05:34:37 AM Thursday, April 03, 2008
Give It up to Green Credit Card Deals in Asia!
Environmental problems grow more and more acute. And the health of our planet causes not just ecologists' concern, many people all over the world try to make a contribution to saving the Earth. Some make donations, some join the Greenpeace movement, others choose green credit cards, designed especially for those who care.
Green credit cards help to fund environmental projects dedicated to reduce carbon emissions, and other nature preservation-oriented projects. Green offers became extremely popular with U.S. credit consumers. Last year they yielded only to Capital One's Card Lab on '07 credit card bestsellers charts. Soon Asian credit card holders will also get a chance to contribute to saving environment.
This month HSBC bank is launching a green credit card program for Hong Kong residents. Green credit cards were not available for Asian customer before. However, HSBC is confident about such deals success in Hong Kong. There are a lot of people who are concern about environmental problems in Asia. The donations of the newly developed HSBC Bank credit cards green program for Hong Kong citizens will go towards HSBC Green Roof Schools program.
Only environment-friendly materials will be used to produce these cards. The bank is planning to use electronic billing system in order to reduce paper consumption. 0.1% of purchases made with green credit cards will be donated to the arranging of green outdoor classrooms for some of the Hong Kong school students.
The green plastics will combine the features of charity credit cards and rewards credit cards' perks. The Asian customers will benefit the most making purchases at merchants who sell environment-friendly services and products. But green credit card holders will also be rewarded for their regular shopping sprees at certain retailers. Green credit card offers will help Hong Kong inhabitants to save money through a beneficial rewards program.
It is no secret that nearly every Hollywood celebrity is engaged in dome charity. Bono fights against poverty, and the spread of AIDS, makes donations to Debt AIDS Trade Africa, and to other charity organizations. Some stars establish their own charity foundations for different good causes. Leonardo DiCaprio is one of the environmentally conscious celebrities. He fights for environment protection. He drives a gasoline-electric midsize hybrid car, and lives in a solar-powered house. He visited the official ceremony of the green credit card launch. He showed his support to HSBC's "green" initiative.
Hong Kong residents will be able to fill out these new credit card applications in early April. HSBC representatives highlighted the importance of this new project of launching green plastics in Asia. The credit card issuer shows their concern about the ecological situation in the world. They are set on spreading "green" ideas all over the world, not just in America.
Hong Kong residents are looking forward to get a chance to make their small contribution to the saving of the planet. Some of them are even ready to cancel their best credit cards to use new green offers on a regular basis. No wonder, Eastern people are more ideological and less money-oriented that Western people. But, actually, it makes no difference what part of the world you live in, if you really care about our planet's ecological health, you will find a way to change this world for the better.
August 12, 2008
Credit consumers, who want to highlight their financial standing, can find credit products that will fit their interests. There are the so-called status-credit cards on the market. Customers can choose silver, gold, platinum or black credit cards. All of them give certain privileges and that very status to their owners.
What is interesting, you do not even need to have excellent or good credit and really high income to get one of the status credit cards. They are available to bad credit owners as well. Let's take a closer look at Gold credit cards. Learn more about features, options and services that Gold credit cards offer.
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August 01, 2008
Shopping is an integral part of our lives. Some people love it; others cannot stand hanging around stores in the search of necessary items. But still, everybody shop. You wonder what can be so irritating about going to a supermarket, a mall or just a grocery store? Aside from an inborn aversion to the process of shopping, there is one thing that can lay a bad trip on even the most avid shopaholic.
Imagine, you come back home after another shopping spree, unpack your purchases and find out that one of them is defected or damaged. This can really bring you down. And not in all cases you will manage to exchange the item or get your money back. At this point, a credit card deal with consumer protection on credit card purchases is a good choice to make.
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July 08, 2008
The Federal Reserve recently proposed to take measures in order to eliminate unfair credit card practices performed by credit card companies and banks. The Fed also suggested toughening rules and regulations for lenders. Hidden credit card fees, unreasonable interest rate hikes, unfair charges, aggressive anti-delinquency policy and other abusive credit card practices are promised to be banned.
This would definitely bring a relief to credit card holders. But how will creditors tolerate such a policy? Banks and credit companies still trying to make up for the losses caused by credit crisis and trying to survive in the conditions of economic recession, are upset with such Fed's moves, to put it mildly. But whose prayers - lender' or borrowers' - will be heard by the Fed?
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