When you’re comparing credit card offers and want to make the most informed financial decisions about your credit, it’s important to understand how APR is calculated, and what the difference is between variable and fixed APR. Here’s what you need to know.
Credit Card Basics: What is APR
Auggie Anderson of Covert Affairs is a Good Man to Watch Your Back
With his cutting-edge laser cane, talking watch and high-end headphones, Auggie Anderson from Covert Affairs is a real credit to the Central Intelligence Agency.
Fictional Finances: Aaron Hotchner from Criminal Minds
Sometimes viewed as distant and uncompromising by his team, Aaron Hotchner is nonetheless an integral part of the Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU) of the FBI
Universities Can Sell Alumni Info to Credit Card Companies
A clause in the Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009 still allows universities and colleges to sell information and market credit cards to alumni and students.
Accept Credit Cards at Your Yard Sale
You don’t have to count on your customers to bring cash to your yard sale any more. Accept credit card payments with these easy merchant solutions.
The Best Credit Card for the New Consumer
Before filling out an application, it is important to look at the four basic types of credit cards, weighing the pros (credits) and cons (debits) of each
How to Get Out of Credit Card Debt 101
With a little hard work, determination and discipline, it is possible to eliminate your credit card debt once and for all.
Accepting and processing credit cards with an iPad
The Founder of Twitter’s new venture, Square, gives anybody with an Apple iPad the ability to accept credit card payments quickly, easily and for just pennies per transaction.
Deputy U.S. Marshal Deals with Demotion and a Falling Credit Score
Forced to return home to Kentucky after a lapse of professional judgement, Raylan Givens deals with lawbreakers and his own equally dangerous spending habits
‘Parenthood’ can be rough on your finances
Parenthood’s Julia Braverman-Graham and her husband seem to have it all…or is it simply a facade covering up a mountain of debt?
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