Credit Cards

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

The number of payments on credit cards 90-days or more past due slipped to just 0.6 percent in the second quarter. Marketplace Senior Business Correspondent Bob Moon reports that may be because Americans are cutting back on spending and banks are making it harder to get credit.

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The number of dollar bills rolling off the printing presses at the U.S. Treasury Department hit a modern low last year, thanks in large part to the increased use of credit cards. Binyamin Applebaum, reporter for the New York Times, explains.