Recently my wife went shopping for the sprout’s school supplies. It’s getting to be that time of the year again, the birds are singing, the world is getting back into peace and harmony, and summer vacation is coming to an end! I can tell because the boys are getting more desperate to do ‘lots of [...]

A guest post over at DebtFREE-Revolution (Is the Credit Card Companies’ Universal Default Clause at Risk?) sparked a response e-mail from a Chase PR rep;
I saw your post today on Chase’s pricing policy change and just wanted to clarify that we do not raise rates based on credit bureau information.
You can find a [...]

Congratulations to the The Silicon Valley Blogger who has just announced that they are pursuing the blogging field full-time now. We here at Credit Withdrawal wish them luck (not being too jealous yet) and hope that the transition isn’t too stressful.
I imagine it’ll give SVB more time to come up with the wonderful [...]

You see the ads everywhere. "Buy Now, 90 days, Same As Cash" or "No Interest for a Year" or some other eye-catching but truly ludicrous statement designed to draw in the unwary consumer.
Like a fly into the spider’s web, these kinds of advertisements bring in buyers with the lure of getting something and not [...]

Is it true that credit cards raise your rate if you close them while paying them off?? Read this to find out.