Tags » Card Reward Programs, Credit Cards
Kimberly Palmer writes for US News & World Report about credit card rewards programs - saying that "while many people enjoy their rewards, what they often don't realize is that they're paying for them, in the form of higher interest payments, annual fees, and what economists dub 'purchase acceleration'."
Tags » Debit Cards, MasterCard, Visa
Earlier this month, MasterCard announced that Federal Judge Barbara S Jones had ruled that Visa's Settlement Service Fee ("SSF") was unlawful and must be repealed. Judge Jones' decision in this case (PDF) has recently been posted to the web site of the US District Court for the Southern District of New York.