Public policy debates in the United States are often framed as efforts to protect consumers from corporate power. However, when policies are designed without adequate consideration of structural inequ ...

Debit cards let you pay for things with money in your bank account, while credit cards pay with a line of credit. A debit card can be handy for preventing overspending and interest charges, as well as ...

Both debit and credit cards let you shop online and buy things in person without using cash. They’re both the same size and shape, they both have 15- or 16-digit card numbers and they both might ...

Debit and credit cards are two of the most commonly used payment methods today. Over 175 million Americans have a credit card, according to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s 2021 Consumer ...

Consumers’ usage of debit cards has finally surpassed that of credit cards. Through the second quarter of 2022, 56.2% of consumers preferred debit as their primary payment card, compared to 39.5% for ...

For many people, credit cards are a part of everyday life. There’s a good chance you’ve got a card or two in your wallet and ...

Evan Zimmer has been writing about finance for years. After graduating with a journalism degree from SUNY Oswego, he wrote credit card content for Credit Card Insider (now Money Tips) before moving to ...

They may look the same, but they don't always work the same Katie Miller is a consumer financial services expert. She worked for almost two decades as an executive, leading multi-billion dollar ...

When you use a debit card, you access existing money in your bank account for the purchase – which can make refunds a bit easier. When you shop with a credit card, you are actually borrowing money, ...