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I have bad credit or none, i cant get approved for anything else and dont understand all the red tape! HELP! does anyone have this card? THE ORCHARD BANK CREDIT CARD
200 min security deposit
35 dollar annual fee
Variable Rate Information Your APRs may vary. The rates are determined monthly by adding the Index (described below) and:
6.65% () for the Customary APR for credit card purchases.
16.90% () for the Cash APR for cash advances, including balance transfers, if applicable, and cash advances made by credit card check.
22.24% () for the Default APR.
For each billing cycle, the Index is determined in the month prior to the month in which the billing cycle ends. In that prior month, the highest (U.S.) Prime Rate published in the Money Rates Table of The Wall Street Journal is selected (the ). If the Index has changed, the new variable rates will take effect with the billing cycle that ends on or after the first day of the month following the Index change.
Grace Period for Repayment of Balances for Purchases You have 25 days from the date of the periodic statement to avoid a Finance Charge on new credit card purchases, provided you paid your previous balance in full.
Method of Computing Balance for Purchases Average Daily Balance (including new purchases).
Annual Fee $35 per year
Minimum Finance Charge $1.00 for each billing cycle in which a Periodic Finance Charge is payable.
Foreign Transaction Fee Finance Charge 1% of the U.S. dollar amount will apply to transactions made in a foreign currency.
Cash Advance Fee:$5 or 5% on all cash advances, whichever is greater; unless otherwise disclosed. Finance Charges accrue from the date of transaction. Cash advances will be limited. Your cash advance limit is disclosed on your billing statement. Late Payment Fee: The Late Payment Fee will vary based on the amount of your outstanding balance on your Payment Due Date, and will be: $30 if your balance is more than $0 up to and including $1000; or $35 if your balance is greater than $1000. Overlimit Fee: $30. Accessing the full amount or most of your available credit may result in an overlimit fee. Credit Limit Increase (CLI) Fee: If requested and approved, a CLI fee of up to $50% of the CLI may be charged to your Account, depending on your creditworthiness. Closed Account Service Fee: $3.50 per month on closed accounts with a debit balance.
The variable Customary APR will apply to credit card purchases.
The variable Cash APR will apply to cash advances, including balance transfers, if available, and cash advances made by credit card check.
If at any time your Account is subject to the Customary and/or Cash APRs, and you fail to make at least your Minimum Payment in time to be credited to your Account by the Payment Due Date, or your Account exceeds your credit limit, your entire Account balance will increase to the Default APR.
Note: The Orchard Bank Secured MasterCard requires a minimum deposit of $200 for a minimum $200 line of credit. For more information on the Orchard Bank Secured MasterCard, see our Secured Card FAQs.
At our discretion, payments are generally applied to interest, fees, and then principal balances. We apply your payments to lower APR balances before higher APR balances. The application of payments is subject to change at any time, without notice.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
There is a maximum of two (2) Accounts issued by HSBC Bank Nevada, N.A. per customer.
If within 90 days of your Account open date, you decide you do not want the account, you can call the customer service number provided on the back of your card to cancel. Any fees, if assessed, will be reversed at no cost to you if you have not used the card.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT PROCEDURES FOR OPENING A NEW ACCOUNT
To help the government fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering activities, Federal law requires all financial institutions to obtain, verify, and record information that identifies each person who opens an Account. What this means for you: When you open an Account, we will ask you for your name, address, date of birth, and other information that will allow us to identify you. We may also ask to see your drivers license or other identifying documents.
Notice to California Residents:
Except otherwise limited by applicable law, we may provide credit information about your account to our affiliates from time to time. This information may be used to qualify you for other credit offers. Married persons may apply for a separate account.
Notice to New York Residents:
Consumer reports may be requested in connection with the processing of this application and any resulting account. Upon your request, we will inform you of the names and addresses of any consumer reporting agencies which have provided us with such reports.
