Used well, a balance transfer card can turn high-interest debt into a predictable payoff plan instead of a monthly scramble.

A 0% intro APR credit card lets you avoid paying interest on purchases or balance transfers for up to 21 months. This can ...

Learn what a purchase APR is, how its rates affect you, and strategies to avoid extra costs on credit cards by paying balances in full before due dates.

Sean Messier is a personal finance writer with a focus on credit. He’s written for Credit Card Insider, plus several other national and global brands. Tfilm / Getty Images The Federal Reserve cut its ...

A low-interest credit card can be a valuable tool to help you save money if you sometimes carry a balance. Many cards come with introductory interest-free periods of at least a year, which could help ...

All credit cards come with more than a few moving parts. Among them is an annual percentage rate, or APR — the cost of borrowing money using the card. However, the tricky thing with credit cards is ...

With average credit card APRs now near 24% and total card balances at record highs, plastic has quietly become one of the ...

Robin has worked as a credit cards, editor and spokesperson for over a decade. Prior to Forbes Advisor, she also covered credit cards and related content for other national web publications including ...

A credit card’s interest rate is called its APR, or annual percentage rate. Different rates may be applied to various types of transactions — which could include purchases, balance transfers and cash ...

Evan Zimmer has been writing about finance for years. After graduating with a journalism degree from SUNY Oswego, he wrote credit card content for Credit Card Insider (now Money Tips) before moving to ...

Robin has worked as a credit cards, editor and spokesperson for over a decade. Prior to Forbes Advisor, she also covered credit cards and related content for other national web publications including ...