Financial Cents: Posts About Credit Cards
How Does a Cash Advance on Your Credit Card Work?
You can get an advance on your credit card to take out cash—but the cost will be much higher than the cost of a standard credit card transaction.
Posted on: May 21, 2018
When You Get a Cash Advance, Do They Check Your Credit Score?
Neither credit card cash advances nor cash advance loans require a credit check. But that doesn't mean they can't affect your credit score.
Posted on: May 15, 2018
Bad Credit Repair: When to Close a Credit Card and When to Keep It Open
Closing a credit card will negatively impact your score, but not for the reason you think.
Posted on: May 11, 2018
Can a Cash Advance Actually Help Your Credit?
Cash advances just show up as normal credit card purchases on your credit report.
Posted on: April 27, 2018
Why You Should NOT Close That Old Credit Card
Even if you're closing it and replacing it with a new card, think again!
Posted on: April 18, 2018
Are Balance Transfers a Good Way to Pay Down Debt?
If you can score a good promotional offer, a balance transfer could help supercharge your debt repayment—but it's not risk-free.
Posted on: March 29, 2018
Can a Store Credit Card Help Fix Your Bad Credit?
Store credit cards can be useful for building a better payment history, but they're also a really easy way to accumulate more high-interest debt.
Posted on: March 22, 2018
How to Money, Episode Two: Credit Cards
Episode two of our new web series covers some credit card basics and offers handy tips for how to use your card properly.
Posted on: August 14, 2017
Secured Credit Cards: 3 Ways to Use One to Rebuild Bad Credit
These cards are available for folks with bad credit and using one responsibly can help fix your score.
Posted on: August 04, 2017
How to Use Credit Cards: 3 Basic Tips
Are your credit cards working for you... or against you? Use these 3 simple credit card tips to make sure your credit cards are helping you and not holding you back!
Posted on: July 06, 2017