Notice to Ohio Residents:
The Ohio laws against discrimination require that all creditors make credit equally available to all creditworthy customers, and that credit reporting agencies maintain separate credit histories on each individual upon request. The Ohio Civil Rights Commission administers compliance with the law.
Notice to Married Wisconsin Residents:
No agreement, court order, or individual statement applying to marital property will adversely affect a creditors interests unless prior to the time credit is granted the creditor is furnished with a copy of the agreement, court order, or statement, or has actual knowledge of the adverse provision. You must indicate your marital status for this application to be processed.
INTEREST RATES AND FINANCE CHARGES
Interest Rates
The APRs on your Account are variable rates and are determined by adding a specified amount () to an Index (described below). The APR is divided by 365 and rounded to the next highest hundred thousandth of a percentage point to determine your Daily Periodic Rate. The Daily Periodic Rate is used to determine the amount of Periodic Finance Charges (see Finance Charges).
Monthly Index For each billing cycle, the Index is determined in the month prior to the month in which the billing cycle ends. In that prior month, the highest (U.S.) Prime Rate published in the Money Rates table of The Wall Street Journal is selected (the ). If the Index has changed, the new variable rates will take effect with the billing cycle that ends on or after the first day of the month following the Index change.
An increase in the Index will increase your applicable Daily Periodic Rates which may increase the Finance Charge due on your Account and may increase the Minimum Payment and Current Payment Due. Each time any APR changes, we will apply it to any existing balances, excluding any fixed rate Promotional or Introductory APR.
Purchase APR Your variable Customary APR applies to credit card purchases. The Daily Periodic Rate is based on 1/365th of the Index plus 6.65% (). For example, for billing cycles ending 5/17/07, the rate of FINANCE CHARGE would have been a Daily Periodic Rate of .04082% (corresponding 14.90% ANNUAL PERCENTAGE RATE). The minimum rate of FINANCE CHARGE is a Daily Periodic Rate of .04082% (corresponding 14.90% ANNUAL PERCENTAGE RATE).
Cash APR Your variable Cash APR applies to cash advances, including balance transfers, if available, and cash advances made by credit card check. The Daily Periodic Rate is based on 1/365th of the Index plus 16.90% (). For example, for billing cycles ending 5/17/07, the rate of FINANCE CHARGE would have been a Daily Periodic Rate of .06890% (corresponding 25.15% ANNUAL PERCENTAGE RATE). The minimum rate of FINANCE CHARGE is a Daily Periodic Rate of .05726% (corresponding 20.90% ANNUAL PERCENTAGE RATE).
If at any time your Account is subject to the Customary and/or Cash APRs, and you fail to make at least your Minimum Payment in time to be credited to your Account by the Payment Due Date, or your Account exceeds your credit limit, your entire Account balance will increase to the variable Default APR. At our discretion, your Account may return to the Customary APR after five consecutive months of on-time payments of at least the Current Payment Due, without exceeding your credit limit.
Default APR The Daily Periodic Rate for the variable Default APR is based on 1/365th of the Index plus 22.24% (). For example, for billing cycles ending 5/17/07, the rate of FINANCE CHARGE would have been a Daily Periodic Rate of .08353% (corresponding 30.49% ANNUAL PERCENTAGE RATE). The minimum rate of FINANCE CHARGE is a Daily Periodic Rate of .08079% (corresponding 29.49% ANNUAL PERCENTAGE RATE).
Finance Charges
Finance Charges are the total of the greater of (a) Minimum Finance Charge, or (b) periodic Finance Charges, and any applicable (c) Cash Advance Fee Finance Charges, (d) Foreign Transaction Fee Finance Charge, (e) Credit Limit Increase Fee Finance Charge, (f) Closed Account Service Fee Finance Charges, and (g) Processing Fee Finance Charge.
(a) Minimum Finance Charge. A Finance Charge that is assessed in lieu of a lesser periodic Finance Charge in any billing cycle in which a periodic Finance Charge is payable. This fee is $1.00.
