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Medical Credit Card vs Traditional Card

Medical credit cards are used for medical purposes only while traditional credit cards can be used anywhere, any time. One of the biggest cons to a medical credit card is the high interest rate. Also, certain providers may not accept...

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How To Pay Off A Credit Card The Smart Way

An option to pay off your credit card debt fast is to move your debt from a credit card to a home equity line of credit. Another term for it is HELOC. It can substantially decrease the amount of interest...

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Making the Most of Your Retail Credit Card

Retail credit cards come with special benefits and incentives for their card holders. Stores like Target REDcard gives its shoppers the option of free shipping for orders placed online, not to mention an extra 30 days for returns. Then there...

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How Credit Card Companies Target Millennials

Millennials are wary of marketing and finance, which means that credit card companies have had to adapt their strategies for getting their attention. Almost half of millennials carry only one rewards credit card. According to the report by Aite Group,...

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Credit Cards May Not Offer Cash Back as a Reward any Longer

While credit card rewards are constantly booming and becoming seemingly more and more innovative, there are certain limitations occurring. Merchants and business owners are the ones that fund interchange fees through their stores. Chunks of these fees are passed along...

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How To Talk With Your Elderly Parents About Their Credit Card Debt

It can be an awkward and emotional conversation, but more and more senior citizens are drowning in consumer debt. If you need to discuss credit card spending with an elderly person in your life, read on for five tips to...

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Here’s How To Avoid A Finance Charge On Your Credit Card Bill

If you don’t pay your credit card in full each month, you’ll receive a finance charge – essentially paying interest on your remaining debt. But are these charges unavoidable? Click below to learn more. Image via Flickr/Mira Edorra Continue to...

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The Average American’s Credit Card Debt Is Growing

A credit union may not be the first type of lender you think about when you’re looking to get an auto loan, but there are more than five thousand federally-insured credit unions operating in the United States, and more than...

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