You’ve decided that you are financially ready for your first credit card. These 10 cards are some of the best first credit ...

Just like taking the right courses in college can help build the foundation for your post-graduate career, building your credit with a student-friendly credit card can similarly set you on the right ...

You’re an adult. You understand the pitfalls and promises of the credit world. Depending on how you use it, credit can be an incredible blessing or a hellacious curse. You’ve been through it. But you ...

Credit can feel like a shadowy grown-up word that lurks behind terms like “mortgage,” “APR,” or “collections.” But in reality, your credit is more like a behind-the-scenes scorecard. It quietly keeps ...

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Paying your mortgage and auto loan on time will obviously help your credit. Of course, that doesn’t mean you can neglect making timely payments on your day-to-day transactions. You may be curious and ...

Question: Karen on Twitter asks what Dave would recommend to help her 18-year-old build credit. Dave’s suggestion is to not teach her 18-year-old to build credit. Answer: Karen, you’re not going to ...

Americans are increasingly pulling out their debit cards when they shop: Nearly six in 10 card payments (58 percent) are made with a debit card. Debit cards offer the convenience of credit cards ...

Paul Soucy has led the Credit Cards content team at NerdWallet since 2015 and the Travel Rewards team since 2023; he is also director of content for Consumer Credit verticals. He was an editor with ...