July 21, 2020

It’s difficult to get by without a credit card these days – they are an indispensable part of life for so many consumers in the U.S today. Whether you want to purchase a product or service online, pay for groceries at a brick and mortar store, or buy plane tickets for your next vacation – your piece of plastic can do it all! That is why it can be quite disheartening to find that...

July 16, 2020

About 41% of American households carry some sort of credit card debt and among most individuals, the common practice, each month, is to pay just the minimum amount due. Now, as far as credit cards are concerned, the minimum amount due is usually around 4% of the total balance owed by the consumer. On average, when individuals pay the minimum amount each month, they get on track to pay off the enti...

July 14, 2020

Are you spending sleepless nights stressing over your financial situation? The coronavirus pandemic may have hit income streams hard, but that doesn’t mean that you have to worry about how you are going to pay your bills. The credit cards in your wallet can offer a way out of your financial dilemma. If you tweak the way you manage your credit cards, and you may find that you have enough res...

July 7, 2020

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you must have heard of credit cards that offer special introductory rates, often as low as 0%. These cards charge low interest rates for a specified period of time after you open your account and can be incredibly useful if you want to finance a large purchase or quickly pay off your existing balance. How do introductory rates work? To attract new cus...

July 2, 2020

If you have a hard time stopping yourself from swiping your credit card, or if your credit card is costing you hundreds of dollars in fees per year, then it may make sense for you to close that account. At times, consumers may also cancel their account if they are tired of managing too many credit cards. Depending on your situation, cancelling a credit card can make sense; however, when you do so...

June 30, 2020

If you use a credit card, you already know that the instrument has a credit limit – or in other words, there is a limit to the amount you can charge using that credit card. When your credit card balance is near (or over) the credit limit, it is said to be “maxed out.” So, if your credit limit is $2,000, and you have made purchases worth $2,000 using that card, it would mean that...