(b) Periodic Finance Charges. Periodic Finance Charges are computed by multiplying the Average Daily Balance for each category of transactions shown on your statement (e.g., purchases, balance transfers, cash advances) by the applicable Daily Periodic Rate and then multiplying the result by the number of days in the billing cycle. To calculate the Daily Balances, we take the beginning debit balance for each category of transactions each day, add any new transactions, any previous days periodic Finance Charges, any assessed fees and charges, and subtract any payments and/or credits. If a debit transaction posts after the beginning of your billing cycle, but the transaction occurred prior to the beginning of your billing cycle, the applicable Daily Balance will be adjusted to include the transaction amount and any previous days periodic Finance Charges for each day the transaction amount was outstanding prior to the beginning of the current billing cycle. Then, for each transaction category, we add the Daily Balances for the billing cycle together and divide the total by the number of days in the billing cycle. This is the Average Daily Balance for each transaction category. (1) Credit Card Purchases. Periodic Finance Charges begin to accrue on the date of the transaction and continue to accrue until payment in full is credited to your Account. However, there is a 25 day Grace Period on new credit card purchases. That means, if the New Balance shown on your last statement is paid in full by the Payment Due Date for that statement, periodic Finance Charges will not be imposed on new credit card purchases, provided the New Balance for the current billing cycle is paid in full by the Payment Due Date for that billing cycle. If, however, the New Balance is not paid in full by the Payment Due Date for the immediately preceding billing cycle, periodic Finance Charges will be incurred on new credit card purchases (i.e., purchases appearing for the first time in the current cycle) from the date of the transaction and on the previously billed but unpaid credit card purchases form the first day of the current cycle.
(2) Cash Advances (including balance transfer and credit card checks). Periodic Finance Charges begin to accrue on the date of the transaction and continue to accrue until payment in full is credited to your Account. There is no Grace Period on cash advances.
Periodic Finance Charges will be calculated using the Daily Periodic Rate in effect on the statement closing date.
(c) Cash Advance Fee Finance Charges. Cash advances include all advances to get cash over the counter, through an ATM, balance transfers (if available), credit card checks, or other transactions (such as purchasing a money order, travelers check, casino or betting chip, or a lottery ticket) as determined by us. A Finance Charge will be computed on the amount of each cash advance as of the date of the transaction. The Cash Advance Fee FINANCE CHARGE for all cash advances is 5%, subject to a minimum FINANCE CHARGE of $5, unless otherwise disclosed.
(d) Foreign Transaction Fee Finance Charge. A Foreign Transaction Fee FINANCE CHARGE equal to 1% of the U.S. dollar amount is assessed on transactions made in a foreign currency, as of the transaction date.
(e) Credit Limit Increase Fee Finance Charge. If you request and are approved for a credit limit increase (), a CLI Fee FINANCE CHARGE of up to 50% of the CLI may be assessed to your Account, depending on your creditworthiness.
(f) Closed Account Service Fee Finance Charge. A $3.50 per month FINANCE CHARGE is assessed to the Account for each billing cycle whenever that Account is closed with a debit balance.
The application of any Finance Charge other than a periodic Finance Charge may cause the APR on the billing statement on which this Finance Charge first appears to exceed the Nominal APR.
ACCOUNT FEES
Annual Fee/Periodic Membership Fee
Your Account is subject to a $35 Annual Fee for each year your Account is open or closed with a balance. If you close your Account within the first 90 days your Account is open, the Annual Fee is refundable so long as you have not used the Account.
Late Payment Fee
A Late Payment Fee is assessed for each billing cycle in which at least the Minimum Payment, and any amount past due, is not paid in time to be credited to the Account by the Payment Due Date. The Late Payment Fee will vary based on the amount of your outstanding balance on your Payment Due Date, or during the period up to 5 days after your Payment Due Date, as determined by us, and will be: $30 if your balance is more than $0 up to and including $1000; or $35 if your balance is greater than $1000.
