Credit card surcharges are rising, but you can avoid unnecessary fees. Learn nine smart strategies to minimize surcharges and ...

With the holiday season in full swing, this is one of my favorite times to apply for a new credit card. Beyond wanting to map out my financial plan for 2026, this time of year often brings extra ...

One late day won't hurt your credit, and your issuer might waive the fee. But if you're not watching the calendar, a simple oversight can turn into higher costs and a long-term credit hit. Catch it ...

The Wells Fargo Reflect® Card has a balance transfer fee of 5%, min: $5, so run the math before you move a balance. But if ...

A Portland, Maine, architectural and engineering firm agreed to pay the state a $9.9 million settlement for design flaws that ...

Minimum payments barely chip away at your balance and allow interest to pile up. Neglecting ways to reduce your interest, like 0% APR periods, hardship programs or rate negotiations, can be costly.

It’s a good thing kids are adorable, because they take a lot of effort to keep happy, healthy and fed. They’ll also drain your savings, to the tune of more than $230,000 by the time they turn 17 (that ...

Bybit’s Bybit Card on Monday was recognized by Mastercard as the Best Performing Crypto Card at EDGE 2025. Mastercard hosted the fourth edition of its flagship forum EDGE, which it says aims to shape ...

Unless you're a loyal Nordstrom shopper, we have bad news about signing up for the department store's credit card at checkout. While the TD Bank-issued Nordstrom Visa® credit card offers rewards on ...

Katharine Paljug is a financial writer and editor with over a decade of industry experience. Her writing has covered nearly every aspect of the financial world, from investing in forex to paying for ...

Mastercard (NYSE: MA) has introduced a new service, the Payment Optimization Platform (POP), which is designed to enhance approval rates for merchants that are using data to make more “intelligent” ...