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Jamie Pietras

Apps More Prevalent Than Ever, Influence Shopping Habits

Half of adult cell phone users now have apps on their phones, according to a recent survey from the Pew …

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Foreclosure Firm Apologizes for "Inappropriate" Costumes

One of New York’s biggest foreclosure law firms has apologized for employee Halloween party costumes that found their way to …

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Millions Eligible for Foreclosure Reviews

This week, federal bank regulators rolled out details of a program intended to help homeowners whose foreclosures were processed based …

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Banks Reconsider Debit Card Fees

Having incensed customers, inspired nationwide consumer protests, and inadvertently given community banks and credit unions a bonanza of free marketing …

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Spending Up, Disposable Income Down

In the months of July through September, consumers spent three times as much as they did in the year’s second …

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Delaware AG Sues Mortgage Registry

Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden today filed suit against Merscorp, Inc., overseer of a national mortgage database used by banks …

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Companies Consider Credit Card Purchase Data for Ad Targeting

Earlier this year, MasterCard reportedly floated an idea to a group of ad executives regarding online ad targeting—the company was …

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Checking Fees: The Bankers' Perpective

In the world of consumer personal finance, the F-word, fee, has grown increasingly unpalatable. Citibank will soon begin charging $20 …

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The Girl Scout badge has always been a sort of social barometer. There was 1913′s “matron housekeeper,” which encouraged a …

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Angered by Fees, Bank Customers Looking to Credit Unions

Bank of America’s plan for a new $5 debit card fee may be bad news for cardholders, but good news …

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Jamie Pietras – Contributing editor for Credit.com, Jamie's work has appeared in publications including New York magazine, Time Out New York, and The Writer. A graduate of Columbia University’s MFA program in nonfiction writing, he has also worked in e-learning, contributed to various trade publications, and written and edited young adult nonfiction. Reach Jamie via email at jamie (at) credit.com.

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