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CHARLOTTE, N.C., May 08, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Bank of America today announced that it is launching three new travel rewards credit cards that give consumers and small businesses the flexibility to use points to pay for a variety of travel expenses, including flights, hotels, vacation packages, cruises, rental cars and more. The new credit cards -- BankAmericard Travel Rewards(TM), BankAmericard Privileges(R) with Travel Rewards, and WorldPoints(R) Travel Rewards for Business -- have no foreign transaction fees, no expiration on points and no blackout dates. "Our customers told us they wanted a travel card that gave them the flexibility to use points for travel-related expenses without a lot of hoops to jump through," said Consumer and Small Business Products Executive Susan Faulkner. "With these new ... Continue reading →

By Eve TahminciogluWhere you live may be hampering your economic potential.If you live in New York, New Jersey or Maryland, chances are your prospects for moving up the ladder of financial success are better than if your home is in Oklahoma, Louisiana or South Carolina.A study by the Pew Charitable Trust called “Economic Mobility of the States” paints a gloomy picture for many southern states when it comes to whether residents there are likely to have better economic mobility. But many states in the Northeast seem to fare better when it comes to things like average earnings growth.“When it comes to achieving the American Dream, it matters where you live,” said Erin Currier, project manager of Pew’s Economic Mobility Project, released Wednesday.The report looked at ... Continue reading →

Accretive Health expects to provide Sen. Al Franken with a report Friday that addresses issues raised in an April investigation by Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson. Swanson's report alleged overly aggressive billing and collection tactics by the Chicago-based company and its local client, the Fairview health system. "We're going to be having a very strong fact-based set of answers that are coming forward on Friday," said Mary Tolan, chief executive officer of Accretive Health, during a conference call with investors on Wednesday, May 9. A spokeswoman for Franken, D-Minn., confirmed that his office is expecting the responses Friday. Last month, Franken sent Accretive Health a lengthy set of questions based on Swanson's investigation and followed up Tuesday with a letter scolding the firm for not ... Continue reading →

The Mobile Banking User: Young, Wealthy, Risky by Kali Geldis on 05/09/2012 While most people don’t like to put the words “risk” and “banking” together in the same sentence, one study shows that mobile banking users are risk-takers. A new study from mobile advertising platform company Millennial Media shows that consumers who access mobile finance content tend to be young and wealthy and consider themselves risk-takers. [Credit Check Tool: Try Credit.com's Free Credit Report Card] Commissioned through comScore, the study looked at data within Millenial’s network of finance ads and content. Mobile banking was the finance category that consumers accessed most often, with 35 percent accessing mobile banking content once weekly and 22 percent interacting with the content daily. RECOMMENDED: FREE CREDIT CHECK TOOL Credit ... Continue reading →