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Utilities Payments Via Credit Cards On The Rise (WCCO Minneapolis - St. Paul) -- More Twin Cities residents are using credit cards to keep up with their utility bills. At the largest electric co-op in Minnesota, Connexus Energy, households are using..... (more)

NIAGARA COUNTY: Fees can soon be paid with credit or debit cards. (Lockport Union-Sun & Journal) -- Residents may soon have the option to use their credit or debit cards to purchase pistol permits, file mortgage documents and conduct other business with the Niagara..... (more)

Holiday shoppers picking cash over credit: survey (Reuters via Yahoo! News) -- Fewer U.S. shoppers plan to use credit cards to buy gifts this holiday season and the majority of them have yet to complete their gift buying, according to a new survey..... (more)

Delinquencies rise for store-branded credit cards (The Indianapolis Star) -- Slumping sales are only the beginning of some retailers' woes. Retailers such as Target and Nordstrom also are facing surging credit-card delinquencies. (more)

Letter carrier pleads guilty to stealing mail, credit cards (Humble Observer) -- Protecting bank accounts online and shredding credit card statements may no longer be enough when the danger of identity theft threatens from so many directions and, as..... (more)

Lenders affected by customers defaulting on their credit cards (Whittier Daily News) -- WEST COVINA - The housing bubble. The credit crunch. The automobile industry meltdown. (more)

Bill would OK paying fees by credit card (The Buffalo News) -- LOCKPORT -- A one-year experiment with accepting credit cards for fee payments at the Niagara County clerk's office is on the County Legislature's agenda for Tuesday's..... (more)

Credit (card) crunch: Banks tighten terms for average consumers (Lansing State Journal) -- The credit crunch is closing in on credit cards. (more)

Have a credit card? Get free insurance (rediff.com) -- Credit cards come with insurance covers that help in circumstances like accidental death or loss of goods, says Amar Pandit. (more)

Report: Rates on most types of credit cards rise (AP via Yahoo! Finance) -- Average interest rates on most types of credit cards rose slightly this week, according to a report from CreditCards.com. (more)