Credit Cards Keep Getting Cheaper
The cost of using credit cards is falling and Americans are using them more freely than they've done in years, yet there isn't a correlation between these two trends....
Tag: consumer debt
Americans Pile up Some Credit Card Debt for a Change
In a rare break from the post-Lehman trend, Americans racked up quite a bit of credit card debt in October, as they also did with auto and student loans....
Young Americans Have Fewer Credit Cards, but Bigger Problems Managing Them
Millennials are excessively reliant on credit cards, which holds their credit scores down and prevents them from getting the most favorable terms on new loans....
U.S. Household Debt up by Most since 2008
The third quarter of 2013 saw the first substantial increase in U.S. household debt since the financial crisis of September 2008....
On CFPB, Debt Collection and Wasting Government Resources
Debt collection is already properly regulated and monitored and, by wading into the territory, the CFPB is wasting government resources and money....