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In my excitement over the Emirate Islamic Bank's Skywards 100,000 bonus miles deal, I decided to go ahead and try to apply, only to discover that I've been duped.
Welcome to the 14th edition of the Carnival of Pecuniary Delights! Here you can find some of the best and most timeless personal finance posts from the blogosphere.
My blog about those 1960s-style embossed numbers on credit cards was included in the Carnival of Personal Finance No. 211, hosted this week by Green Panda Treehouse.
Hoop dreams and credit card fraud schemes come together in this week's edition of Criminal Charges. We've got two stories of basketball and crime, including the foul shots allegedly taken by the girlfriend of professional basketball star and the former director of a high school b-ball tournament.
Emily highlights some of her favorite posts about credit cards in the personal finance blogosphere from this week and discusses even more changes to her credit card agreement.
By next summer, your cell phone might be able to unlock your car, open your house and even prevent credit card fraud.
Sure, the credit crunch has made you sick. But it has also caused a host of banking and Fed related words and phrases to enter the popular lexicon. Can you find them all in this word search puzzle?
With all of the sweeping changes surrounding the new credit card reform act, there's talk about changing the look and feel of conventional credit cards as well.
The criminals in this week's look at card misconduct managed to forget business and credit cards at the scene of their crimes. I'm sure the police appreciate their help.
For the 210th Carnival of Personal Finance, Suburban Dollar has given readers the Mike Tyson's Punch Out edition.
Emily recaps some of the best credit card-related posts in the blogosphere and explains why you should be sauntering everywhere you go today.
My blog about how much harder it has get a credit card was included in the LivingAlmostLarge Carnival of Personal Finance.
Lying, gambling and paying for phone sex aren't the best of habits in any circumstances. But for the individuals profiled in this week's look at card crimes, those habits crossed the line into crimes when they were supported by identity theft.
Emily discusses the way the economy is affecting retirement for Americans and lists some of the best credit card-related posts from the blogosphere this week.
This week's edition of Criminal Charges looks at young adults who have gotten started on a career path of crime, including a bad babysitter, a prescription pizza party and a cross-country car thief.
I thought the credit card companies still loved me. Well, not anymore. They want everything but my first-born to prove that I am who I am.
Emily recounts her money experiences on her two-week trip to Europe and lists some of the best credit card-related posts from the blogosphere this week.
Nightlife has taken a hit in South Korea due to the recession, and karaoke is one of the victims. Numbers from a Korean issuer indicate that less people are frequenting the nightspots. But karaoke can't die in Asia, or can it?
While Australia remains on my list of places to visit, my blog post, "When it comes to credit card crimes, father knows best," has made it into the Land Down Under edition of the Money Hacks blog carnival.
In the edition of Criminal Charges, I've collected stories of people who turned out to be lousy guests. These visitors stole credit cards by snatching shorts, posing as evacuees to earn hotel stays and demonstrating vacuum cleaners.
My blog on laid-off expats leaving behind their credit card debt in Dubai was included in the Funny About Money Carnival of Personal Finance.
A few United Arab Emirates (UAE) banks are having a little problem collecting on the credit card balances of expats leaving town -- to the tune of up to 2,500 cardholders a month.
For some fathers, the education they pass down teaches their youngsters more about credit cards and crime than about what they actually should be doing with plastic. This week, Criminal Charges takes a look at three of these dads and the identity theft and card crimes they are accused of committing.
Greener Pastures has selected my blog post, "Am I a lab rat in the credit card industry's psychology experiment?," for inclusion in Carnival of Personal Finance # 206: The Memorial Day Stars and Stripes edition.
At least once a year, the staff at CreditCards.com in Austin, Texas, forsakes their cubes for a day for a little charity work. It always feels good. And we should probably do it more often.
The new credit card legislation had a lot of politicians supporting it, and many of them bit the hands that had been feeding them campaign contributions.
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