Colorado Springs Business Journal

Posts Tagged ‘credit card’

Best plan: Tackle your credit card debt, step by step

by Rebecca Tonn Published: July 10,2009

Tags: Banking and Finance, credit card, June Walbert certified financial planner, USAA

Since early 2008, consumers and businesses have become more aware of their financial excesses. Although it’s never too late to rein in one’s excesses, it is certainly overdue for many Americans. “I’ve seen a lot of people going back to basics in the last year and a half,” said June Walbert, certified financial planner practitioner with [...] [...]

Senate sides with consumers, supports credit card bill

by Associated Press Published: May 20,2009

Tags: credit card

WASHINGTON (AP) - The credit card companies seem to have few friends on Capitol Hill these days, with even the most business-minded lawmakers siding with consumers in speaking out against steep rate hikes and fees.The House was expected to pass, possibly as early as today, a bill that would enact sweeping new restrictions on the [...] [...]