Category Archives: Banks
Banks Get Tricky With Credit Card Rewards Points to Lure Atlanta Shoppers
Those free airline miles on your credit card might not be such a good deal after all. As many credit card companies add annual fees and other charges to compete with new credit card legislation, they’re trying to keep customers happy by padding cards with credit rewards programs like airline miles or cash back offers…. Read More »
Credit Card Companies Try to Lure Chicago Customers with Rewards Points
Maybe the newest slogan of credit card companies should be, “Use it or lose it.” Creditors are offering up all kinds of new credit rewards programs to distract Chicago customers from the annual fees and other costly changes they’re making as of late. So what’s the problem? Those rewards points aren’t guaranteed, according to Chicago… Read More »
Bankruptcy Can Put a Stop to Wage Garnishment for Atlanta Debtors
What if you worked hard all week, only to find that someone else was using your paycheck? It sounds like a bad dream, but it’s a real-life scenario for a growing number of Atlanta debtors who have become subject to wage garnishment – an occurrence that’s increased 55 percent in Atlanta since 2004, according to… Read More »
Bankruptcy Can Stop Wage Garnishment for Debt Burdened Chicago Residents
What if one day money started disappearing from your bank account? It’s no scam – it’s a legal action called wage garnishment, and it’s happening to thousands of Chicago debtors. Fed up banks are suing customers who aren’t paying their debt balance, according to the New York Times. And since many of us are too… Read More »
Atlanta Bank Account Fees Leave Some Customers in Debt
Most folks don’t budget bank fees into their finances – but if we’re not more careful, maybe we should. Atlanta banks – as well as banking institutions all over the country – are taking increasingly larger chunks of our paychecks. Between annual account fees, monthly “maintenance” fees – even fees for writing too many checks… Read More »