For individuals with no credit or those who have experienced a negative credit event like divorce or foreclosure, establishing credit history can be a real challenge. Without proper credit, everything from a car loan to an apartment or even a job can be denied. When faced with problem credit, many people rely on prepaid cards […]
Category Archives: Banks
The Best Credit Card Ever
The Best Credit Card Ever Don’t expect the lights to dim while the sound of soaring arias fills the air. We doubt that when it happens, your heart will skip a beat, your face will flush, or the air will fill with white doves. No, we’re not trying to keep your expectations in check for […]
Saving Is Something You Should Do Every Day
Americans have forgotten how to save in recent years. First, we came to regard the stock market as our piggy bank; if we needed a little spending money, surely we could always sell a few shares of stock or a bit of a mutual fund at a profit. Then, we viewed our houses as money […]
Citi to let distressed homeowners stay for 6 mos.
WASHINGTON – Citigroup Inc. plans to let homeowners on the verge of foreclosure stay in their homes for six months — if they turn over the deed to their property. Citi said Thursday it is launching the pilot program, dubbed “Foreclosure Alternatives,” this week in Texas, Florida, Illinois, Michigan, New Jersey and Ohio. Initially, about […]
Advanta Bank Corp
Advanta Bank Corp. mission is to offer deposit products at very competitive rates, while providing our customers with peace of mind knowing their deposits are safe, secure and growing! Headquartered in Draper, Utah, ABC is a subsidiary of Advanta Corp., a publicly-held financial services holding company. ABC is a Utah industrial bank regulated by the […]
WORLD’S BEST BANKS 2008
GLOBAL Corporate JPMorgan Chase Consumer HSBC Private Credit Suisse Asset Management States Street Global Advisors Custody The Bank of New York Mellon Investment Goldman Sachs Cash Management Citi Trade Finance BNP Paribas Foreign Exchange Deutsche Bank Sub-Custody HSBC NORTH AMERICA Bermuda Butterfield Bank Canada Royal Bank of Canada United States JPMorgan Chase EUROPE Albania Raiffeisen […]
How to Get the Amex Black Card
The American Express Centurion Card, more commonly known as the “Black Card,” has become the status symbol du jour for high-end cardholders. But how do you get your mitts on one? Here’s a roadmap. The high-end credit card has actually been around for about a decade, and shares more myths and legends than the entire […]
WORLD’S 50 SAFEST BANKS 2009
New York, August 25, 2009 — With bank stability still high on corporate and investor agendas,Global Finance publishes its 18th annual list of the world’s safest banks. After two tumultuous years that saw many of the world’s most respected banks drop out of the top-50 safest banks list, the dust appears to be settling. Those […]