Overlimit Fee
An Overlimit Fee is assessed if your Account balance exceeds the applicable credit limit at any time during a billing cycle. We may impose this fee even if we authorize or impose any charges that cause your balance to exceed the credit limit. This fee is $30.
Other Fees and Charges
Returned Payment Fee
A Returned Payment Fee is assessed to your Account each time a payment check, automatic payment deduction, or other payment method is not honored or is returned unsatisfied by the bank or other financial institution. Any payment returned unsatisfied for any reason may be reposted to any type of transaction (i.e. cash advance, purchases, etc.) and Finance Charges may be reinstated back to the payment date at the APR being charged for that transaction. This fee is $30.
Returned Check Fee
A Returned Check Fee is assessed to the Account each time a credit card check, balance transfer check (if available), electronic check or other Account access device is returned unsatisfied by us for any reason. This fee is $30.
Check by Phone
A Check by Phone Fee may be assessed to the Account each time a payment is made by telephone, even if the payment is made by someone other than you. The amount of this fee will be disclosed at the time such payment is requested.
Stop Payment Fee
A Stop Payment Fee is added to the cash advance balance when a payment of a credit card check is stopped at your request. Payment may be stopped on a credit card check by notifying us in writing or by calling us at the telephone number listed on the Account billing statement, so long as such check has not already been processed. A stop payment request must include the check number, payee, amount and date of the credit card check on which payment is to be stopped. If a stop payment is requested by telephone, the call must be confirmed in writing within 14 days. A written stop payment will remain in effect for six months unless renewed in writing. This fee is $29.
Send stop payment requests to P.O. Box 81622, Salinas, CA 93912-1622.
Research Fee
A $7 Research Fee is assessed to the Account for each sales slip copy, $3 for each statement copy, and $10 for each application copy upon request.
ADDITIONAL TERMS
Arbitration
The Cardmember Agreement and Disclosure Statement () that you will receive with your card, if you are approved for credit, provides that certain disputes are subject to binding arbitration. Arbitration replaces the right to go to court, including the right to a jury and the right to participate in a class action or similar proceeding. Please read the section of the Agreement carefully.
YOUR BILLING RIGHTS
What To Do If Theres An Error In Your Bill
YOUR BILLING RIGHTS - KEEP THIS NOTICE FOR FUTURE USE
This notice contains important information about your rights and our responsibilities under the Fair Credit Billing Act.
NOTIFY US IN CASE OF ERRORS OR QUESTIONS ABOUT YOUR BILL
If you think your bill is wrong, or if you need more information about a transaction on your bill, write to us (on a separate sheet) at the address listed on your billing statement. Write us as soon as possible. We must hear from you no later than 60 days after we sent you the first bill on which the error or problem appeared. You can telephone us, but doing so will not preserve your rights.
Please include the following information in your letter:
Your name, account number and signature;
The dollar amount of the suspected error; and
Describe the error and explain, if you can, why you believe there is an error.
If you need more information, describe the item you are not sure about. If you have authorized us to pay your Account bill automatically from your savings or checking account, you can stop the payment on any amount you think is wrong. To stop the payment, your letter must reach us three business days before the automatic payment is scheduled to occur.
YOUR RIGHTS AND OUR RESPONSIBILITIES AFTER WE RECEIVE YOUR WRITTEN NOTICE:
We must acknowledge your letter within 30 days, unless we have corrected the error by then. Within 90 days, we must either correct the error or explain why we believe the bill was correct.
After we receive your letter, we cannot try to collect any amount you question, or report you as delinquent. We can continue to bill you for the amount you question, including Finance Charges, and we can apply any unpaid amount against your Credit Limit. You do not have to pay any questioned amount while we are investigating, but you are still obligated to pay the parts of your bill that are not in question.
