With the start of the New Year comes the popular tradition of making New Year’s Resolutions. Popular resolutions include eating healthier and getting more exercise, but how about financially related ones? Last semester I would go to the bagel shop on campus and get a smoothie or bagel, sometimes both. And while I was waiting […]

The rules that credit card companies have to live by changed dramatically with the enactment of new regulations last month. Now, some of the rules for consumers striving to maintain good credit are changing, too. For the most part, cardholders would still do well to pay on time, keep their balances low and refrain from […]

How will the CARD act affect you? That depends in part on which type of credit card you’ve got in your wallet. The combined impact of the economic downturn and the restrictions placed on credit card companies by the Credit CARD Act mean card issuers will be changing how they do business in ways that […]