Credit Card Debt: How To Manage, Consolidate and Pay Off Balances

Whether you're liable for a spouse's credit card debt depends on your state. See how death, divorce and community property laws affect who pays.

Whether you can actually buy a home while carrying credit card debt depends on several factors. Here's what you need to know.

See how a credit card debt payoff calculator works, plus the simple formula and real examples showing how balance, APR and payment shape your payoff.

Why does a credit card make it easy to go into debt? Cards dull the pain of paying, then interest and minimum payments keep the balance around for years.