If we find that we made a mistake on your bill, you will not have to pay any Finance Charges related to any questioned amount. If we didnt make a mistake, you may have to pay Finance Charges, and you will have to make up any missed payments on the questioned amount. In either case, we will send you a statement of the amount you owe and the date it is due.
If you fail to pay the amount we think you owe, we may report you as delinquent. However, if our explanation does not satisfy you, and you write to us within ten days telling us you still refuse to pay, we must tell anyone we report you to that you have a question about your bill. And, we must tell you the name of anyone we reported you to. Upon settlement of the dispute, we must tell everyone we report you to that the matter has been settled.
If we dont follow these rules, we cant collect the first $50 of the questioned amount, even if your bill was correct.
SPECIAL RULES FOR CREDIT CARD PURCHASES
If you have a problem with the quality of property or services you purchased with a credit card, and you have tried in good faith to correct the problem with the merchant, you may have the right not to pay the remaining amount due on the property or services.
There are two limitations on this right: (a) You must have made the purchase in your home state or if not, within 100 miles of your current mailing address.
(b) The purchase price must have been more than $50.
These limitations do not apply if we own or operate the merchant, or if we mailed you the advertisement for the property or services. HSBC Card Services Inc. and/or HSBC Card Services (II) Inc. provide processing services for HSBC Bank Nevada, N.A. You may write to us at the address shown on your billing statement or HSBC Bank Nevada, N.A., 1111 Town Center Drive, Las Vegas, Nevada 89144.
Orchard Bank, Household MasterCard and HSBC credit cards are issued by HSBC Bank Nevada, N.A. in Las Vegas, Nevada and serviced by its affiliates HSBC Card Services Inc. and/or HSBC Card Services (II) Inc. Not available to those consumers residing outside the United States. Offer void for all existing Household Bank and Orchard Bank MasterCard Cardmembers.
Important Information
To receive, view, and save disclosures and Account Information electronically, you must have a personal computer equipped with Netscape 4.0, Microsoft Explorer 4.0 or AOL 5.0 or later, and either a printer, a hard drive, or other storage device. You must also have a valid email address.
As paperless communication options become available, our cardholders will be able to choose which communications to receive electronically, and which to receive via standard mail. We will notify you in advance of sending such electronic disclosures and Account Information.
You must notify us if your email address changes in order to continue receiving disclosures and Account Information electronically.
You may withdraw your consent to receive disclosures and Account Information electronically at any time. However, if you withdraw your consent, future disclosures and Account Information will be sent via U.S. mail.
You have the option to request any information that we have provided electronically in paper form.
To notify us of your new email address, withdraw your consent, or to request a disclosure or Account Information in paper form, please contact us by calling the phone number on the back of your credit card or write us at Bankcard Services, P.O. Box 80084, Salinas, CA 93912-0084.
Electronic Agreement:
I agree to receive disclosures and other Account Information electronically. I confirm that I have the software and computer equipment that satisfies the requirement above and that I will download or print the disclosures and other card related communications for my records. Additionally, by clicking the YES button, I acknowledge that I am providing my consent to receive electronic communications
Terms and ConditionsAnnual Percentage Rate (APR) for Purchases Variable Customary APR: 14.90%1 will apply.
Minimum Customary APR: 14.90%
Other APRs Variable Cash APR: 25.15%2 (Minimum Cash APR: 20.90%)
Variable Default APR: 30.49% (Minimum Default APR: 29.49%)
Variable Rate Information Your APRs may vary.

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Ive been trying to make a really hard decision lately and I think I finally made it (unfortunately, I dont feel any better after making it than I did when I was still wrestling with it). Im pretty sure Ive decided to find a better home for Buddy. Even with just Ava, I dont have the time and energy to give him the love and attention he deserves. And with the baby and winter coming, hes going to get even less since hes an outdoor dog. It would be different if he were still inside, but hes not and I think thats what he really needs. Hes very loving and sociable and he needs a family where hes able to be a member of the family. Plus, our yard is really small and were only able to get over to the dog park once or twice a week, so he isnt even able to get the exercise that he needs.
