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(6/30/00) QuickBooks MasterCard Integrating a business card into accounting software is the newest credit card twist from Citibank. Intuit and Citibank USA rolled out the QuickBooks MasterCard this week. The new credit card is integrated into QuickBooks, Intuit's small business accounting software, for its 2.8 million users. -READ MORE
(6/29/00) WebMiles MasterCard Combine the Internet with a credit card and an air mileage program and you get the WebMiles MasterCard. Salt Lake City-based WebMiles and Metris Companies/Direct Merchants Bank officially launched the WebMiles MasterCard this week. -READ MORE	(6/28/00) Rates Stand Still Even though the Feds decided to leave interest rates unchanged today most American credit cardholders will see their interest rates rise during July due to the prior Fed rate action. -READ MORE
(6/27/00) AmEx Fee Beater Now there is a way to beat the high annual fees charged by American Express. Just keep $25,000 to $100,000 in your American Express bank or brokerage accounts. AmEx unveiled this week the American Express Investment Management Account Platinum Card. -READ MORE	(6/22/00) MC Icelandair Bonus Airfare bargains are scarce this Summer but you can beat the system with a new promotion from MasterCard and Icelandair. Just by using your MasterCard to purchase Icelandair tickets between now and the end of the year, you can get a second ticket free or other goodies. -READ MORE
(6/21/00) Visa Ed Survey after survey shows that students are flunkies when it comes to personal finance. To help parents do a better job of educating their children, VISA announced this week it is expanding its online Practical Money Skills for Life consumer education program at www.edgate.com. -READ MORE	(6/19/00) Quantum Leap While it is getting harder and harder to impress someone with a credit card, MBNA has come up with a super exclusive card. The new Quantum MasterCard offers a million dollar credit line and the option of earning up to one million air miles per year. -READ MORE
(6/15/00) Cashless Society While the so-called "Cashless Society" is not necessarily here for the "Average Joe", it appears to have arrived for "Globetrotters". A new poll conducted by Audits and Surveys shows that 43% of international travelers say they could imagine living without cash and checks and paying only with plastic. -READ MORE	(6/13/00) House of Cards Increasingly, small businesses in the US are being built on plastic. More small businesses are turning to credit cards to meet their business credit needs, rather than traditional lines of credit. -READ MORE
(6/12/00) Pandora's Box Consumers will soon get a peek at their credit scores as well as info on understanding what goes into rating their credit history. California-based Fair, Isaac decided last week to make a "clear and comprehensive" list of the factors used in its FICO credit bureau risk scores to consumer. -READ MORE	(6/7/00) Big Stakes The U.S. Department of Justice's antitrust lawsuit against VISA and MasterCard gets underway this week in New York City. The case revolves around various rules adopted by VISA and MasterCard that restrict member banks from doing business with American Express and Discover. -READ MORE
(6/6/00) MLB MetroCards Subway cards will never look the same again. MasterCard and the New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority have teamed up to issue one million limited-edition MetroCards featuring four New York Mets players. -READ MORE	(6/5/00) Contest Extension VISA is extending the deadline of the U.S. program of its global children's art competition, "VISA Olympics of the Imagination''. The extension, by a week, to June 15 will bring U.S. children in-line with the same guidelines as other participating countries. -READ MORE
(6/2/00) Skywards Card The sky is the limit with a new frequent flyer card. Emirates Airlines and SriLankan Airlines this week launched a worldwide card program. The new Skywards card goes beyond the basic miles-for-miles airline programs. -READ MORE	(6/1/00) DoughNET Hey Kids! Grab a one dollar bill and a parent and get ready to cyber shop. San Francisco-based DoughNET.com has teamed-up with USABancShares.com to launch the first ATM card designed specifically for teens that enables them to withdraw money directly from their own personal online bank accounts. -READ MORE