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Credit Card Insurance? No Thanks.

Posted 45 weeks 3 days ago by Nora Dunn

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So your credit card company just called offering you balance protection insurance against job loss, disability, life, or critical illness. The cost will be just pennies, calculated monthly based on your outstanding balance. Do you take it?

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Everything you should know about getting a credit card but didn’t have a clue to ask

Posted 1 year 10 weeks ago by Julie Rains

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The fine print on credit card offers is not terribly easy to understand, especially if you have not encountered all of the possible scenarios that generate interest charges and fees. For example, when I paid all but a tiny portion of my balance, the finance charge was calculated on all of my purchases during a given month rather than just on the balance over 30 days. It’s these nuances that drive me batty.

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