Credit Card Debt News

The ability of African Americans to build wealth is hampered by competing financial priorities and lagging ownership of investments, according to a study by Prudential Financial Inc.

Iowa's credit card delinquency rate was nearly the lowest in the nation in the first quarter.

In what is now an annual ritual, a new crop of college graduates has been crowned the most indebted class in American history.

Alabama had the second highest credit card delinquency rate nationwide in the first quarter, according to an analysis by Chicago-based TransUnion.

Student loan debt is a huge problem these days. The total amount of U.S. student loan debt has reached about $1 trillion and the average amount owed is $25,000. Surprisingly, the majority of student loan holders are over 30 years old - which means a lot of people are being limited by their student loan debt .

Monday, the Democratic Party of Georgia filed its Federal Elections Commission report for the period beginning 1 April 2013 and ending 30 April 2013.

Private student loan borrowers are so hard up for money within eight years of leaving college that about half have had to let go of everyday services like cable TV and Internet access, and more than a third have borrowed from friends or family just to keep up with their college debt payments and meet basic living expenses.

It's graduation season. Did your teenager have to take a financial literacy course to don that cap and gown? Probably not.

I'd like to pay off about $5,000 in credit card debt over the next one to two years.

Home improvement project? Funds for college tuition? Credit card bills? If any of these hit home with you, now may be the perfect time to take advantage of your home's equity.

The idea of "credit" has become a modern-day Medusa. We have a tangle of credit scores, reports and scoring formulas.

A group of community-minded start-ups hope to ease the burden of college tuition with the concept of crowdfunding.

The average Kansas City credit card consumer carried an average balance of $2,743.09, based on data collected as of April 1 by Manilla.com, an online personal finance business that helps people manage their bills and credit card accounts.

Brandon Prince sits inside his truck March 16 in Boise, Idaho, as he prepared to begin living in the vehicle.

Q: I am engaged to a gentleman who had declared bankruptcy when he lived out West, along with is wife at the time.

The student loan burden is reaching crisis proportions. Young Americans are being saddled with unsustainable debts.

No one won Wednesday night's Powerball drawing, which is good news for somebody: There will be an even bigger drawing on Saturday night.

'American Idol' may have a fraction of the ratings it did just a couple of seasons ago, but it sure... ■ If you're going to carry a balance for a year or more, you could be better off with a 0% credit card with no annual fee instead of a travel-rewards credit card.

And that's not a bad thing. You haven't needed credit up to this point, and this is the time when most people start worrying about things like credit scores and credit cards.

On the day we were supposed to travel, there were amber weather warnings and we were asked not to drive unless absolutely necessary.