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Ontario bill targets cellphone contracts and pricesArticle from Toronto Star: Proposed legislation would cap the costs of cancelling cellphone service, provide up-front pricing details and plain-language contracts. CHRIS WATTIE/REUTERS file phopto Rob Ferguson Queen’s Park Bureau Ontario is hanging up on “price gouging” by mobile phone companies with legislation that would cap the costs of [...]
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Prepaid Card Use Up 18% as Consumers Drop Debit: StudyArticle from Bloomberg: Enlarge image Free Checking Falls to 45% of Customer Accounts Free checking has dropped to about 45 percent of U.S. customer accounts, compared with 65 percent last year, a Bankrate.com study found. Photogapher: Getty Images Free checking has dropped to about 45 percent [...]
Senate votes to assess E911 surcharge on prepaid cells, phone cardsArticle from Radio Iowa: The Iowa Senate has unanimously voted to require Iowans who buy pre-paid cell phones and pre-paid phone cards to start paying 33 cents a month to help finance emergency 911 call centers. Senator Jeff Danielson, a Democrat from Cedar Falls, said [...]
Are prepaid debit cards a good investment?Article from WRAL.com: With bank fees on the rise, a new type of plastic is gaining ground – prepaid debit cards. They require no bank account or credit check, and they carry familiar logos, such as Visa and Mastercard, making it easy to use them to use them in [...]
Cellphone companies agree to disable stolen phones for goodArticle from Toronto Star: Cellphone carriers in the U.S. say they will help make it hard to use stolen cellphones. Is a Canadian resolution far behind? FAROOQ NAEEM/AFP/GETTY IMAGES Vanessa Lu Business Reporter Even though the United States is setting up a national database of stolen cellphones [...]
Dinged By Prepaid Debit Card FeesArticle from HispanicBusiness.com: You’ve seen them hawked by reality stars the Kardashians, by hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons, even by money guru Suze Orman. They’re prepaid debit cards, reload-able payment cards that look just like any other debit card emblazoned with the MasterCard, Visa or Discover logo. And they’re the fastest-growing [...]
Stevenson’s TraQline Shows Rapid Smartphone GrowthArticle from Twice: By TWICE Staff — TWICE, 4/9/2012 LOUISVILLE, KY. – The Stevenson Company, in its most recent TraQline Wireless report, shows smartphones are gaining share at a rapid rate in both prepaid and postpaid, and now represent more than 50 percent of all phone purchases. In prepaid, smartphones [...]
Prepaid debit card has pitfallsArticle from Toledo Blade:Home » Business» EconomyLoading… Published: 4/8/2012 – Updated: 11 minutes ago BY PATRICIA SABATINIBLOCK NEWS ALLIANCE Receptionist Erin Gamboa closed her Chase account, frustrated wtih the bank’s high fees, and became one of the millions of users of Green Dot prepaid debit cards. ASSOCIATED PRESS Toledo Blade >>> [...]