Would You Accept a 15% Tax on Credit Card Purchases?
By imposing a 15% tax on foreign credit card transactions, the Argentine government will make life more miserable for its poorer citizens than it already is....
Tag: credit card statistics
With Credit Card Losses at Record-Lows, Issuers Are Raking It In
U.S. card issuers have sold about $21B of bonds backed by credit card payments so far this year, up from $4.8B last year; and that's a good thing....
Americans Keep Slashing Credit Card Debt, Racking up Student Loans
The post-Lehman trend of falling consumer credit card debt continued in the second quarter of 2012, but so did the student loan explosion....
The Government Is the Biggest Prepaid Card Issuer and other Facts
The US government is the biggest issuer of prepaid cards and its market share may keep rising, due to the persistently high unemployment rate....
Why Do Americans Like AmEx and Discover Better than MasterCard and Visa?
AmEx is ranked highest for customer satisfaction for a 6th year in a row; Discover is close second and Visa and MasterCard issuers are trailing far behind....