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Cardholders Prefer Debit as Credit-Card Use Declines -- Americans are shunning their credit cards and using debit to avoid incurring more debt, said Javelin Strategy & Research. (more)

Credit Card Reader For iPhone Shipping Now For Inner Fence Credit Card Terminal -- Inner Fence, maker of Credit Card Terminal for iPhone, is now shipping Credit Card Reader for iPhone, an Apple-authorized hardware accessory that allows merchants to..... (more)

Newsweek: Shoppers opt for debit over credit -- Credit spending is on the decline as "cautious consumers" prefer to pay now as opposed to pay later, according to a new study released Wednesday. Last year, for the first..... (more)

WATCH: Can Company Credit Cards Affect Your Credit? -- If your company goes under, credit cards could go after you for the balance. Credit card - Business - Financial Services - Banking Services - Credit score (more)

Credit card offers are up, but what's in your wallet? -- Some cards have more consumer protections than others Credit card offers to small businesses are up this year, but some consumer advocates worry they might be falling..... (more)

Credit cards, personal loans problem areas for banks: Bhatt -- State Bank of India (SBI) today said the banking sector is facing pressure on assets due to a sharp increase in defaults on credit card and personal loan payments. (more)

New credit rules don't apply to business cards -- Small-business experts suggest the self-employed and small businesses get separate personal and business credit cards. (more)

Seek out the perfect loan -- Personal Loans have been regularly used to fund those little extras such as a holiday abroad, a new car and increasingly as a means of debt consolidation. Most people..... (more)

Unenforceable credit agreement claims -- Claims management companies lack of experience with unenforceable credit agreements, could land consumers in deeper financial trouble and even land them in court (more)

Students disappointed by broken principle -- Students will see their student loan rate dropped from 1.5% to 0% this September (more)

Sainsbury's make play for the UK loans market -- Sainsbury's the supermarket giant is making a play for the UK online unsecured personal loan market (more)

Single premium PPI 'must be withdrawn' -- Single premium Payment Protection Insurance (PPI) is the subject of a new campaign from the Financial Services Authority (FSA). The regulator has written to providers,..... (more)

Report warns of 'major change to family finances' -- Young adults in the UK are depending on their parents for financial support - and putting the older generation's finances under strain. A new report from The Children's..... (more)

BBA welcomes impact of loans scheme -- Banks have updated on the progress of the Enterprise Finance Guarantee scheme, aimed at improving loans flows to businesses. The comments, from the British Bankers'..... (more)