Everyday the television inundates us with commercial after commercial asking about your personal credit score. Is it good, bad, fair, or great? Do you know what it is? What does it really matter? Daily advertisements tell the consumer to go to one place or another to obtain free credit scores. Unfortunately, once you are lured [...]
Citi and Banamex USA launch co-branded credit card
Through an ongoing pilot program available through eight Citibank financial centers in Texas and working with Citi Microfinance and Banamex USA, Citibank customers can now grant a shared-credit card to a friend or relative in Mexico with Banamex USA’s bi-national card program. Citi said that this pilot program offers cash-back rewards, 24-hour access to accounts, [...]
TD Banknorth’s customers cards compromised
TD Banknorth says it has notified its New Hampshire customers that their Visa debit or credit cards have been compromised, most likely because of the Hannaford supermarkets’ security breach.Bank spokeswoman Jennifer Carlson says the bank noticed the fraud cases. She said a privacy policy prevented her from saying how many customers were involved. TD Banknorth [...]
Fed auctions $75 billion to ease credit problems
In an effort to relieve the credit markets, the Federal Reserve had auctioned $75 billion in loans to troubled banks, so far the total since December is at $510 Billion Housing, credit and other financial problems have been a drag on the economy since last August and hit a crisis point in March of 2008 [...]





