The junk mail is back. Mintel Comperemedia, a provider of direct marketing information, reports that in the fourth quarter -- for the first time in three years -- the volume of credit card direct mail increased from the previous quarter. With a 47 percent increase in direct mail compared from the third quarter ...

If you're an affluent American, chances are you've seen more offers of MasterCard World or Visa Signature -- the so-called premium credit cards -- in your mailbox recently. Mintel Comperemedia, a provider of direct marketing competitive information, reports credit card issuers are advertising more premium credit cards in an effort to ...