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(1/30/01) Avoiding Late Fees Aggressive late fee policies by credit card issuers may drive more consumers to utilize direct debit for recurring payments and point-of-sale transactions. -READ MORE	(1/29/01) Striking Gold Credit card colors range from green to black and from silver to titanium. However the saturation of platinum card marketing has ignited the re-discovery of gold colored credit cards. -READ MORE
(1/25/01) Biz Miles The competition in the business card market is heating up as more and more issuers add air mileage enhancements to the cards. Advanta has launched a major solicitation this month for its new Bonus Miles MasterCard BusinessCard. -READ MORE	(1/23/01) SuperBowl Survivor CardWeb.com, Amtrak, Denny's restaurants, Longview RV Superstores, and Massachusetts radio station KIX Country 979 have teamed up for a SuperBowl promotion with a "Survivor" twist. -READ MORE
(1/22/01) Real Getaway MasterCard is launching a sweepstakes this week for a chance to win a vacation on a private island. The sweepstakes will be featured on this week's Super Bowl XXXV. The "MasterCard Getaways Sweepstakes" is an online travel promotion, located on www.mastercard.com. -READ MORE	(1/18/01) Insurance Cards Debit cards for insurance pay outs are beginning to surface. This week Hartford Financial Services Group unveiled a stored value VISA card to give policyholders the option of receiving their claim settlement in the form of The Hartford Insurance VISA Claim Card. -READ MORE
(1/17/01) I-Fraud Fighter The Worldwide E-Commerce Fraud Prevention Network went online this week. Merchantfraudsquad.com is the first initiative of the fraud prevention network, a not-for-profit organization formed last fall by American Express -READ MORE	(1/16/01) Discover Generosity The Discover Card is expanding its roster of beneficiaries for the CashBack Bonus Award program. The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International will join the Make-A-Wish Foundation and Communities In Schools as beneficiaries of the Discover Card program. -READ MORE
(1/12/01) Revealing Scores The mystery of credit scores is fading away as one of the big three credit bureaus is gearing up to reveal and analyze the info for consumers. -READ MORE	(1/11/01) Beam Me Up You may whip out your Palm instead of your credit card to pay for hotel room in the not too distant future. Palm unveiled its new eWallet this week, which uses an infrared beam to conduct payment transactions. -READ MORE
(1/10/01) Phast Food In the near future you may trade your cell phone for a hamburger. Mobile phone giant, Nokia, unveiled this week a new SmartCover that will enable users to have their cell phones scanned to make purchases. -READ MORE	(1/3/01) January Surprise The Federal Reserve handed American consumers a New Year's surprise today in the form of a rate cut. While the half-a-point rate cut will immediately revive the stock market it will also drive down interest rates for consumer loans, especially credit cards. -READ MORE
(1/2/01) Holiday Blues The 2000 holiday shopping season did not a happy Santa make. While Internet shopping and credit card usage enjoyed their best year ever, overall the biggest shopping season of the year was a bust. -READ MORE	(1/2/01) Slamming Charges A Florida woman who just wanted to see The Who in concert had her credit card slammed with unwanted charges from two of America's top brand names. Her frustration in clearing up the problem has given way to a major federal lawsuit against Ticketmaster and Time, Inc. -READ MORE