Friday, January 14, 2011

Credit Card Use Keeps Falling


Many banks are responding to the trend by adding rewards programs and other features to their debit cards, says Ken Lin, chief executive of Credit Karma, a website that provides free credit scores. Banks “realize the new cash cow is going to be on the debit side of the business,” he says.

Credit cards are evil


These are just some of the opinions that a majority of us feel about credit cards. We enjoy the spending power that they give us but resent everything else about them. Don’t take my word for it, perform a Google search on “evil credit cards” and look at the 8 million results.

Word Press


We ended up building the site on WordPress. Through the use of a custom theme, the Shopp plugin, a custom, AJAX powered e-learning plugin (written by Nicasio) and integration with Articulate’s Presenter software we delivered a solution that is functional, intuitive, and easy to use (for both the site admin and test takers).

Zodiac credit cards


How safe? Unlike other credit cards, CancerCard only works at home. That's right, there are no magnetic stripes, embossed numerals or smart chips on this devoted friend. Just the numbers you need for secure online transactions, at home, at your convenience, in your jammies. All reward points benefit Habitat for Humanity. CancerCard.

Student Credit Card


Sallie Mae as one of the nations largest student loan organizations just released some statistics. What caught my eye is that the college student is carrying an excess of $3000 in CREDIT CARD debt.

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Credit card processing


But it wasn’t only our users, we had our own issues with PayPal too!  The amount they were charging for other currencies was really high (3% transaction + 3% for currency exchange + not-so-good exchange rates).  This was OK at the beginning when we had a few transactions per day, but now that we have a higher volume we felt that it was important to start to process payment ourselves.

Credit card


Bears may be ordered via mail, phone or email. All inquiries welcome. 
NC residents must add .0775 sales tax to purchase. Shipping and insurance are extra. 
I accept personal checks, MOs, and PayPal for payment. International orders must be paid by PayPal or credit card.