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Julie SherrierI clearly remember my first credit card purchase. I was a fresh-faced editorial assistant for HOUSING magazine at McGraw-Hill in New York with a hand-me-down wardrobe from my stepmother who worked on Wall Street. The problem? Our mismatched shoe sizes. So I applied for an American Express card and went shopping up and down 34th Street, happily lugging multiple shoe boxes home. Thus began my relationship with credit and debt (and shoes) and the ensuing lessons learned about managing both...
Credit card write-offs for Target Corp. increased from 6.8 percent to 8.1 percent from February to March, reports Bloomberg.com.
Thousands of checking account and debit cardholders across the country are paying an average $34 overdraft fee for small-ticket items.
Millions donated to American Idol charity with credit cards, but the event may have been a windfall for Visa, MasterCard and American Express. The credit card companies likely raked in a large cache from credit card processing fees.
The IRS has released payment schedules for tax returns and stimulus checks.
A recent article published on livinginperu.com announced that some credit card holders in Peru will see interest rate jumps as high as 40 percent in the next few weeks.
In these tumultuous economic times of soaring credit card debt and home foreclosures, it's become apparent that financial literacy is a sorely needed skill.
The Center for American Progress says a credit card safety rating system -- similar to crash test ratings for cars -- would help consumers see which credit cards would give their finances the biggest dings.
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