It isn't breaking news anymore that credit card companies came under new regulation last month. In the last couple months you may have been receiving notices in the mail from your bank or credit card companies indicating the changes that were to take place. With more regulation to come in August, the government has taken a harder stance on a few of the ways credit card companies make a profit. As an obvious cause-effect scenario, these companies are finding other loopholes to leverage compensating on the profit loss through the new regulations. In an article posted this morning at USA Today, Sandra Block explains in her weekly financial column advice and tips on how to avoid becoming victim to these new loopholes. One of her suggestions is to consider switching to your local credit union for cards. She explains how credit unions are able to have lower fees on credit cards (or no fees at all). According to a survey, median credit union late payment fees are $20, as apposed to $39 from bank credit cards.
If you're looking for a new Indianapolis bank you may want to consider checking out the credit card options at Financial Center. Credit union banking with Financial Center offers virtually all of the options that your current bank provides with the added bonus of lower fees and member-owned customer service.
Some of the features of a VISA Platinum credit card from FCFCU:
- Fixed rate
- Credit line up to $30,000
- No annual fee
- No cash advance fee
- 25 day grace period on purchases
- Skip-a-payment option
- Low 2% minimum payment required
- Automatic payment from account
Are you not quite sure how you want to help the Haiti relief project? Haitian residents are still in need of adequate supplies and aid in this desperate time. It has been over a month since the earthquake rumbled the small country and the giving nationwide (and even globally) has been remarkable. But, please don't think this a quick fix problem. The infrastructure of the country was so frail pre-earthquake that the road to recovery will take years and the American Red Cross is still in need of your valuable donations. 
Now could not be a better time to find an alternative to rising health care costs. Ease the burden of out-of-pocket health costs, earn interest year after year, and enjoy tax free withdrawals on a Health Savings Account Plan from your Indianapolis Credit Union.
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Suze Orman recently published her 
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