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Credit card annual fees are soaring past $800. Here’s why people keep paying them—even as perks are harder to come by
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Credit card annual fees are soaring past $800. Here’s why people keep paying them—even as perks are harder to come by
By Jeff John RobertsMarch 30, 2026
Sebastian Siemiatkowski, chief executive officer of Klarna Holding AB, at IFGS 2022 summit at the Guildhall in London, U.K., on Monday, April 4, 2022. Innovate Finance's summit -- part of U.K. Fintech Week -- aims to showcase Britain's financial technology sector and its global ambitions.
Finance
Klarna CEO defends DoorDash ‘eat now, pay later’ deal as critics slam ‘Collateralized DoorDash Obligations’
By Ryan HoggMarch 24, 2025
Millennial and Gen Z credit scores are the latest sign of the ‘vibecession.’ Their credit scores will keep going up, Open Lending, TransUnion report shows
Finance
Millennial and Gen Z credit scores are the latest sign of the ‘vibecession.’ Their credit scores will keep going up, Open Lending, TransUnion report shows
By Sydney LakeMarch 23, 2025
A man smiles to another man behind the register as he buys a pair of shoes.
Finance
Apple and Goldman Sachs fined $89 million over Apple Card missteps
By Greg McKennaOctober 23, 2024
Rohit Chopra
Finance
Judge calls out banking industry for choosing Texas court to challenge credit card fee caps—’Venue is not a continental breakfast’
By Ken Sweet and The Associated PressMarch 28, 2024
Affirm CEO Max Levchin
Personal Finance
Many consumers use ‘buy now, pay later’ like a credit card, Fed study shows—but providers insist it’s safer than that
By Dylan SloanFebruary 14, 2024
‘Buy now, pay later’ plan use expected to boom this holiday season—and credit experts are ringing alarm bells about ‘loan-stacking’
Personal Finance
‘Buy now, pay later’ plan use expected to boom this holiday season—and credit experts are ringing alarm bells about ‘loan-stacking’
By Cora Lewis and The Associated PressNovember 22, 2023
Businesswoman reading document while sitting with baby boy in living room
Personal Finance
Tens of millions of Americans could see their credit scores improve as medical collection debt is removed from reports
By Alicia AdamczykJuly 1, 2022
Mother on hold with medical provider
Personal Finance
Tens of billions in medical debt to be removed from credit reports
By Alicia AdamczykMarch 18, 2022
Average Credit Score in Every State
Finance
Credit scores hit a 13-year high, but big disparities remain. See how your state fares
By Megan LeonhardtSeptember 8, 2021
Representative Gregory Meeks, a Democrat from New York, right, speaks while Comptroller of the Currency Joseph Otting listens during a nationwide bus tour in the Jamaica neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York, U.S., on Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2019. Otting's five-city bus tour is aimed to sell his vision for a rewrite of the rules governing the Community Reinvestment Act, a 1977 anti-redlining law aimed at boosting banks' lending and investments in low- to moderate-income communities.
Tech
Can an A.I. algorithm help end unfair lending? This company says yes
By Jeremy KahnOctober 20, 2020
The Equifax Breach Could End the Credit Industry as We Know It
Finance
The Equifax Breach Could End the Credit Industry as We Know It
By Jen Wieczner and Jeff John RobertsOctober 20, 2017
Credit cards
Finance
Did Artificial Intelligence Deny You Credit?
By TIMEMarch 19, 2017
You Won’t Believe How Many Millennials Own Credit Cards
Finance
You Won’t Believe How Many Millennials Own Credit Cards
By Sy MukherjeeJune 13, 2016
Brewing merger and Monsanto’s growth plans–5 things to know today
Tech
Brewing merger and Monsanto’s growth plans–5 things to know today
By Laura Lorenzetti and Geoffrey SmithOctober 7, 2015
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