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Five-year-old gets credit card

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Jun 20th 2008 11:02AM

What would you do if your five-year-old got an application for a credit card in the mail? Well, just for fun, you might have your kid fill it out and maybe even send it in. That's what Amy Christiansen of Aurora, Illinois did. Imagine her surprise, ...
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College credit cards

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Sep 6th 2007 2:04PM

Got a kid heading off to college? Chances are, the school has an agreement to offer an "affinity" card. That is, a credit card branded with the university's name and, probably, a photo representative of the school. A portion of the profits from each ...
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Kids use cash cards to buy booze, porn

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Aug 20th 2007 1:57PM

It seems that the ingenuity of kids wanting to get around the rules is still alive and well. Whatever new technology comes along, kids will put it to use to get into trouble. Take pre-paid "credit cards", for example. Sometimes called "cash cards" or ...
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