Holly Johnson is a credit card expert and writer who covers rewards and loyalty programs, budgeting, and all things personal finance. In addition to writing for publications like Bankrate, CreditCards ...

Credit card users who feel helpless when dealing with merchants that provide shoddy goods and services should know they have a powerful tool available to them: chargebacks. A chargeback occurs when a ...

Since she was an undergrad, Stanford University biochemistry lecturer Dafna Elrad, 34, has used a credit card as her primary budgeting tool. Choosing to carry just $20 or $40 in cash, she charges all ...

It’s no wonder that cash-back credit cards are the most popular kind of rewards card available. For doing very little, you get back money for every purchase you make. To find out how much is at stake, ...

Evan Zimmer has been writing about finance for years. After graduating with a journalism degree from SUNY Oswego, he wrote credit card content for Credit Card Insider (now Money Tips) before moving to ...

Consumers may soon have an online tool from the federal government that is aimed at making it easier to comparison shop for credit cards. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said it had started ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which already provides some card details, is asking banks for more information about who qualifies for which cards. By Ann Carrns Consumers may soon have an ...