Slow credit cards hold up customers

Retailers and restaurant staff are upset over the length of time it is taking them to process the new "chipped" credit cards that are replacing every credit card in the country.Chip cards, which are inserted into machines as opposed...

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Woman Uses Credit Cards Taken From Purses At Dublin Restaurants

Dublin police have some good surveillance pictures of a woman they believe took credit cards from the purses of unsuspecting customers at local restaurants.

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N.Y. Senator Adds Voice To Concern About Credit Cards, Echoing Cuomo's Health Credit Probe

MarketWatch: More warnings about credit cards - including those to pay for health care services - are coming from New York's elected officials. Sen. Charles Schumer sent a letter to the Federal Reserve noting a 256 percent leap in solicitations to consumers for professional and business credit cards. Schumer raises these concerns "on the heels of New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's launch ...

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Venezuela Plans `Good Living' Credit Cards for Government-Run Retailers

Venezuela’s government will issue credit cards that allow customers to buy food, refrigerators and vacation packages from state-run companies and pay over time, Public Banking Minister Humberto Ortega said.

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Split over company credit cards

The private sector is split on whether TVNZ's credit card policy has been sane - or asking for trouble.The state broadcaster is cutting the number of company credit cards held by staff from about 470 to less than 100 because they...

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Health care credit cards may add to your pain

These days, you may leave your dentist's office with more than a toothbrush and dental floss in your bag. Thousands of dentists are offering patients health-care credit cards to cover the work that needs to be done, with seemingly hard-to-resist repayment terms. If you need care and don't have insurance to cover it or cash in hand, it's tempting to sign up. Dentistry - Toothbrush - Dental floss ...

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Two held for procuring credit cards at fake addresses

New Delhi, Sep 3 (PTI) Two youths, who allegedly procured credit cards including one of a senior Intelligence Bureau (IB) official at fake addresses, were arrested here, police said today.

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