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Twitter co-founder takes aim at mobile payments
By Rachel Metz, Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO — Jack Dorsey revolutionized online socializing by co-founding Twitter in 2006. Now he wants to transform the way people exchange money.
Dorsey is leading a new start-up called Square. Its first product resembles a cube: a tiny credit card terminal that plugs into the headphone jack of an iPhone. The [...]
Best credit cards of 2009
Despite cutbacks in credit card reward promotions and significant increases in rates and fees during 2009, credit cards are still available that offer attractive terms and strong value.
CardRatings.com, a for-profit organization that educates consumers about credit cards, provides these top picks for 2009:
Best cashback credit cards of 2009
Schwab Bank Invest First Visa Credit Card
If you [...]
British Airways credit card promotional offer
What’s the deal?
British Airways has a promotion to entice people to sign up for a new Visa Signature affinity credit card. First-time cardholders with new accounts will earn 50,000 miles with their first purchase and another 50,000 miles for spending $2,000 in the first three months after the account is opened.
That’s 100,000 miles, enough [...]
Cash is king for holiday shoppers
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Cash was king for consumers who shopped over the Thanksgiving weekend, according to survey results released on Sunday, and that factor could have cost retailers additional sales.
Only 26 percent of people who shopped over the weekend said they used credit cards for their purchases, according to a poll conducted for Reuters by [...]
