(12/23/98)
Discover Goes Platinum
Are you looking for more value from your credit card? Starting soon, the Discover card will go Platinum, offering all the features you’d expect from a premium credit card. One of Discover’s most successful features is their Cashback Bonus award program. This program allows Cardmembers to receive up to 1% back yearly based on their annual level of purchases. -READ MORE |
(12/23/98)
China Air VISA
The first-ever VISA Credit Card offered by any airline in China is now available. Two of The People’s Republic of China’s trade giants, China Southern Airlines and the Industrial Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), have announced the new Peony-China Southern Airlines VISA Card and Gold VISA Card. -READ MORE |
(12/21/98)
Mall Sales Down
sales at mall specialty stores are down 0.7 percent during the third full week of the holiday shopping season of 1998, although overall sales for the season-to-date are up 0.8 percent. -READ MORE |
(12/23/98)
Lackluster Xmas Sales
The strong economy does not appear to be enough to boost holiday sales this year. According to TeleCheck Services, the world’s leading check acceptance company, holiday shopping is up only 0.7 percent over the same period last year. -READ MORE |
(12/21/98)
Is The Price Right?
Do you ever worry that those electronic scanners don’t really charge you the right price for the items you’ve chosen? A recently survey of over 100,000 consumer products in all types of retail stores, has concluded that pricing accuracy has improved over the first study in 1996. -READ MORE |
(12/21/98)
Drinker's Phone Card
“Friends don’t let friends drink and drive.” It’s a saying that everyone is familiar with, and that proprietors of taverns, restaurants, party stores and groceries will strongly emphasize during this holiday season. -READ MORE |
(12/21/98)
Discover Travel Discounts
Discover cardmembers now have access to all of Atevo Travel’s many reservation services via Discover ShopCenter, the successful Internet shopping gateway. -READ MORE |
(12/17/98)
Best Buy Magic Moments
Over Thanksgiving weekend, nearly 100 shoppers at Best Buy stores nationwide received something extra to be thankful for -- their purchases were free. Through VISA's holiday promotion, Magic Moments, each day between November 1 and December 31... -READ MORE |
(12/17/98)
Credit Card Hangover?
Photographs are a great way to remember the holiday season. Credit card bills are not. Americans will spend on average more than $1,000 per family on holiday purchases this year... -READ MORE |
(12/15/98)
Fee Frenzy
While promotional credit card pricing continues to reach historical lows this holiday season, card issuers are continuing to jack-up back-end fees and pump-up punitive interest rates. -READ MORE |
(12/15/98)
Credit Ed 101
Educate young adults concerning credit, and help them avoid bankruptcy later. That’s the main thrust of a new educational program that will build awareness, review pitfalls, and outline solutions to help young people between the ages of 18 and 24. -READ MORE |
(12/15/98)
Canadian Bio Card
Canada’s first biodegradable credit card has just been introduced by Canada Trust Friends of the Environment Foundation. -READ MORE |
(12/14/98)
12 Days of Xmas
The “Twelve Days of Christmas” is a popular carol, but it also represents the busiest days in the retail industry. Cash registers are ringing at a record rate this season, and the “Twelve Days of Christmas” also symbolizes the last minute holiday shopping rush. -READ MORE |
(12/14/98)
Holiday Checkwriting Slows
The unusually mild weather that much of the country has been experiencing this season may have slowed the shopping rush following the big Thanksgiving weekend. -READ MORE |
(12/11/98)
AAA Xmas Tips
The Internet can make shopping easier, but it can also lead to credit card fraud for the unwary. The American Automobile Association (www.aaa.com) wants your internet shopping to be safer this holiday season, when Americans are expected to spend $2.3 billion online. -READ MORE |
(12/10/98)
Diners Club Rewards
One Dollar = Two Points = One Mile. That’s the equation for redeeming points for a wide range of name brand merchandise for family, friends, co-workers - or yourself - from the Club Rewards Catalog by Diners Club. -READ MORE |
(12/10/98)
Co-Branded Winner
The Wal-Mart MasterCard Basic and Gold Cards from Chase have received the highest customer satisfaction ranking in the J.D. Power and Associates 1998 Comprehensive Credit Cardholder Satisfaction Study. -READ MORE |
(12/10/98)
Last Minute Giving
Are you still in search of that can’t miss gift idea? This holiday season, think plastic gift certificates! A convenient alternative to traditional gift certificates, prepaid gift cards have a distinct advantage over their paper counterparts -- they can be used more than once at a store, until the specified dollar amount has been spent. -READ MORE |
(12/9/98)
Delta Holiday SkyMiles
Delta Airlines has the perfect holiday gift idea for family, friends and co-workers this season - Holiday SkyMiles vouchers good for travel around the world. -READ MORE |
(12/8/98)
Yahoo! Better Than Ever
Whether shopping online at Yahoo! Shopping from the comfort of your home, or braving the malls, the Yahoo! Platinum Visa Card makes it even easier to buy gifts this holiday season. -READ MORE |
(12/7/98)
Holiday Credit Theft
As consumers become more savvy, credit card thieves have become increasingly sophisticated, using your credit card information over the phone, and even making counterfeit credit cards. -READ MORE |
(12/7/98)
Holiday Safe Travel Tips
Whether you are traveling in the U.S. or abroad this holiday season, American Express has a few hints that will make your travel safer. -READ MORE |
(12/7/98)
Diners Charities
Diners Club cardmembers can now use their card to make contributions to some of their favorite charities. Cardmembers can easily donate accrued points in increments of 4,500 points, as a $30 donation, by calling (800) 243-4034. -READ MORE |
(12/7/98)
Identity Fraud Prevention
Have you applied for instant credit this holiday season? If so, your identity may have been verified and protected by state-of-the-art software. It might take a minute or two longer to apply, but creditors and retailers are taking the time to give you added protection. -READ MORE |
(12/4/98)
Presto! Card
The virtual world has arrived on your phone line. The Presto! Card from EconoPhone is the first virtual prepaid phone calling card, and enables you to dial out on any phone immediately after signing-up for the service on the Web. -READ MORE |
(12/4/98)
ATM Locator
Have you ever been on the go and needed to find an ATM FAST? Visa
will soon be making locating an ATM a snap with their Visa Global ATM Locator.
-READ MORE |
(12/2/98)
Dollar Does Discount
Between December 1, 1998 and June 30,
1999,
VISA Gold Cardholders will be able to rent a car from Dollar Rent A Car for
four or more days and get one of those days at no extra charge.
-READ MORE |
(12/2/98)
Biz Gift Giving
Consumers are not the only ones that are in the middle of the holiday shopping
season.
-READ MORE |
(12/2/98)
Third Night Free
Now U.S. residents have an additional incentive to visit Eastern Canada this
winter the third night free!
-READ MORE |
(12/1/98)
Jekyll & Hyde Card
The perfect combination: the convenience of a pre-paid calling card and a
discount coupon for the Broadway production of Jekyll & Hyde.
-READ MORE |
(12/1/98)
A Sure Fit
The Payless ShoeSource Gold Value Card offers
holiday shoppers the option of letting the gift recipient make the decisions
this year.
-READ MORE |
(12/1/98)
Remember the Troops
Pepsi ONE, AT&T and the Army Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES) have teamed up
to sweeten the holidays for U.S. soldiers stationed in Bosnia with a new
outreach program called “Remember the Troops.”
-READ MORE |
(12/1/98)
Holiday Sales Increase
Holiday sales are expected to increase 4% over last year, according to a
survey
of three dozen retail industry analysts conducted by the International Council
of Shopping Centers (ICSC), the trade association of the shopping center
industry.
-READ MORE |
