Creditors, especially banks and credit card issuers, are unbelievably sensitive to whether you pay your bills on time. So is your credit score. One slip-up could cost you dearly if that means you lose ...

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Dana Miranda is a Certified Educator in Personal Finance® and founder of Healthy Rich, a platform for inclusive, budget-free financial education. She’s written about work and money for publications ...

Historically, customers had to manually enter their bank or credit card information into an online checkout page. Now, a variety of card and direct banking online payment methods are available that ...

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