Break credit-card addiction

Keeping yourself from racking up new charges is a good place to start if you want to get your credit card debt under control. Here's how.

15 years to repay my credit card: No way!

If you currently hold a credit card balance and continue to use credit you are handing over your future income to the credit card companies for years to come.

When is it bad to kill a credit card account?

Dear Credit Card Adviser,I have six unsecured credit cards I plan to pay off this year. I have a long history with two of the credit cards. I would like to keep one of them with the highest limit for emergencies. ...

Dad racks up card charges in son's name

A father fraudulently opened a credit card in his son's name and charged $5,000. Now he can't pay more than the minimum. What are his son's options?

How to Shed Holiday Debt in 2012

The gifts have been unwrapped, the trees are long gone and the decorations are packed away, but there is still one remaining hint of the holidays: credit card bills. Make 2012 the year you get out of debt, and stay there.