When a credit card company agrees to accept less than the full amount you owe — say, $20,000 on a $30,000 balance — it’s called a debt settlement. The lender agrees to forgive the remaining $10,000, ...

If your credit card or personal loan debt has spiraled out of control, which is the case for a lot of borrowers in today's economic climate, hearing that a creditor "wrote off" your balance might ...

You can stop bleeding interest on credit card debt with one of these cards, allowing you to transfer a balance and not pay interest for as long as 24 months.

For Kevin St. Pierre, the math on credit cards is pretty simple. “Generally, if the consumer has income, they pay their debts,” St. Pierre, an analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein, said in a note to ...

American Express' (NYSE:AXP) August consumer credit card delinquency and net charge-off rates were unchanged from the prior month, the company said in a Monday filing. The U.S. consumer card ...