Borrowing to buy cars and houses, and the use of credit cards, have leapt.
MasterCard said use of debit cards in the U.S. rose faster than the use of credit cards during the holiday shopping season.
Perhaps the most egregious example of the company's insularity was the way it held out for more than 20 years against the use of credit cards, launching its own store card instead.
Household debt has doubled in the past five years, partly as a result of an explicit policy of encouraging the use of credit cards to cut down on cash-based transactions and fight tax evasion.
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Online shopping is increasing dramatically, aided by the increased use of credit cards.
An internal audit report published on Thursday by the county council reveals wider concerns about the use of corporate credit cards dating back to 2003.
Changes in consumption habits are evident in the exploding use of consumer credit cards.
Credit card balances dropped because cardholders reduced their use of credit cards at the same time as issuers reduced their own lending risk, slashed credit limits on millions of existing accounts and closed riskier accounts.
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Due to regulations in the U.S. that restrict what U.S. residents can do with their cards, Intrade would not permit the use of U.S.-based credit or debit cards.
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We previously discussed a report indicating that the number of credit cards in use in the U.S. declined by 8 million over the past year, from 70 million to 62 million.
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Historically, two of the drawbacks to prepaid cards are the high fees associated with their use and the inability of the cards to help consumers build their credit scores.
The hope must be that innovations such as electronic identity cards, the use of mobile devices and more credit bureaux can make the system work better for banks and the poor.
The couple were dumped in the nearby city of Itaborai after being forced to use their credit cards to buy goods and withdraw money from cash machines, the police report says.
In the same vein, consumers actually use debit cards instead of credit cards more often than economic theory would predict, in part as a way of limiting their own spending to money they actually have.
Holography's widest use has been those iridescent globes and birds ignored in the corner of credit cards.
Cutting out your use of credit cards means time-consuming trips to the ATM and extra service charges from increased debit card use.
For example, it has just signed a deal with a big, and as yet undisclosed, European bank whose clients, many of them in the developing world, will be able to use their credit cards to make donations.
Never use joint credit cards, said Stephen Silverberg, former president of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys.
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If you use plastic for the bulk of your spending, it's easy to assume that credit cards with cash-back features are a dream come true.
While it is truly a dumb idea to use credit cards as a source of start-up funding, given the ridiculously high interest rates the credit card companies charge, people still do it.
Users of the site offered advice on hacking, stealing credit cards and how best to use stolen cards without getting caught, according to criminal complaints unsealed in Manhattan federal court Tuesday.
These cards use cash back, gift card or fuel credit incentive programs that are based the amount of purchases you make.
While Mobile Express Checkout may seem like a big hit to credit cards, for which simplicity and ease-of-use are big appeals, the platform is not necessarily a competitor.
"I'm living off of my credit cards right now, and even when I get the money I'll have to use it to cover what loans I had to take out, " she says.
"I'm living off of my credit cards right now, and even when I get the money I'll have to use it to cover what loans I had to take out, " one veteran told Forbes.
The experiment was hailed a success by the companies involved, but although you can now use NFC credit cards on London buses, there is no sign yet of travellers being allowed to swipe in via their phones.
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