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Looking for a credit card that pays better rewards: You may be shopping in the wrong place. Rewards offered by traditional credit cards have been shrinking. Yet there is a certain class that offers consumers a better deal.

CardHub.com recently put five of the most well-known prepaid card issuers under the microscope to see how useful their products are based on fees and features. Which offers the best deal? The answer might surprise you. But the real question is should you use a prepaid card at all.

Capital One's credit card charge-off rate -- the percentage of debt that it's unable to collect -- fell to 4.97% in April. That's the lowest default rate for the company since 2007. See why there might be some upside potential for the stock.

If you've been racking up credit card rewards, summer is the perfect time to use them. And a new survey suggests that more Americans plan to do just that -- cashing in their credit card rewards as a money-savvy way to enjoy everything from quick weekend getaways to extended overseas vacations --...

Capital One Financial Corp., which until now was best known for its credit cards, is poised to become a major online banking force. The Mclean, Va.-based company said Thursday that it will buy ING's U.S. online banking unit for $9 billion in a cash and stock deal.

Four of the top six credit card issuers reported an increase in the number of debts they they wrote off as uncollectable in August. But there were a few positive signs as well.

It's no revelation that big banks have an image problem these days. And to add proof to what we'd already suspected, a new report from Forrester Research shows that America's biggest banks are the least trusted banks in the country. Forrester Research ranked almost 50 financial services firms in...

A bank just upped the ante to get your business. Last year, as we wrote about on WalletPop, banks were routinely giving out $100 in cold, hard cash to any customer willing to sign up for a bank account. Now SmartMoney.com is reporting that Capital One just began advertising that it will give $200...

While we may be seeing some signs of improvement in the economy, credit card companies are certainly not getting any benefit from the improvement. September delinquency rates increased at five of the six top credit card companies when compared to August rates, according the LowCards.com CEO Bill...

If you haven't traveled internationally before, you might be operating under the assumption that using your credit card is no different than using it at Wal-Mart. Unfortunately this isn't the case; using your credit card in another country can lead to high fees for currency conversion or even a...