Some relief for merchants is coming. After years of litigation and negotiating, in November 2025 Visa and Mastercard agreed ...

Flex Elite offers perks meant to match legacy premium cards. The card works with the Flex platform. It tracks personal and ...

In October, consumer use of revolving credit outpaced their use of nonrevolving credit, which increased at a 1.2% annual rate ...

Regardless of whether you’re applying for a high-end rewards credit card or a mortgage or an auto loan and you’re trying to ...

A TransUnion study predicts moderate growth in credit card balances and stable delinquency rates in 2026. According to the ...

Installment shopping proved to be popular on Black Friday. According to a Black Friday survey, 58% of stressed customers, ...

The Merchants Payments Coalition estimates that the average family will pay approximately $21 in swipe fees during the holiday shopping season this year. The coalition suggests that if families could ...

Lucy Lazarony is a veteran financial journalist with nearly 30 years of experience covering credit, credit cards, and ...

Eric Bank is an M.B.A. who has covered financial and business topics since 1985, appearing regularly on Credible, eHow, WiseBread, The Nest, Zacks, Chron, BadCredit.org and dozens of other outlets.

Eric Bank is an M.B.A. who has covered financial and business topics since 1985, appearing regularly on Credible, eHow, WiseBread, The Nest, Zacks, Chron, BadCredit.org and dozens of other outlets.

Mike Randall is a former contributing writer for CardRates.com. He is an expert in credit and personal finance, having written on those topics in national publications for over a decade. During his ...