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Across the world, and particularly in India, using a credit card to shop online has always been fraught with danger, though you’re just as likely to have your card cloned when paying a bill at a restaurant. Visa Europe now tries to add a layer of security for all those who are paranoid / terrified [...]

ICICI Bank and Singapore Airlines have launched a co-branded credit card, the ICICI Bank Singapore Airlines VISA Platinum credit card.

Insurance behemoth Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has launched it’s credit card in association with Corporation Bank, who is the card issuer. They have formed a separate company, LIC Credit Cards Services, to manage this new business. The company will be headed by its Director and Chief Executive Hemant Bhargav. Initally, the cards will be offered to existing policy [...]

Yeah, sad but true… It seems just a few months ago when credit card companies were fawning over employees from these very sectors, offering cards, personal loans et al. However, with the change in the overall economic scenario, they are now adopting a hands-off policy when it comes to approving new applicants from the airline, [...]

Standard Chartered Bank has introduced a new card product in the market, a credit cum debit card, called "1 Money". Surprised? Well, this is how it works:

ApnaLoan, one of the leading personal finance portals has launched an interesting service, called a Credit Card Comparator. This seeks to provide you, the end user, with information on 192 cards presently in the market, issued by a total of 28 banks.

Happened to read about StanChart launching an overdraft product, called ’Smart Credit Gold Overdraft’, a facility that allows customers to ‘overdraw’, using a cheque book and debit card. The bank will initially roll out this product in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Banglore and Ahmedabad. There will be an annual fee of Rs.1,499. This product will be useful for those [...]