Eight in 10 parents with young children who participate in extracurricular activities think those pursuits could someday lead to income for their kid, according to a new report from CompareCards.com, and the more you spend on your kids’ activities, the more likely you are to think they will pay off. The survey – which asked […]
Nearly half of credit cardholders say they’re very confident in their ability to pay their monthly card statement balance in full this month, according to the new Credit Card Confidence Index from CompareCards.com, but men are far more likely than women to feel that way. Each month, CompareCards takes the pulse of cardholders, asking them […]
The information related to the Uber Visa Card has been collected by CompareCards and has not been reviewed or provided by the issuer of this card. Most credit card-toting Americans have at least one rewards card in their wallets. According to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, around 80 percent of all credit card spending is done with […]
With fewer than 100 days left until Christmas, many Americans are just shifting into the 2018 holiday shopping season. When it comes to holiday shopping — or shopping in general — it’s stereotypically unexpected to see men ahead of the curve, but that’s exactly what the latest CompareCards survey reveals. The survey found among U.S. […]
Credit card balances in America just keep on climbing. The latest consumer debt data from the Federal Reserve shows that consumer credit card debt rose another 3.3% in February, pushing Americans’ outstanding consumer credit card balances to $1.061 trillion. It’s never been higher — not even before the recession hit in 2008 — and there’s […]
More than 8 in 10 credit cardholders who asked for a lower interest rate in the past year were successful, according to a new report from CompareCards.com. However, too few people take the time to make that call – and women are the most likely to leave that money on the table. CompareCards asked more […]
Three out of every four Americans has at least one online subscription, according to a new report from CompareCards.com. The most popular choice among subscribers? Video streaming. Whether it’s shopping perks, music or video streaming or some other type of content, most Americans can’t go a day without being pitched some new online subscription service. […]
Credit cardholders’ confidence remained high in March, according to the latest CompareCards.com Credit Card Confidence Index, as the percentage of cardholders who claimed to be “not at all” confident in paying their statement balances in full this month tied a seven-month low. Each month, CompareCards.com asks American cardholders about how confident they are in their […]
No big city residents use a bigger portion of their credit cards’ available credit than those in San Antonio, according to a new report from CompareCards.com, though several big southern cities aren’t far behind. The comparison of your balance to your available credit is called your credit utilization rate, which means if you owe $3,000 […]
Just 1 in 3 credit cardholders think their identity will be stolen in the future, according to a new report from CompareCards.com. That’s despite the fact that 21 percent of cardholders – including 32 percent of young millennials – said their credit or debit card had been used fraudulently in the past year. That optimism […]
Credit cardholders’ confidence in their ability to pay their credit card bills dipped slightly in February, according to the latest CompareCards.com Credit Card Confidence Index. Every month, we ask credit cardholders to tell us how confident they feel in their ability to pay their credit cards’ monthly statement balances in full this month and six […]
Ten years after a landmark federal law transformed the credit card industry, a large majority of Americans say they still want more to be done to protect consumers. CompareCards.com surveyed more than 1,000 Americans to find out their views on the Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009 – better known as the […]
