Chanelle is a personal finance writer at NerdWallet covering credit cards. When she isn't optimizing her rewards, she can be found hiking around Lake Tahoe or seeing the latest movies at the theater. She previously worked at Fortune, Forbes and the Reno Gazette-Journal.
If you use a credit card during your international travels, foreign transaction fees can quickly snowball and increase your card balance. These fees are incurred when your credit card issuer…
Rewards credit cards, when used responsibly, can be the ticket to a nice stream of passive income and benefits that come from making regular purchases. Rewards take the form of…
For people with bad credit or no credit, so-called instant-approval credit cards may seem like an alluring option, since they don’t require a credit check. But the negatives of such…
If you’ve been considering a Southwest Airlines credit card, now might be a good time to apply. For a limited time, both the Southwest Rapid Rewards® Premier Credit Card and the Southwest Rapid…
If you want a credit card but some parts of your application make you a less than desirable candidate, you may need to bring on a co-signer to be approved.…
As more merchants implement cardless payment systems, your smartphone’s digital wallet can be your ticket to a more streamlined shopping experience. Many new smartphones, tablets and wearables now have built-in…
It’s no secret that college can be expensive and that parents often incur major costs to send their children there. It’s not just tuition. Purchasing additional supplies — books, laptops,…
The Wells Fargo Platinum Visa® Card is a basic balance transfer card that might be a good choice if you’re looking to pay down credit card debt quickly, especially if…
Cinephiles, rejoice! The Chase Freedom® credit card has movie theaters as a 5% cash-back category for July through September 2017. The card is also offering 5% rewards at restaurants this quarter. So…
A persistent myth among people new to credit cards is that you don’t need a card unless you’re planning to carry a balance on it. After all, if you can afford to…
