Personal Finance Advice and Commentary

A 99-year-old Florida woman got rejected for a store credit card because of her age. She was too young.

U.S. Bank offers app to apply for store credit cards, while Equifax documents recent good credit card behavior.

The holiday shopping season is fast approaching, and credit card issuers are rolling out all kinds of promotions to encourage holiday shoppers to charge their way through holiday shopping lists. “Consumers lose their minds a little bit” around the holiday shopping season, says John Ulzheimer, president of consumer education at SmartCredit.com. If you have trouble staying

Move over stodgy store credit cards. Now there’s an app for instant credit. A new app launched by U.S. Bank allows iPhone users to apply and receive on-the-spot credit at retail stores. Rather than apply for a store credit card like the rest of us, iPhone users will be able to reach for their phones