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The move, announced by Citi CEO Jane Fraser in January, is garnering attention just as many companies are calling their ...

Credit card debt to subprime consumers carries a high risk for the credit card issuers because they are unsecured loans to ...

The trend could enable cardholders to pay down credit card balances, which have risen in recent years. Merchants and credit ...

Passing along card processing costs to customers may seem like the perfect solution for merchants struggling to maintain ...

Note the word independent. That is where things get problematic. Because the CFPB is independent, it doesn’t rely on Congress ...

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.

Despite what you may believe, consumers with bad credit have many credit card options. You can quickly get a secured credit card by putting down a deposit equal to your credit line, or you can choose ...