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Stories & Articles
- Despite a difficult year, millennials and Gen Z feel in control of their credit
- 1 in 10 Americans behind on monthly bills due to COVID
- A caregiver’s guide: Financial protection for those with Alzheimer’s
- Many consumers improved their money skills in 2020
- Average credit card interest rates: Week of January 13, 2021
- Fed reports credit card balances continued to dip in November
- Millennials defer debt payoff, tap savings in pandemic
- More college students using credit cards responsibly, despite COVID
- Data breach downturn is a silver lining in 2020
- More cardholders are paying their balances in full: ABA
- TransUnion says credit card originations will rebound in 2021
- Americans’ debt burden a little lighter this year, survey shows
- Credit cards are consumers’ biggest source of debt anxiety, study shows
- Americans would save more of a second stimulus check, study shows
- 2020 Credit Card Fee Survey: What happened to 0% balance transfer offers?
- College card accounts down 70% since CARD Act took effect
- Poll: Many millennials and parents willing to take on debt for the holidays
- Pandemic pins parents under financial strain: Survey
- Credit card fraud and ID theft statistics
- FICO: Average credit score reaches all-time high of 711
- Millennials take financial hits in the pandemic: Survey
- Retail store card APRs hold steady despite Fed rate cuts
- Poll: Most Americans will do holiday shopping from home
- Fewer cardholders reported financial hardship in July after spring surge
- Americans fear credit score damage, fraud the most when paying bills
- Poll: If pandemic continues, 62% of credit card debtors may miss payments
- 33% of cardholders jeopardized their credit score during COVID-19: Poll
- Credit card spending rebounds from pandemic plunge
- 1 in 4 Americans using stimulus money to pay down debt: Survey
- Poll: Many U.S. adults plan to spend less after the pandemic than before
- How do credit card companies make money?
- 47% of U.S. adults are losing sleep over money issues: Poll
- Money stress and mental health: 5 ways to cope
- 4 in 10 Americans feel unprepared for a recession: poll
- Poll: 35% forced to work at home want to keep doing it full-time
- Tying the knot? These are the best credit cards for planning a wedding
- Poll: 31% added a streaming service during the height of the pandemic
- Half of Americans say their finances are getting worse amid COVID-19
- Taxpayers shift refund plans in the pandemic: poll
- Credit card use for groceries has climbed 70% in four months: poll
- COVID-shaken consumers dial up debt as they stockpile supplies: poll
- More consumers concerned about missing debt payments: Fed
- Credit card late fees: How much issuers charge if you slip up
- Poll: 23% of consumers added to their card debt during the pandemic
- Consumer debt reached all-time high prior to coronavirus crisis: study
- Most Americans worried about paying bills during coronavirus crisis: survey
- Cash advances are a pricey way to get cash fast: survey
- Credit card identity theft has tripled since 2015, FTC study shows
- Online and mobile payment statistics
- 4 in 10 young adult workers have tapped into their retirement funds: survey
- Coronavirus fears boosting contactless payments, study shows
- U.S. consumers ‘feel the spend’ more on mobile than with credit cards, study shows
- Poll: Long-term credit card debt looms large in the face of coronavirus outbreak
- Consumer spending statistics
- How to clean your credit card
- 42% of U.S. adults have shared subscription services
- Identity theft, bank card fraud rank atop consumers’ security fears
- State statutes of limitation for credit card debt
- Credit card mismanagement is a top financial faux pas, survey shows
- Tax refund poll: 31% of people expecting a refund plan on saving it
- 6 exceptions to paying tax on forgiven debt
- Millennials hold more retail credit cards than other generations, study shows
- TransUnion data show credit availability is higher than ever
- The generation most likely to get scammed isn’t seniors, study shows
- CreditCards.com editorial, corrections policies
- As data breaches increase, here’s how to cut your identity fraud risk
- Gen Z most frequent users of contactless cards, study shows
- How do credit cards work?
- Financial infidelity poll: Extracurricular activity is on the rise
- Credit card delinquency statistics
- Missed card payments ticked up in 2019, but remain well below recession levels
- 2020 Balance Transfer Survey: High fees, pricey APRs lurk behind promotions
- Millennials aren’t as debt-saddled as you may think, survey shows
- Credit card use and availability statistics
- Credit card debt is Americans’ biggest financial regret, study shows
- Credit card ownership statistics
- Poll: Only 7% of U.S. debtors expect to die in debt
- 8 things to know about community property law and credit card debt
- Americans resolve to boost their credit scores in 2020, study shows
- Managing the costs of women’s preventive health care
- Americans’ credit scores are at an eight-year high, Experian’s latest study shows
- Boomers have bigger financial fish to fry than their debt, study shows
- Credit card race, age, gender statistics
- Credit card fee, rate statistics
- For millennials and Gen X, credit card debt anxiety rivals student loan stress
- New Mexico carries heaviest credit card debt burden, study shows
- Are American credit cards the most vulnerable to fraud?
- Baby boomers big on credit cards for holiday shopping, study shows
- Credit card purchase volumes surged in second quarter: ABA
- Millennials worry more than older generations about their credit
- 2019 Credit Card Fee Survey: Premium rewards, card missteps get costlier
- Best and worst states for managing money: South Dakota is No. 1
- Millennials value credit scores over social media followers, study shows
- Credit card rewards and cardholder satisfaction statistics
- Student credit, debit and mobile payment statistics
- 4 in 10 consumers worried they’ll overspend this holiday season
- Credit cards pull even with mortgages as top source of debt, study shows
- 2019 Retail Store Card Survey: APRs rise, despite the Fed’s recent rate cuts
- Gen-Xers putting off retirement savings to pay off debt, survey shows
- Credit card statements: how to read and understand them