The holidays are stressful enough, so why add to the pressure? Avoid these often costly credit card offers to keep your finances in check. Evan Zimmer has been writing about finance for years. After ...

CHICAGO, Illinois -- The chips in credit and debit cards protect consumers from hackers, but the same technology could make you a victim of fraud, the I-Team at our sister station WLS-TV found. The ...

Does a credit card made from the panels of a retired Boeing 747 airplane spur consumers to use it more often? Processing Content Credit card issuers such as American Express, Apple, Capital One and ...

Last month, the Federal Reserve cut the federal funds rate by half a percentage point. It's also expected to cut rates again in November. That's welcome news for anyone who's house hunting and ...

Total consumer debt swelled to $17.5 trillion in Q4, a $212 billion jump from the previous quarter. Delinquencies are rising among younger borrowers in particular, the New York Fed said. Younger ...

More Americans with credit cards are falling behind on their bills than at any point in the last decade, with the percentage of cardholders making only the minimum payment climbing to a 12-year high.

American Gen Zs chalked up $2,781 worth of average credit card debt in the fourth quarter of 2022 — up 6% from March to May 2022, per Credit Karma.

Interest rate cuts are looming again. After the Federal Reserve resumed the rate-cut campaign it started in 2024 in September, other cuts now seem likely for the central bank's next meetings in ...