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....
Cyber Monday capped the highest online sales period on record -- from Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday -- whose volume grew by 16.5% on an annual basis....
For now Thanksgiving is lumped together with Black Friday, but one wonders whether one of these years it will earn its own place in the holiday shopping calendar....
Low as they already were, US issuers' charge-off and delinquency rates fell further in 2013 Q3, even as Americans kept increasing their credit card spending....
Among the four major U.S. payment brands, American Express charges the highest credit card acceptance fees, by far. Here is a complete list of AmEx's charges....