Avoid cash advances, use balance transfers when needed and keep on paying the minimum amount due to reduce the overall credit ...

Do you feel like you’re drowning in debt? Debt consolidation could be a lifeline. Consumer Investigator Caresse Jackman ...

If your credit score is in good shape, move your high-interest balance to a card that offers 0% interest for the first year ...

Consolidating your debt can be a smart approach if you have decent credit and can qualify for rates significantly lower than ...

Longer-term interest rates do not always decrease when the Fed cuts short-term rates. Following the Fed's cuts last year, ...

Credit card debt is rising and so are interest rates. Consumer Investigator Caresse Jackman talks to WalletHub about strategies to help shrink your debt, even when the rates are stacked against you.

While home equity rates have traded in a tight range this month, they are still lower than personal loan rates, which ...

There are multiple debt relief strategies worth exploring now. Here's what experts recommend borrowers do next.

An estimated one-fifth of U.S. households have medical debt on their credit reports, a burden that makes it more expensive ...

Breaking free from credit card debt is not easy. Today in 'It's Your Money,' we meet a Cape Coral woman and hear her journey to financial freedom.

Credit cards sometimes get a bad rap for their high interest rates and fees, or for being the mechanism that gets some people ...

Opening and closing credit cards can also damage your credit score, per this warning from FICO (FICO). What does it all mean? Unexpected life events such as job loss or an emergency can throw your ...