Using credit cards strategically for summer vacation expenses can help you save money. Choosing the best card for each purchase can allow you to enjoy free travel perks, travel insurance and ...

American consumers have a total average debt balance of around $104,000, according to Experian, and approximately $6,500 of that balance is credit card debt. Those are hefty bills to add to the ...

SEATTLE — When you're trying to get out of credit card debt, it can be difficult to see your balance climb and feel like there is no way out. Tori Dunlap, founder of the financial education company ...

'Just because people will lend you money doesn't mean that you need to take it - or that you can afford it,' one consumer-finance expert says It can be tempting to throw all your holiday purchases on ...

If you're *this close* to paying off your credit card balance and want to walk into the new year debt-free, there are a handful of small, but helpful, steps you can take in these last couple weeks you ...

Many consumers get carried away with holiday shopping, not realizing that purchases can quickly add up and result in a huge ...

Here are 5 top tips for traveling with plastic, along with some traps to avoid. — -- intro: When you’re planning a trip to another country, talking with someone who has recently visited your ...

Most people think tipping with a credit card is the same as tipping with cash. After all, 20% is 20%, right? But if you chat with anyone in the service industry who primarily gets paid in tips, you'll ...

We’ll learn how grown-ups use credit cards and get some tips for being responsible with them. Then the ghost pirates show up. Today, we’re taking it way back to Bridget and Ryan’s first episode ...

Americans will be leaning hard on their credit cards this holiday season. Whether that ends for you with a pile of new high-interest debt or a pile of presents that didn’t ruin your financial health ...