Stations need to check that your card account has a decent amount of funds available when they don't know exactly how much money you're going to spend.
No part of the stimulus act blocks banks and lenders from telling the credit bureaus when you fall behind on payments or your account goes into collections.
T. Rowe Price finds credit card use among youth is on the rise, with 18 percent of those aged 8 to 14 carrying credit cards as guests on their parents' accounts.
Considered the strongest tool in lessening the risk of identity theft, placing a security freeze on your credit file comes with even fewer caveats beginning Friday.
While two-thirds of Americans said a week-long vacation would cost more than their monthly housing expenses, more than half have forgotten or failed to include a vacation as part of their annual budget.