I've used credit cards to pay my taxes in the past — but there are some risks and costs that come with this strategy.

Your credit card isn't an ideal choice for paying a utility bill if the rewards you'd earn from the payment don't outweigh ...

These expensive bills, coupled with high annual percentage rates (APRs), which range from 24% for a run-of-the-mill card to almost 30% for specialized cards, are a major factor that brought the ...

Interpreting patterns in consumers' credit card usage means understanding credit cards as two different products in one, according to West Virginia University economics research.

Although there are a few ways to pay your mortgage with a credit card, the risks and fees often outweigh the benefits.

Credit card users are usually not recommended to keep their card bills outstanding. And when they have a pending bill, they have two options: to pay in full or to only pay the minimum outstanding.

The worst of it, as anyone who has rolled over credit card balances month to month knows, is the ballooning debt that accrues when you can only pay the minimum amount of the balance on credit ...

If you skip your credit card payments for long enough, you could end up being sued. Here's when it could happen.

It can be easy to miss a credit card payment if you're juggling a half dozen different bills all with different due dates, and you haven't yet set up autopay. Unfortunately, a missed credit card ...

a spokesman for the National Foundation for Credit Counseling (NFCC), credit card payments are not your best option for paying for higher education. Colleges and universities often charge a ...

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Commissions do not affect our editors' opinions or evaluations. When a credit card company sends a bill, the cardholder usually has less than a month to pay back what’s owed before incurring any ...