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CREDIT CARDS: NEWS & ADVICE
CREDIT CARDS
12 ways to build a great credit score
Credit cards can be powerful tools to help reshape your credit score. Here's how to make them work for you.
Secure credit from crunch
Secured card aids credit
Use self-help to fix credit
Credit freezes available
Smart ways to use credit
Bad credit isn't no credit
Do cash-back cards pay?
Your Best Interest Report
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NATIONAL WEEKLY AVERAGES
TODAY
Balance Transfer Cards
13.46%
Low Interest Cards
11.61%
Cash Back Cards
13.94%
All variable
11.34%
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SPECIALS
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2007 Gift Card Study
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2006 Gift Card Study
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FDIC: Safety net for savings
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8 money moves for 2008
Fighting foreclosure
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Guide to ARM resets
Candidates' money views
Saving for the holidays
Save on school shopping
Subprime industry meltdown
Cutting wedding costs
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CREDIT CARDS:
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Vital financial steps:
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FINANCIAL LITERACY
Mastering credit cards
Everyone can learn to use credit cards better.
4 types of credit cards
Improve credit scores
The card best for your age
5 balance transfer trip-ups
Smart ways to use credit
EDITORS' PICKS
Income limit for credit help?
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Best time to buy anything
Kick the debt habit
Don't use card for car rental
Top 8 places to stash cash
Low-rate credit card traps
How long till a millionaire?
EXPERT ADVICE
Should I try to up my 780 FICO score?
Worrying about raising score above 780 is a waste of time, says Dr. Don.
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Mortgage Matters
Fed Outlook
Taxes: Eye on the IRS
CREDIT CARD NEWS THIS WEEK
Authorized-user accounts OK again
Designed to halt piggybacking, FICO 08 ignored authorized-user accounts in scoring. Not so, anymore.
Negotiating balance-transfer fees
Transferring your card balance to save on interest can carry a fee. But you can haggle your way to savings.
Using credit cards to rebuild score
Using credit cards wisely -- whether it's one or 15 -- is the key to improving the credit score, says a FICO expert.
Bad credit? How to fix credit score
A FICO credit score expert explains how to build good credit -- or patch it up after going through foreclosure.
Bankrate's Interest Rate Roundup
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