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Living with credit
A new survey has dubbed Las Vegas "Debt Central." However, when you're talking specifically about credit card-related debt, the same report shows that consumers living in far less glamorous places -- like Anchorage, Alaska, and Corpus Christi, Texas -- are far worse off than those in Sin City.
This is the second installment of a week-long series documenting Emily's experiences with plastic in Europe. This time, she discusses transportation issues.
While I was in Europe for two weeks I took endless notes in a journal, documenting my experiences with credit and debit cards abroad. Here is the first installment of things I learned and encountered while using plastic in Europe.
Now that I'm back from Europe, it's time to resume my weekly roundups. This week's blog posts will teach you how to embrace a debt-free mindset, equip you with facts you may not know about credit cards and provide a fun list of money movies to watch this summer, among other things.
When you donate money to a presidential campaign with your credit card, you may think you are benefiting only your candidate of choice. That's not the case. Due to the massive amounts of credit card donations received in the current election season, credit card companies are also seeing green.
Consumers remain largely uneducated about credit scoring. That's unfortunate, since a new survey suggests that by informing themselves and taking a few easy steps, borrowers could save billions of dollars each year.
Going back to school after a few years in the workforce involves re-examining and rearranging your finances and coming up with new ways to entertain yourself, now that you’ve slashed that expense out your budget along with the carefree spending activities of the past.
A new survey of African-Americans finds they trust the police and government more than credit card companies.
Consumers awaiting final approval of the court settlement that will yield free TransUnion credit monitoring can sign up for discounted credit monitoring now, care of FICO score creator Fair Isaac. They'll need to act fast, though: Fair Isaac's 25 percent discount on its credit monitoring product is only available through the end of this month.
At first, the credit card purchases were innocent enough. But then, life happened, and the debt piled up.
Credit card spending at the heart of Ed McMahon's financial woes.
In the first three months of this year, both credit card debt and credit card delinquency fell, according to the latest quarterly credit card analysis from TransUnion. The major credit bureau is in an ideal place to spot credit card trends becuase it maintains a massive database of consumer debt records.
Think teenagers spend all their money on food and fun? Not anymore. According to a new poll about teens and personal finance, gasoline is now teenagers' No. 1 credit card expense -- surpassing clothing, which led in the previous polls.
Read this week's best credit-related posts from the blogosphere, covering everything from the McCains' passion for credit cards to the reality behind credit repair offers to the relationships consumers have with their credit cards.
It’s an obvious fact that debt puts a strain on your finances, but what wasn’t known until recently is that it can also put a major strain on your health. A new AP-AOL poll reveals that the more debt you have, the likelier you are to have chronic medical problems.
Here are my top 10 favorite credit card stories in the blogosphere this week.
A new trend in hospital medical debt collection has consumer advocates worried about whether patients with huge medical bills will face more aggressive collection tactics from debt collectors. A Wall Street Journal article reports that more hospitals are auctioning off overdue medical accounts...
Get your papers in order for hurricane season. Knowing credit card account numbers and toll-free numbers for credit card issuers can save time and worry during a disaster.
Gas card giveaways, raffles and promotions are all the rage, but use those cards quickly.
As the economy slows and inflation picks up, consumers may want to redeem their gift cards as soon as possible.
Student loan giant Sallie Mae appears to have spoken too soon when it said a credit reporting issue that impacted about 1 million student loan borrowers had been resolved. Yes, they fixed the problem that made it look like students were deadbeats. But some borrowers are now reporting that in doing so, it replaced one problem with another, making it look like borrowers have twice as much debt.
A church in Washington prays for gas prices to go down and nothing happens. A church in Georgia decides to take action and raffle off $500 gas cards to those who attend services.
Credit cards are a normal part of day-to-day life, though from time to time, they result in wacky, bizarre and often comedic events. Here are seven of the most interesting and odd credit card stories seen in the news recently.
Sallie Mae last night resolved a coding error that caused around 1 million student loan borrowers to find that their FICO scores had suddenly plunged over one hundred points.
New rules would ban unfair and deceptive trade practices in credit card industry.
Make state lotteries offer savings programs and get children saving early to encourage thrift ethic, report says.
As gas and food prices spike in this unstable economy, credit card debt is also on the rise. Those who accumulate debt they cannot pay off face consequences such as harassing calls from debt collectors and even home foreclosure. Think that sounds bad? If you lived in the United States or United Kingdom in the 1700s and 1800s, you would have been thrown in prison for reneging on your payments. Should debtors' prisons make a comeback?
Credit card spending is up on necessities, sometimes because people have no other option, and sometimes because it's just so convenient nowadays to reach for the plastic.
My co-workers and I share our most impulsive and wacky credit card purchases.
When you comparison shop for credit cards, go beyond looking at teaser rates and rewards, and include looking at default rates. Because, sometimes, when you least expect it, Paula happens.
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