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Diamond VIP Credit Card

The Eurasian Bank in Kazakhstan has come up with a very glamorous way of honoring their VIP members: they're issuing them limited edition VISA cards embedded with diamonds and accented with gold.

Said to be the first of its kind in the world, the card is reserved only for the elite few members of the bank that have incomes of $300,000 a year or greater. The cards have an elaborate gold filigree design in the shape of a heart that features a 0.02 carat diamond in the center.

Crazy.

Via Bornrich

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Tags: bank, credit, credit card, credit cards, CreditCard, CreditCards, kazakhstan, visa

The Diamond-Studded Master Card

by Rigel Celeste (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Services

Here at Luxist we cover all kinds of things studded with diamonds but this just might be a first for us: a diamond-studded credit card.

The Dubai First Royale MasterCard will be available only in Dubai (darnit!) and by invitation only to even further limit its distribution. Those who are lucky enough to get one of these cards will enjoy not so surprising features like unlimited credit, special deals, and access to VIP benefits at companies around the world, but perhaps most noteworthy is what the actual credit card looks like. It's black with a gold metal border and it features a crest in the center with a real diamond embedded in the middle.

No word on just how big the diamond is (or what the actual value of the card itself is) but that's one card I would be taking very careful care of.

Via Agenda Inc.

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Tags: credit, credit card, CreditCard, diamond-studded, dubai, royale

Extreme Credit Cards for the Biggest Spenders in the World

by Rigel Celeste (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Gadgets, Celebrity Shopping

Wealthy patrons with shopping addictions are a tempting customer base for creditors, and so more and more of them are coming up with ways to make their services attractive to the biggest spenders in the world. The Centurion card from American Express is the leading status symbol to date, with its classy black card made of titanium that comes with exclusive perks like a personal concierge (to help you plan your spending) and special treatment at all the top retailers.

But the Centurion, better known simply as the "Black Card," is getting some competition for the top of the prestigious credit card pyramid. Companies like Bank of America and Citigroup are coming up with their own versions, and it seems the greatest competition so far is from the Visa Stratus Rewards card, aka the "White Card." And in the U.K. there's always the Ozwald Boateng-designed Coutts & Co.'s World card from the same private bank Queen Elizabeth uses.

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Tags: american express, AmericanExpress, black, black card, BlackCard, cards, charge, charge card, ChargeCard, credit, credit card, credit cards, CreditCard, CreditCards, white, white card, WhiteCard

Credit Card Alarm for Holiday Shopping

by Nicole Weston (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Gadgets

During the holidays, shoppers tend to have a lot on their minds, including who to buy for and what to buy. I suspect that I am not alone when I say that, because I do a good deal of my holiday shopping online, I am security-minded when it comes to online transactions. In stores, though, people tend to be more casual about their credit cards and, with so much going on, it is easy to forget who you handed them to and if you got them back. The Credit Card Alarm is a little gadget that will help you keep track of your card no matter where you are. The sleeve holds the card and, when the card is removed, it beeps every 20 seconds until it is replaced. It's only $55, which is a small price to pay for piece of mind.

[via gizmodo]

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Tags: alarm, credit card, CreditCard, hoilday, shop, shopping

Luxury Spending May Not Result in a Luxury Lifestyle

by Nicole Weston (RSS feed) —

It seems that we have a disconnect between luxury goods and luxury living. Anne Metz, from Styledash, noted that a study by Jane Magazine found that women 20-29 spend almost 50% of their disposable income on luxury fashion items, including handbags, clothing, cosmetics and jewelry. Carlos Lamadrid, vice president and publisher of Jane, pointed out that many of these women are "children of the affluent baby boomers" and grew up expecting and appreciating luxury goods. 84% said that they had no problem with living beyond their budgets.

We hate to be the ones to break it to Mr. Lamadrid, but an appreciation of quality and style isn't worth all that much if you are living so far beyond your means that all of your "good taste" gets repossessed when you can't pay off your debt.

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Tags: credit card, CreditCard, debt, pay, shopping, spending, women, young women