Credit cards don’t have to be the enemy of a stable financial outlook. With the right strategy, you can open accounts and use them to your advantage. As long as you understand how to manage high-interest-rate debt effectively, credit can be a helpful tool in your financial arsenal.
These articles teach you about the latest tips and tricks for using your accounts strategically. They also explain trends that affect how you manage credit so you can maintain a high score and avoid debt.
Learn how to avoid common traps and overcome challenges that often lead other consumers into financial distress.
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The average credit card has at least four fees, and they add up faster.
A reader’s wife is wondering what happens to her mom’s assets — and debts.
Understanding your rights and legal limits. Can you really wait out credit card debts and pay nothing.
A reader insists his girlfriend is short-sighted for hating his high balances.
A reader’s boyfriend thinks he found a clever loophole. He hasn’t. But he still has options.
She stopped making excuses and started her own financial and personal revival.
This month, Debt.com answers all your questions – in under a minute.
A reader’s husband doesn’t use half his cards. Should he keep them for emergencies or get rid of them?
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A reader is suspicious of all these “reward programs.” How can they possibly be legit?
A reader’s son wants her to pay her bills online, but she has a darn good reason not to.
Question: My parents are fighting over a credit card — mine. I just started college, and my dad wants to me to get one so I’ll learn how to use it responsibly.…
A reader’s mother has $37,000 in credit card debt. Her son thinks he found a loophole.
A reader’s wife clicks on an unsolicited email and gets a lot of suspicious promises.
all can be overcome when the balance of income and expenses is adjusted in your favor.