To sum it all up, he just deserves better than were able to give him anymore. Even thought I know that, Im just such a mess right now. I really want to keep him (mainly for Avas sake since she loves him so much), but I want him to happy and I know he cant be very happy being outside all the time. Its just not fair to him. I made a post on a group Im on for moms in our area asking if anyone was interested. I really hope someone will be because I want him to go to a family with kids.
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SBI Card, a joint venture between State Bank of India and GE Money, and one of the largest Credit Card issuers in the country with over 3.2 million credit card holders, has won the Gold Award as Indias most trusted brand in the Credit Card category in the Readers Digest Trusted Brand 2008 Survey. Having set new benchmarks in the credit card industry in India, SBI Card has won many prestigious awards in the past- Rated among the top 2 in Business World survey on Customer Loyalty, 2007 and CNBC Awaaz Consumer Awards, 2007; the latest being the Readers Digest Trusted Brand Gold Award in 2008.
Readers Digest Asia Trusted Brands Survey was launched in 1999 and has been carried out annually for the past ten years. The survey identifies which brands appeal most to affluent Asian consumers. Achieving Trusted Brand status is a genuine recognition of consumers approval. The survey reflects consumers choice of their most trusted and favorite brands among the thousands available in the market. The Nielsen Company carries out this survey for Readers Digest. This survey was conducted in Asia across 8 markets and 43 categories. 1000 responses were analyzed, reflecting the preferences of the top 50% of adult consumers, by income, in each of the 8 markets, including India.
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Transferring your credit card balance to a low rate, introductory offer card can provide immediate financial relief but it is important to spend time researching the best credit cards for balance transfers in order to get the best deal possible. Like any important decision, it can be costly to take up the first offer you come across. It is worth comparing the terms and conditions, interest rates (both introductory and regular), balance transfer fees, and ongoing fees and charges. Look at the whole picture in order to make the wisest decision.

The best credit cards for balance transfers will offer a long introductory period, low or no balance transfer costs, competitive interest rates at the end of the term and low ongoing fees and late payment penalties. Try for an introductory period of at least a year. Sometimes it is worth paying very low interest as opposed to no interest if the introductory term is significantly longer. This is particularly the case if other costs such as balance transfer fees and ongoing fees and charges are much lower. Taking a big picture view and making sure that you compare apples to apples and not apples to oranges will help you make the right balance transfer decision.

The easiest way to locate the best credit cards for balance transfers is to do an internet search. Specialist credit card websites that offer comparisons of a variety of different introductory credit card options make it easy to research, compare and apply for these cards. Most of them also have online application forms. This convenience can defeat the procrastination that can easily result from working hours and commitments that make it hard to attend traditional appointments. You can apply from home whenever it is convenient.

To gain maximum advantage from transferring your balance, make the most of your introductory period and pay as much of your interest savings as possible off your credit card balance. If you do this, at the end of your introductory term you will have a much lower balance and perhaps even have paid it off entirely. However, if you still owe money, you can go through the process again of locating the best credit cards for balance transfers and apply for another introductory rate card. By choosing longer introductory term cards, you not only give yourself longer to pay down debt, you also give yourself space before you have to apply to transfer your balance again.

By initially investing time and energy in finding the best credit cards for balance transfers, comparing offers and deciding on the best option for your financial circumstances, you can make the most of this wonderful opportunity. Not only can you de-stress your budget, you can also pay down debt a lot more quickly and put yourself in a much better financial position for the long term. After all, becoming debt free as well as immediately increasing disposable income are the primary benefits of balance transfers. The secondary benefits are lower stress levels and often improved relationships because financial problems are being dealt with. The only regret you are likely to have from this decision is that it took you so long to get around to it.

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