When a credit card company agrees to accept less than the full amount you owe — say, $20,000 on a $30,000 balance — it’s ...

Evan Zimmer has been writing about finance for years. After graduating with a journalism degree from SUNY Oswego, he wrote credit card content for Credit Card Insider (now Money Tips) before moving to ...

Kelly-Ann Franklin has spent more than two decades in journalism which has helped her build a wide knowledge base of business and personal finance topics. Her goal with editing is to ensure tough ...

As prices surge and inflation takes a bite out of consumer budgets, many people are relying on credit cards to cover both everyday expenses and unexpected costs. That’s created a spike in accumulating ...

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Travel notices can help prevent your credit card transactions from being declined when you're on vacation. Some major credit issuers like American Express, Chase and Capital One no longer ask for ...

Kelly-Ann Franklin has spent more than two decades in journalism which has helped her build a wide knowledge base of business and personal finance topics. Her goal with editing is to ensure tough ...

Recent closures of multiple high-profile retail credit cards — from Uber, Starbucks and Walmart — highlight the importance of a healthy merchant-bank relationship. Many or all of the products on this ...

Credit card companies are usually eager to get new customers to sign up for their cards or convince existing ones to apply for another card. After all, the more credit cards being used, the more money ...

A new push to move credit card users to a digital statement will now come with a penalty for those who don’t want to comply. Credit card companies from big name retailers have been silently rolling ...

The average annual percentage rate on new credit-card offers has increased for four consecutive months, one expert notes "Banks hate risk and always try to avoid it," one expert said. The average APR ...

If you run a limited company there are a few clear benefits to getting a business credit card. As well as giving you access to short-term finance, a limited company credit card may offer perks like ...