If you feel your credit card bill is bad, you should see the amount of federal debt the United States holds. The rapidly growing deficit seems to indicate between what the government spends, ...

What Is a Credit Card Debt Consolidation Loan ... nonprofit organizations like the National Foundation for Credit Counseling offer free credit reports and scores and can assist in reviewing ...

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A new NerdWallet survey finds that when it comes to money and relationships, some Americans wouldn’t date someone with credit card debt, and others have limits on how much debt is too much. Many, or ...

A new bipartisan bill introduced in Congress on Tuesday would cap the interest rate that credit card companies can charge at ...

Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Sen. Josh Hawley, a Republican from Missouri, introduced legislation to cap credit card ...

The Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau risk leaving Americans’ nearly $18 ...

Financial experts offer tips for reducing that debt, starting with looking at your spending habits. By Ann Carrns Credit card debt is weighing on many Americans. The share of credit card holders ...

Americans planned on spending $1,048 on gifts, food, decorations and more this past season, according to the National Retail Federation. Americans are not strangers to carrying credit card debt ...

Select asked Bruce McClary, a spokesman for the National Foundation for Credit Counseling (NFCC), about what debt you should pay off first when you have both credit card debt and student loan debt.

More consumers in the Lafayette area have fallen behind on credit card payments and taken on more debt than ever ... more than 2% higher than the national rate. Other categories, including ...