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More help for using your credit card in Europe (The Buffalo News) Apparently, my earlier reports -- that travelers to Europe may need PINs to use their credit cards -- didn't answer all of your questions. I've certainly received enough e-mails to convince me that additional explanation is warranted. us.rd.yahoo.com
Weak economy set to hit credit card companies hard (The Economic Times) Expectations that cash-strapped consumers and businesses will default on their credit card balances in greater numbers are forcing lenders to reduce consumer credit lines, cut back on signing up new customers and raise fees. us.rd.yahoo.com
Revolutionary Phone (The Hindu) “Our partnership with VISA will provide a new opportunity for consumers, who aspire to own the revolutionary iPhone 3G,” said, Mr Sanjay Gupta, Chief Marketing Officer, (Mobile Services) Bharti Airtel. “The EMI option is designed to make it simple, convenient and affordable. us.rd.yahoo.com
Fund manager finds bargains in financial, consumer stocks (Market Watch) BOSTON (MarketWatch) -- Ted Parrish, co-manager of the Henssler Equity Fund, says investors should move towards financials and consumer discretionary stocks -- and away from energy -- so they get into those beaten-down sectors as the economy turns and starts to make them attractive again. us.rd.yahoo.com
Credit union members hit by phone scam (Tooele Transcript-Bulletin) Police are investigating a phone scam that attempted to collect credit card data from hundreds of HeritageWest Credit Union customers on Tuesday. us.rd.yahoo.com
Scam targets credit card security codes (Bedford Times-Mail) BEDFORD — Robert Howell summed it up like this: “I didn’t fall off the turnip truck yesterday.” And so the Bedford resident didn’t fall for what he sees as a telephone “phishing” scam. us.rd.yahoo.com
Visa Launches New Mobile Payment Services; Continues Mobile Technology Momentum Globally (Centre Daily Times) Visa (NYSE:V), the global leader in payments, today took the next step toward making mobile commerce a global reality by launching four new programs to deliver payments and services via mobile devices. Two commercial mobile payments programs, in Brazil and Korea, along with two mobile offers and transaction notification pilots in the United States, add to more than a dozen pilot and commercial ... us.rd.yahoo.com
Ex-mail carrier sentenced (Baltimore Sun) Woman pleaded guilty to stealing checks When Millard Taylor noticed that three of his workers' compensation checks hadn't arrived in the mail on schedule, he decided to investigate. us.rd.yahoo.com
Automated Bill Paying Has Downside (The Lakeland Ledger) A few months ago, in my first column for The New York Times, I extolled the virtues of automated bill payments: Set them up once, let your utilities, phone and credit card companies pull what you owe from your bank account each month and never sit through the drudgery of a bill-paying session again. us.rd.yahoo.com
Visa Launches New Mobile Payment Services; Continues Mobile Technology Momentum Globally (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) SAN FRANCISCO----Visa , the global leader in payments, today took the next step toward making mobile commerce a global reality by launching four new programs to deliver payments and services via mobile devices. us.rd.yahoo.com
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