The first step, consumer finance experts say, is to ask your card issuer to reduce the rate. And with average balances now $6,500, consider using your tax refund to put a dent in the debt.

For years now, adult content creators have been sounding the alarm about financial discrimination and debanking. Debanking is the practice of banks terminating a person's accounts and refusing to do ...

Freedom Debt Relief reports that negotiating credit card debt can lead to lower payments, waived fees, or partial forgiveness ...

I’m 40 years old now, and people keep telling me that I’ve got to plan ahead, think about my kids, and invest for retirement.

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An alternative is to simply pay more than the minimum amount due every month on all of your debts. The more you pay, the ...

Our debt was almost entirely consumer debt. No big sprawling residence -- just a bad investment townhouse, two vehicles we ...

President Donald Trump's weekend calls to cap credit card interest rates at 10% would make a major dent in credit card company earnings, and comes at a time when American consumers are carrying more ...

FAIRFAX, Va. — Twenty credit card skimming devices were found while searching hundreds of ATMs, gas pumps and card payment devices in Fairfax County. According to the Fairfax County Police Department, ...

Fintech startup Mesa has shut down its Homeowners Card, which awarded points to cardholders for paying their mortgages. A message on the Mesa website states that as of December 12, “all Mesa ...

If you pay your credit card bill at least once a month, you're probably doing just fine -- you're making payments on-time and you should have nothing to worry about. But what if you wanted to up that ...