Just in time for Mother’s Day, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau reversed an unpopular rule that some women’s …
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How to Pick a Cash-Back Credit Card
The idea of a credit card that gives you money for spending is pretty appealing, which goes a long way to explaining the enduring popularity of cash-back credit cards. The more you spend, the more you earn.
More Americans Rely on Credit Cards for Basics Like Food and Gas
Americans are increasingly dependent on credit cards just to put food on the table and keep the lights on, a new study shows. Although we’re doing a better job overall paying our bills on time these days, many people are relying …
Bank Launches an Experiment in Credit-Card Democracy
What if financial services were more like American Idol, say, where you had the choice of different options and could vote for which ones sound best? It’s a weird idea, but one bank is in fact applying this model to a new credit card.
In November, We Racked Up $5.6 Billion More Credit Card Debt
Americans spent an unexpected $52 billion over Black Friday weekend, and now it’s becoming clear how we managed to afford this shopping spree: we charged it. New Federal Reserve data shows that consumer borrowing surged by $20.4 …
15 Financial Moves to Make Right Now
Most of the best financial advice is timeless. It remains sound in good times and in bad. But this particular moment of economic and market turmoil has some unique characteristics, so Moneyland put together a handful of smart …
The Perils of Mobile Payments
It’s been hard not to miss the steady stream of news suggesting that some time soon the U.S. will catch up with the rest of the world when it comes to using mobile phones and other devices as digital wallets. If you don’t …
