Credit cards offer rewards and protection, but using them exclusively has downsides. Here's what to know before going all-in on credit.

How do you deal with the ballooning cost of medical care? The answer for a growing number of Americans: pay it with plastic. Medical credit cards, once limited to esoteric procedures that weren't ...

Terry Lane is a writer for Investopedia with 25 years of experience in journalism and communications. He covers personal finance, Congress, government regulations, and economics. David Paul ...

Credit-card debt is soaring, interest rates on balances have moved into the 30% range on many cards, and delinquencies and bankruptcies are rising. The statistics are grim as consumers fight to keep ...

Financial health and transparency are critical for Michigan families and small businesses. Understanding how the financial system works will help us all avoid costly mistakes that could harm our ...

For years, the typical caller at CareOne Credit, one of the biggest debt-counseling outfits in the nation, has been a woman in her 30s with a yearly family income of $30,000 to $35,000 and a credit ...

You checked your score, felt confident, applied for the card and still got rejected. If that left you confused, you are ...

On June 20, Costco officially switched its retailer credit card from American Express (AmEx) to Visa, but while the company has been planning this for over a year, the transition has not gone smoothly ...

Apple on Friday reported system issues that leave some Apple Card users unable to make bill payments or access the branded credit card's account management features. Problems began at around 11:30 ...

Credit card debt hits record high as U.S. consumers try to cope with economic downturn, writes Tim Westrich. Amid the worsening U.S. housing crisis, lenders are tightening their mortgage standards, ...