The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau wants customers to understand their credit cards better. So, they've unveiled a new and shorter prototype of a credit card agreement.

I understand that your credit score is affected by the percentage of your available credit that you use. However, does this reflect the total percentage of the total available, or is it specific to each line of credit? Gabriel, Somerville, MA

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Right now, just 3.5 percent of credit card holders are a month or more behind on payments. Has the recession caused a permanent change in habits?

This week's little blue piggy goes to a listener who just made the final payment on $21,480 worth of credit card debt with the help of his family.

Wells Fargo is rolling out a trial monthly fee for debit card purchases. The pilot program comes in response to legislation which limited the amount banks could charge merchants per transaction.

Now that banks have to reduce the fee they receive from merchants when you use a debit card, they're considering charging you a monthly fee for using one

A report out today says that Americans have hit a 17-year low on the level of credit card payments that were 90 days or more past due