Gabriela Walsh is a Certified Educator in Personal Finance® and a personal finance editor at Red Ventures. Her previous work experience includes various editorial positions at FinanceBuzz. She ...

Your current balance (or outstanding balance) and statement balance are two entirely different figures. Your current balance and statement balance can occasionally align, particularly after your ...

With over four decades of experience as a portfolio manager and educator, Adam B. Frankel simplifies credit card strategies and complex personal finance topics for anyone seeking to gain a better ...

It’s important to understand the key terms you might encounter on bills, when using rewards or when performing certain kinds of transactions. Printed on a credit card, you’ll find the card number, the ...

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 ...

Common credit card questions are well worth knowing before you start using a card. For most people, even simple things like understanding your APR can be extremely helpful in the long term. The best ...

There are numerous ways to pay a credit card bill, including through an online account management portal, over the phone or with cash. If you want to maintain the best credit score possible, you’ll ...

"Credit cycling" is potentially risky behavior with credit cards, but isn't widely known, experts said. It involves repeatedly maxing out cards and paying down the balance, effectively letting ...

Whenever we discuss the benefits of using credit cards, we typically caveat it with the most important rule: pay your credit card bill on time and in full every month. Paying on time prevents late ...