Card lenders issue new paper (FT.com via Yahoo! News)
Yahoo! News Search Results for low interest credit card The dire predicament of UK consumers who have over-borrowed has forced some credit card lenders to take drastic action to protect important sources of funding in the capital markets.
Banks ease converting equity line to fixed rate (Baltimore Sun)
Andy Hallmark and his wife faced the same financial squeeze now bringing pain to thousands of homeowners around the country: Their floating-rate home equity credit line had risen to uncomfortably high monthly payment levels - the direct result of the Federal Reserve's interest rate increases over the past two years.
Ditching card can be hard (The Cincinnati Post)
DEAR BRUCE: Try and top this one. I have tried to cancel a well-known bank card for the past four months. I simply don't need that much credit, and I found that, when I do apply for loans I do need, they hold the credit availability of ,000 against me. I have written the credit-card company on five different occasions, sent the cards back cut up, told them the account is to be closed. I
Alarm over cedit card debt (TVNZ)
New Zealand's credit card debt now stands at a whopping .5 billion, but what is in it for the banks and others who lend us money to use our credit cards.
How to avoid the credit card trap (Zawya)
17 September 2006 I decided to stop using some of my credit cards, " but they were renewed without " my knowledge and I have been slapped with renewal charges and late fees. How should I tackle this problem?