Interest in credit cards is heating up in 2026: What to know before adding more plastic to your wallet

Thirty percent of consumers plan to add new credit in 2026 and more than half intend to open a new credit card. Here's what ...
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Americans Are Overwhelmed by Credit Card Debt They Can’t Afford

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Americans entered 2024 on a high note. Inflation cooled down, January ...
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Average credit card balances top $6,000, a 10-year high, as delinquencies rise

The average credit card balance is now more than $6,000, the highest in 10 years, a new report by TransUnion found. Total credit card debt also reached a $1.08 trillion record in the latest quarter, ...

Consumers Remain Optimistic Despite Mounting Unaffordability, TransUnion Study Says

TransUnion's latest Consumer Pulse Study shows consumers are staying positive while becoming more financially cautious.
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Consumer Alert: CFPB says TransUnion failed to freeze credit reports when asked

TransUnion lied to you. That’s the word from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The CFPB says in tens of thousands of cases consumers locked or froze their accounts, but Transunion took ...
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Americans Owe Nearly $1 Trillion in Credit Card Debt—Here's the Breakdown by Age

Americans now hold a record amount of credit card debt — nearly $988 billion, according to the Federal Reserve Bank's latest data. "As inflation rose to near 40-year high levels, many consumers have ...
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TransUnion: Gen Z using credit more than millennial counterparts at same age

The title of a project TransUnion released on Thursday at its 2024 Financial Services Summit (attended by nearly 300 global financial services executives) might have given some frightening flashbacks ...