| SunTrust Expands Rewards Program to Include Ongoing Charitable Giving Option
ATLANTA, Oct. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SunTrust Banks, (Nachrichten) Inc. announced today that it is empowering clients to give back to their communities on an ongoing basis through its SunPoints for Charity program. Clients who have a SunTrust Visa Signature(R) or SunTrust Platinum Visa(R) with SunTrust Rewards Credit Card, or SunTrust Visa Check Card enrolled in the SunTrust Rewards program can donate their SunPoints earned from purchases to the charity of their choice. Donations from this year-round program can be made in $25, $50 or $100 denominations. In addition to the Rewards program expansion, SunTrust's current "My Cause" promotion, which was set to end in October, has been extended through the end of the year to help non-profit organizations with their end-of-year fundraising efforts and to give consumers an additional opportunity to reinvest in their communities.
Safeguard your online assets with good habits
NEW YORK - Do you think using online financial services is just too darn risky? Well, think again. Online banking may actually leave you less vulnerable to fraud than traditional banking, according to Javelin Strategy and Research. The research firm found that customers who made a habit of monitoring account activity online tended to discover suspicious activity more quickly. And early detection spelled savings: victims of cyber crime who tracked their accounts online paid out an average of $551 per incident, whereas those who relied on paper statements paid an average $4,543 per incident, reports MSN Money columnist Liz Pulliam Weston. If you choose to bank online, be aware that you are offering thieves another avenue to your finances. To ensure that you don't fall prey to cyber fraud, be sure to follow these tips from Weston's book, "Easy Money": .
A criminal 'joint account'
A person opened an account at a bank, but someone else started using it first. The WAFF 48 Crime Stoppers, take you step-by-step to explain what happened. Step one, the person moved into the Residence Inn off University Drive while they were working at Redstone Arsenal. Step two, the person opened an account at the Redstone Federal Credit Union. Step three, the credit union mailed him his ATM card and pin number. Step four though, someone "stepped" in and took it. He never got it in the mail. But step 5 is a step "back" for the crook. The suspect is seen on surveillance using the stolen ATM card at the Redstone Federal Credit Union branch at 3501 North Parkway. The suspect is a black man, wearing dark glasses with a thin mustache.
Capital One Makes Pigs Fly!
McLEAN, Va. (Map) - MCLEAN, Va., Nov. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Capital One Financial Corporation (NYSE: COF) sent pigs into flight today to make a point about its new Rewards Money Market account that earns consumers travel miles for saving money instead of spending it. The commercial jet, a Skybus Airlines Airbus A319 featuring giant flying pigs on the exterior, will travel across the country for the next six months as a larger-than-life reminder that smart saving (putting your pennies in a Capital One Rewards Money Market account instead of a piggy bank) can really take you places. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20071113/NETU092 ) The Capital One Rewards Money Market account, offering a competitive interest rate currently 4.00 percent Annual Percentage Yield (APY), is the first-ever savings account to offer rewards miles based on account balance.
(AFX UK Focus) 2007-11-19 13:12 GMT: Forex - Dollar weakness the main focus amid light data calendar
LONDON (Thomson Financial) - Major currencies continued to trade in narrow ranges, with an absence of data keeping attention on the persistent credit fears and growing tension about currency imbalances. The dollar is hovering around a cent off its all-time low against the euro and its weakness is causing some friction within major exporters like China and the OPEC oil cartel. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao pledged today to resolve trade imbalances after the country's surplus hit a record high in October, and to work to let the yuan move more freely as a stronger yuan would make Chinese exports more expensive overseas. Wen said China will work to "increase (the currency's) flexibility and gradually make the yuan convertible under the capital account". The yuan is currently allowed during each trading session to move within a 0.5 pct band on either side of a reference rate against the US dollar.
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