. This time, when you sync your Twitter account with your American Express card, then tweet using a specific…

Pentagon Federal Credit Union has launched the new PenFed Platinum Rewards Card with a special $250 bonus offer.
Is the PenFed Platinum Rewards Card better for PenFed Platinum Cash Card?  –…

Mobile payments are now as widely accepted as on-line payments among the nation’s top 10 retailers, according to a survey (free registration required) released in February 2012 by First Annapolis…

Over the past four years, Congress and the Federal Reserve have passed and enacted many rules that changed the credit card industry. While the CARD Act and other reforms have…

Open a Chase Total Checking account, set up direct deposit and get a $125 cash bonus.
This bonus promotion is now available with direct deposit good until March 31, 2012.…

Citibank is sending tax forms to customers who received thousands of airline miles as a reward for opening a checking or savings account.  And to add insult to injury, Citibank chose…

Even though it falls on the same date every year, Valentine’s Day still takes many of us by surprise. If you’re in a new relationship, you’re trying to figure out…

Citi, on January 3, unveiled a new program, the first of its kind, that’s designed to allow those with the bank’s rewards credit cards to pool their points through Facebook.…

American Express has an excellent offer for those who live near New York: When you register your eligible Amex for this promo, then use that card to spend a total…

Good News! Are you a fan of Virgin American flight? And what about discounts? You can now get a 20% discount on a Virgin American flight when you use your…

“Charity” and “fraud” may not be two words that you would expect to see together in a sentence.  Yet fraud costs the charity sector roughly £1.3 billion per year, according…

The 2011 tax season witnessed the launch of income tax refunds issued in the form of preloaded debit cards. Geared towards “unbanked” Americans, or the portion of the population not…

Another major dispute on interchange fees could take place, and this one may have new, painful consequences on consumers. This time, the battle centers around the swipe fee that retailers…

Don’t shed a tear for credit card companies. No matter what the headlines say about their parent entities, they’re mostly doing just fine…and eager to earn your business.
If you’re…

We’ve all been tempted by the immediate benefit–save 10% or maybe even 15% on your current purchase when you apply for the store’s credit card.
But this is not a…

If you have a credit card account with Bank of America or Chase, two of the nation’s largest banks, a major security flaw has been exposed that could make your…

New interchange regulations for debit cards go into effect October 1, but many banks are already adjusting to this loss of revenue by creating new fees and eliminating rewards programs.…

Mercedes-Benz is taking customer loyalty to a new level by teaming with American Express to offer its own co-branded charge cards. The Mercedes-Benz Credit Card and Platinum Card make their…

Capital One launches a new credit card today, Capital One Cash. It has an annual bonus award offer that may give cardholders more cash that the average cashback reward cards.…

Citi said Thursday it has inked a multi-year renewal of its U.S. credit card deal with Shell Oil.
Citi has issued Shell branded credit cards since 1999. Shell has more…