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Ecologically Friendly Credit Card Offers
Did you know that there are more and more credit card owners who would like to help the environment? Most of them seriously wonder how green their credit card is.
That's why many credit card companies become ecologically friendly, presenting credit card offers that can save our planet. With the help of these credit cards each one can take part in stopping global warming, protecting rare animals, making air clean and even in reducing green house effect.
The most popular green cards are affinity cards. They are associated with nonprofits. Affinity cards often have the environmental group's logo and donate to that group some money from several types of transactions.
Donation usually run a half percent from every purchase or balance transfer. The usual APR is from 5% to 22%. These credit cards may also have an annual fee.
Some green credit cards offer good discounts on energy saving products or services, such as public transport tickets.
Green Visa credit card offers.
- Working Assets Visa- is considered to the most ecological credit card. It donates 10 cents from every purchase to one of the 50 non profitable organizations. This credit card offers 9, 9% APR and no annual fee.
- Salmon Nation Visa Card donates to an ecological community called "Salmon Nation". This organization supports Pacific salmon spawning grounds.
Green MasterCard Offer
MasterCard also introduced its green credit card called GreenPay. The card is made out of recycled plastic. Its main aim is to reduce carbon.
GreenPay promises 10 pounds reduction of CO2 from every dollar from gasoline and household utilities purchases and 5 pounds reduction on other eligible net purchases.
The modern credit card consumers are also concerned how green their bank is. For this reason many banks at some point committed themselves to solving ecological problems.
Citibank, Chase and Bank of America are the perfect examples. They adopted a lending policy that addresses deforestation.
Credit cards themselves are becoming less harmful to ecology too. Now they are made out of biodegradable corn-based plastic.
It is a new environmentally friendly alternative material to the petroleum often found in credit cards. Most credit card owners really like this idea. Credit cards not only can help farmers, but also don't contain harmful to nature materials.
As you can see the banks and the credit card companies are reacting on their client's concerns about the climate changing, air and water pollution, etc. Together with their clients they want to change the ecological situation and do what they can. It is a good will, isn't it?
Even if you don't use eco-friendly credit cards, you still have a chance to protect our planet. Those who already have cash back credit cards can help ecological organizations using money transactions.
If you have a credit card, ask to send the credit card statements by e-mail. Pay your bills online for the paper reduce.
Let's help our planet together!
Keira
07:14 AM, September 20, 2007
I just wanna say, if you are going to apply for a credit card why not to get a green credit card? Personally I do use a green credit card and I know I help our planet in some way. If you wanna save the Earth, join us and get a green credit card!
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American Express Travel
October 24, 2008
American Express continues to please its loyal customers with exclusive card offers for frequent travel rewards. Its latest product, co-branded with Delta Airlines, comes with a catchy "Delta Reserve Credit Card" name and aims at wealthy and creditworthy customers looking for incomparable travel experience. It cannot be referred to as a cheapest deal among the rewards type, but the price for the outstanding benefits and additional programs is more than acceptable.
The $450 annual fee and a competitive APR on purchases and balance transfers are charged for the exclusive access to the 24-hour Concierge Service, SkyMiles account rewards program and extended credit line. If you think you can find something better online, take a minute to read further and ascertain that American Express has not been overtopped.
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Pre Approved Credit
October 07, 2008
If you hold a valid FICO score with at least one national credit reporting agency, you are very likely to receive a pre approved bank card offer in the mail. But among the 3% of recipients completing and returning the application, only some 1.5% if not less actually get approved. Why is that and what are you required of to qualify for that enticing card offer sent by a major bank?
Most people think if they've been pre approved, there will be no hassle going through the formality of the application process. Now they don't have to spend hours searching and comparing products online to find the only right variant. Hardly anyone knows how the bank chooses a potential customer and what eligibility requirements it will use to finally approve or reject your application.
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Credit Cards at College
September 26, 2008
Though a standard unsecured student credit card is available to high schoolers nowadays, it is at college that young people make their first financial decision independently from parents. The first responsibility comes with the need to choose the right plastic from a great spectrum of equally attractive offers.
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