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Stories & Articles
- How cards can protect you against back-to-school scams
- Payment history: The most important credit score component
- Mandatory arbitration: Most credit cards allow a way out
- Preventing credit deserts: Guide to Native Community Development Financial Institutions
- 6 smart-money lessons from holiday movies
- How to quit smoking and improve your finances
- Which business credit card should our church sign up for?
- Will a ‘no-credit-check’ card show up on my credit report?
- Credit card case before Supreme Court could change rewards game
- 5 times you should call your bank about your card
- Redeeming miles for gift cards: Usually, you lose
- Applying for a second credit card: How long do I wait?
- 17 things that don’t hurt your credit score
- Using credit cards for everything has risks, rewards
- Poll: Recurring charges are easy to start, hard to get out of
- Can I co-sign on secured card to start child’s credit?
- Back-to-school credit guide 2017
- How a high-limit card can boost your credit score
- 5 ways ‘credit invisibles’ can build a credit profile
- How far can I go over my credit limit before my card gets declined?
- Can an employer pay salary through a payroll card?
- Know closing date to maximize your interest-free grace period
- Can I lose my house over credit card debt?
- Percentage of credit cards with balances rises
- How to help kids build credit before age 18
- On active military duty? You can’t get 6 percent APR cap on cards
- Yes, rates will rise on closed accounts with balances
- Fraud alerts: Your credit’s first (and free) layer of security
- Keep credit utilization low when refinancing mortgage
- Don’t fall into the deferred-interest trap
- Card account keeps getting hacked. Close it?
- 10 business card mistakes that can tank your credit
- Pay medical bill before debt goes into collections
- Removing your name from a joint account after divorce
- 7 things you never budget for (but need to)
- New lenders shun FICO, create their own scores
- When good credit marries bad, it takes work
- Getting a new cellphone? Expect a credit check
- How banks limit the size of your balance transfer
- Survey: 3 in 4 Americans make impulse purchases
- Poll: Asking for better credit card terms pays off
- Video: How to dispute errors on your credit report
- One mistake results in big credit score drop
- Steps to building your credit before 1st auto loan
- How long can a judgment impact your credit score?
- What percentage of available credit should you stay under?
- Better off broke: Why some choose poverty over wealth
- Credit reports now show your credit card bill-paying habits
- Should you charge that new pet?
- 7 factors that do NOT impact your credit score
- Q&A with actor Steve Guttenberg
- 8 tips to keep your cards safe while shopping online
- Been bad with credit cards? How to start handling them again, wisely
- Home-shopping channel addiction: A fast path to credit card debt
- 15 times when you shouldn’t use your credit card
- How the ‘Luhn formula’ validates credit card numbers
- Industry looks in vain for ‘green’ credit card to replace plastic
- How military couples can get interest rate relief
- Your options aren’t pretty when a relative gets plastic in your name
- When refinancing, closing credit card accounts can cost you
- Business mistakes can appear on personal credit report
- When even the minimum payment is too much
- Your options when paying the minimum isn’t possible
- Credit card after bankruptcy