A credit card opened in your name can hurt your score fast. Here's how it happens and what actually protects you.

Premium credit cards grew in 2025, with higher fees, new perks and steady demand amid Visa and Mastercard settlement news.

Terms apply to American Express benefits and offers. Visit americanexpress.com to learn more. The rewards credit cards with the best benefits also typically carry the highest annual fees. Thankfully, ...

Foreign tourists who wish to visit U.S. national parks in 2026 will miss out on free entry days, and — at some national parks, will face an additional $100 fee on top of the usual entry price. The ...

The National Park Service recently announced a major change to its free entry days for U.S. citizens and permanent residents. Starting in 2026, Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth will no longer ...

Grocers pay a lower rate than other businesses and they tend to have more recurring customers, making them less likely to implement credit card surcharges. The convenience of swiping your credit card ...

Oklahoma City residents who use a credit card to pay some city fees will see a new service charge starting Jan. 1, 2025, according to city officials. The fee will apply to what the city describes as ...

WASHINGTON — A group of Senate Democrats led, by Senate Banking Committee ranking member Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., are pushing credit unions to rethink their overdraft fees. Processing Content This ...

OKLAHOMA CITY — Beginning Jan. 1, the city will implement a service fee to cover the cost of processing many credit card transactions. No fee will be charged if a credit card is the only accepted ...

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- A proposed settlement in a decades-long lawsuit against Visa and Mastercard is being promoted as financial relief for businesses, but the Texas Restaurant Association says the ...

Florida's chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union is suing the city of Tallahassee over its fire services fee. ACLU of Florida, alongside the Southern Poverty Law Center, is arguing that the fee ...