Simply Thrifty

December 17th, 2006

Credit Cards that Help Save

 No that’s not an oxymoron.
More and more credit card companies are adding features to help people jumpstart their savings. Debit cards allow you to save while spending. IF you are careful, that is.
Here is a list of credit card companies that offer these cards: 

American Express
Chase
Citi Bank
MBNA
Bank of America

The trick is to research first whether these […]

By Noel -- 1 comment

July 30th, 2006

Forward spending - spending the money you don’t have

Do you spend money that you don’t have yet? Do you have credit cards? Then you are forward spending.
More and more retailers are encouraging consumers to buy the things you want now and worry about payments later.
Deals such as buy this expensive plasma TV at $1000 off the list price and you only […]

By Noel -- 2 comments