Why You Should Use Credit Cards as Debit Cards
Using a credit card like a debit card - only using it when you have enough funds to fully pay off the sales amount - will help improve credit score over time....
Tag: credit card debt
U.S. Household Debt Keeps Falling, Delinquencies Improve Sharply
The post-Lehman trend of falling household debt in the U.S. continued in the second quarter of 2013; delinquency rates improved considerably....
Going Bankrupt Does Scare Lenders Away
Bankruptcy filers get fewer new cards, suffer a significant reduction in their credit limits and the impact seems to be long-lasting; but that is by design....
Alaskans Remain Most Indebted to Credit Cards, Increase Lead
Alaskans had $6,910 in credit card debt in Q2 2013, increasing their already huge lead over Coloradans, who owed $5,625; Iowans had the lowest average - $3,885....
Americans Pay down Credit Card Debt, Take out More Auto, Student Loans
Americans were once again in a credit card debt repayment mood in June, even as they continued to take out more student and auto loans, the Fed tells us....