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Store cards have a bad name – from exorbitant APR interest rates to preying on naive women who want the latest item in fashion. But are they all bad? This is Money investigates.

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Despite there being nearly 13 million accounts in the UK, store cards have earned a bad reputation.

They are a form of credit card given out by shops to customers, often offering discounts on in-store purchases.

Store cards usually offer lower credit limits than traditional credit cards but come with very high interest rates.

They are often criticised for their accessibility as you can sign up for one at the checkout and start spending straight away.

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Every season, we bring you the top to-dos to get your financial life in order. The snow is starting to melt, the flowers are beginning to bloom, and your finances are ready for a rebirth. Here are the key items on your spring to-do list:

Reassess Your Budget. Deadline: March 1.

Our lives aren’t the same as they were a few months ago, so our budgets shouldn’t be, either. Go to the LV Budgeting Tool to make sure you’re sticking to your current budget, or create a new one if your lifestyle has changed.

Check Your Credit Score. Deadline: March 1.

We recommend you do this once every season, because keeping up with your credit score is a good way to make sure that your credit history is free from errors or mishaps. It’s easy—just go to Credit Karma to do it for free.

File Your Taxes. Deadline:

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Sometimes people can earn a lot of money but can’t keep them. If you make pots of money, but if necessary, you don’t have it, there is no point. Handling the money is not a difficult task, that’s how we learn to make right priorities. Money plays a vital role in life and how to use it wisely is even more imperative.

Programs of debt management are treated by creditors. The bank owns the credit card and will be setting the rate and amount of earnings as usual. The client’s opinion is not considered in the agreement. Each financial organization offers its own terms and conditions of debt management that are not always suitable. If the client is unable to pay the new monthly payment, it will be released by the program.

A program of debt reduction is always there to help people who are no longer able to make monthly payments due to high interest charges or late fees. Read more…

An owner of a business has been arrested as investigators suspect him to have skimmed hundreds of credit cards belonged to his own customers. In addition, they suspect there could be a lot more victims of this credit card fraud to be found later.

It is Gevorg Kegeyan a man who is 53 years old, who is being charged for using a credit card fraudulently. The investigators have made a search involving three smoke shop businesses belonged to him. They say that they have found the men, who did the fraudulent credit card operation. In addition, they have found 350 credit cards, debit cards and gift cards.

Action News was told by police that Kegeyan used to take the credit card used by the customer to make his or her payment and reads the data in it. Later he transfers the data into a card he will use.

The three locations in which Kegeyan had his victims are as follows.

The Cigarette Box on West Craig near Jones

Colton’s General Store on U.S. Hi

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Dealing with a 200 credit card sale costs a business 2. So why are we surcharged up to 10 by airlines, train companies, ticket agencies and utilities among others?

The issue is on the radar at the Office of Fair Trading after lobby group Which? launched a ‘super-complaint’ this month, claiming that the charges are far higher than the true cost to the retailer of processing the transaction.

The cost of handling card payments varies with the size of the company or retailer and the fees charged by the payments giants such as Visa and MasterCard. Typically, costs are between one and 2.5% of the transaction for credit cards and pennies for debit card sales.

But many companies have boosted card payment charges dramatically, sparking accusations that they are simply pumping up profits at the customers’ expense.

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A change is gonna come… and if you are a renter, it could be great news for your credit report.

Experian, one of the big three credit bureaus, began including rental payment data on consumer credit reports in January, and will affect the Experian credit score and VantageScore. It’ll be a good addition to most consumers’ credit toolbox, but as with all big changes, there could be a downside.

Right now, Experian has gathered rent payment history from large property managers of approximately 8 million residents nationwide, but reporting rental data could easily become a more widespread practice amongst credit bureaus. Getti

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