Paul is the lead credit cards editor at NerdWallet. He spent 15 years in newsrooms at the Des Moines Register and USA Today, then a decade as a freelancer. He fills his free time with home improvement projects, biking, walking the dog and losing to his kids at video games.
Mastercard-branded credit cards offer an array of benefits, but the most important features of a Mastercard credit card aren’t actually provided by Mastercard. That’s because Mastercard is a payment network rather than…
Most benefits offered on Visa credit cards aren’t provided by Visa at all. That’s because Visa doesn’t actually produce credit cards. Visa credit cards are issued by banks, such as Chase, Wells Fargo…
Chase has revised the rewards structure for its popular flat-rate cash-back card, the Chase Freedom Unlimited®. New cardholders will get a higher cash-back rate in the first year — 3% on up to $20,000…
Some credit card mistakes are well-known and easily avoided — like missing a payment and incurring a late fee — yet many people still get tripped up. Other mistakes aren’t as…
The trouble started when the dishwasher stopped. As someone who thinks about credit cards for a living and as a hobby (shut up), I see a silver lining in every…
Tracing its history back to 1930, American Airlines is one of America’s three “legacy” carriers and one of the most visible brands in aviation. In 2015, US Airways merged with American’s…
Anyone can end up with credit card debt. The important thing is what you do with it. NerdWallet’s Credit Cards content team talks about how they’ve dealt with their own…
Holders of Chase credit and debit cards will soon get access to a new shopping platform that gives them automatic statement credit for purchases from select merchants. “Chase Offers” will appear…
For the second straight year, Discover is showing its cards … so to speak. The credit card issuer has announced its 5% quarterly bonus categories for all of 2019, something it also…
