Bank of America has a $75 sign-up bonus for signing up a MyAccess checking account. This is not a new banking promotion. Actually, Bank of America is giving out sign-up bonues for their customers all year round. I got $200 sign-up bonus from Bank of America for signing up their MyAccess checking account last July.

Effective from July 1st, 2008, you can use Visa debit cards for smaller purchases without entering your PIN, the same way you can skip signing receipts when you use signature based purchases. This is a result of the investigation of antitrust division of Justice Department.

This Everyday Rewards Visa Card issued by National City Bank is one of my favorite rewards card. I use this card essentially everyday. I have also mentioned this card in “My Favorite Rewards Credit Cards” post. I forgot to mention that this card was selected as one of Kiplinger’s Best of the Cash Back Card.

We are facing a slumping economy, or possible a recession. Most of financial companies can’t afford to offer crazy sign-up opportunities. Last year, Chase Freedom Card offer $250 bonus after first purchase and University of Iowa WorldPoints Platinum Plus MasterCard offered 25,000 bonus points which can be redeemed for $250 after spending $250 on this card.

One of the most scariest types of identity theft is new account fraud. It happens when an identity thief steal your personal information, open a series of new credit card accounts, loans or other account under your name. According to a new Federal Trade Commission (FTC) study, 8.3 million U.S. adults become victims of ID theft each year.

I believe the 35% cash back from eBay via Microsoft live search cashback is the most popular topic on the internet yesterday. I think it’s necessary to write up a post about Microsoft live search cashback program and introduce how to get 35% cash back from eBay via live search cash back.