making friends with the IRS, get a business credit card

While everyone is focused on Christmas right now, I see this time of the year as one last opportunity to carbo-load on tax write offs.  Not that I don’t enjoy giving 40% of my income to the government, but, well, I don’t. 
If you do, good for you for drinking the Kool-aid.
Obviously, the way to get [...]

the most fraud proof credit card ever?

I know that most credit cards have a good system of checks & balances to look for possible fraudulent activity on your credit card; however I experienced the superior fraud protection of the Advanta Platinum credit card this past weekend.
I took a bunch of kids from my church youth group on a retreat up to [...]

credit card rates continue to drop

Rates for card categories tracked by a prominant / respected credit card listing company are listed below:
Credit Card Rate Averages
Avg. APR Last week 6 months ago
Balance [...]

Discover Credit Card no longer has capped balance transfer fee

The title says it all.  This doesnt make it a bad card, but if you read some previous reviews or go to some other websites, you might see some conflicting info.
Bottom line; In october, Discover credit cards took out the $75 fee cap.  the fee is 3% is is fairly standard.  This is still a [...]

Advanta Platinum BusinessCard w/ Unlimited Rewards QuickReview

Highlights:
5% rebates are earned on qualifying purchases of “gasoline and diesel fuel”, “computers, computer supplies, electronics and office supplies” and “utilities and telecommunications” items. You earn 1% rebates on other purchases.
The balance transfer APR is fixed at 7.99%, which is the lowest APR of any small business credit card at the moment that I [...]

Advanta Platinum 90-Day Interest Free BusinessCard QuickReview

Highlights:
This BUSINESS credit card offers a unique APR rate.  No matter what you purchase OR when, you get that amount interest Free for 90 days (@ 3 months or 3 payment cycles)
This is great if you usually pay things off, but in this case need an extra month or 2.
Earn 1 point for each $1 [...]