Below are our staff picks for the year's best prepaid and debit cards. Unlike traditional credit cards, these cards require that cardholders load funds onto the card before using. Disclosure: When you ...

Having bad credit can be a huge challenge. Not only does a poor credit score prevent you from qualifying for some types of credit, but it can also impact the cost to obtain new utilities lines, rental ...

John Ulzheimer is an expert on credit reporting, credit scoring, and identity theft. The author of four books on the subject, Ulzheimer has been featured thousands of times in media outlets including ...

Card network Visa, which circulates 1.3 billion credit cards worldwide — or 37% of all credit cards in circulation, isn’t ...

U.S. Bank recently announced a new credit card that offers a market-best introductory 0% APR on balance transfers and ...

New card benefits include credits for airline and rideshare spending, and Instacart+ purchases made with the Chase-backed ...

Opening one of the best credit cards for no credit and using it responsibly can be a great way to establish and build credit. However, when you have little to no credit history to begin with, it can ...

In January 2025, Visa raised some of its credit card swipe fees. The Merchants Payments Coalition, an advocacy group ...

A recent Bank of America analysis that covers credit and debit card spend in the U.S. reveals that card spending weakened ...

Whether that lawsuit had merit is debatable. But in the wake of the CFPB’s partial dismantling, the court of public opinion ...

Eric Bank is an M.B.A. who has covered financial and business topics since 1985, appearing regularly on Credible, eHow, WiseBread, The Nest, Zacks, Chron, BadCredit.org and dozens of other outlets.

Members of the U.S. House of Representatives have introduced a bill to cap credit card interest rates at 10%.