Hana considers spin-off of its credit card unit (JoongAng Daily)

Credit Card Freak wrote this mid-morning:

Hana Finance Holdings will consider spinning off its credit card unit if the number of valid subscribers surpasses 5 million, said its chairman, Kim Seung-yu, in a meeting with reporters late Friday.

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Texarkana man pleads guilty to using stolen credit card numbers (Texarkana Gazette)

Credit Card Freak wrote this mid-morning:

BILLINGS, Mont.—A Texas man accused of fishing hundreds of credit card numbers from the garbage and using them to pay for stays at several Rocky Mountain resorts pleaded guilty Friday to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.

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Credit Card Debt Help (Richfield Reaper)

Credit Card Freak wrote this mid-morning:

(ARA) - Ever hear of indentured servitude? It’s a historical concept that means you’re basically working for free to pay off some obligation (like a share cropper). Ever just make your minimum credit card debt payments every month and feel like you are just spinning your wheels?

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Courier News Online - Students warned on credit card debt (Bridgewater Courier News)

Credit Card Freak wrote this mid-morning:

NEW BRUNSWICK — It seems credit card offers are more plentiful than vending machines on college campuses and Rutgers is no exception. The Cook/Douglass chapter of the New Jersey Public Interest Research Group on Thursday released a report on the effect of credit cards on college students.

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More Americans using credit cards to stay afloat (USA Today)

Credit Card Freak wrote this mid-morning:

Seven years in the credit-counseling business didn’t prepare Ann Estes for the alarming trend she began noticing last fall: As her clients’ mortgage bills became unaffordable, a growing number of them began paying their credit card bills before and sometimes instead of their mortgages.

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Watch Out for Hidden Credit Card Fees (About.com)

Credit Card Freak wrote this mid-morning:

If you’re like most people, you probably get a lot of credit card offers in the mail. Many of these offers provide some attractive low interest rates, balance transfers, or…

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Marylanders back campus credit card marketing reforms (The Capital)

Credit Card Freak wrote this mid-morning:

WASHINGTON - Maryland students and a state delegate applauded the release of a nationwide survey that recommends broad restrictions on credit card marketing to college students.

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Credit card scammers making own cards (Moldova.org)

Credit Card Freak wrote this mid-morning:

Thieves no longer need bank data or a credit card to run up big tabs illegally — they often use trial and error to come up with valid car numbers, police say.The (Portland) Oregonian reported Sunday that instead of searching for cards and personal data, credit card thieves are randomly trying out combinations of 16 digits until they come up with a set that matches someone’s card number.With …

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Credit card scammers making own cards (UPI)

Credit Card Freak wrote this mid-morning:

Thieves no longer need bank data or a credit card to run up big tabs illegally — they often use trial and error to come up with valid car numbers, police say.

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Steve Bucci: Paying off debt burden is No. 1 goal; improve credit later (Arizona Daily Star)

Credit Card Freak wrote this mid-morning:

Q I enrolled in a debt-management plan in August 2003, and have finally finished paying off all my credit cards. I would like to find out if having used the agency will hurt my credit score.

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