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Remember Bank Transfer Day? Well, mark your calendar: Dec. 11 is being publicized as "Balance Transfer Day," with Americans urged to transfer their credit card balances from high-interest cards to low- or no-interest ones.

Credit card banks know plenty about you -- but what do you really know about them? CreditKarma.com wants to give you the inside scoop on which cards cater to whom, so you'll be able to find the best fit for you -- and avoid having your credit report dinged by turn-downs.

Two-year-old Pawngo bills itself as a more upscale pawnshop for the digital age, catering to a new breed of pawn customer -- not desperate, just temporarily cash-strapped. The company wants to dispel the stereotype of sketchy storefronts dealing in fenced goods -- and so far, it has had a fair amount of success.

A California woman who made a widely publicized YouTube video calling for a "Debtors Revolt" -- announcing she wouldn't be paying her credit card bills because her interest rates skyrocketed -- has a new video proclaiming a personal victory. Ann Minch, whose first video posted two weeks ago was...

Last night one of my colleagues shared that she thought many cash-strapped consumers may turn to a service such as Bill Me Later to get through the holiday season and wondered what I thought of the service. If you are thinking about using Bill Me Later or a similar service to buy gifts this year...

Ever since graduation we have had a credit card through Citibank which has unfortunately carried a balance. We've been good about paying more than the minimum and making our payments on time but this last month I missed the due date by roughly 2 hours since I was out of town. While you might view...

With an unpredictable stock market, savers are looking for safe havens for their money. The issue of maintaining an account balance is particularly important to retirees, but as the Fed has cut the interest rate, yields on checking accounts, savings accounts, money markets, and certificates of...

We've all heard the stories of credit card companies suddenly deciding to raise your interest rate. If you've made a late payment or gone over your limit, the credit card agreement allows them to immediately raise your rate. And there are other lesser-known reasons for raising your interest rate....

As the Federal Reserve continues to cut interest rates, those who are traditional savers are suffering. Decent interest rates on savings accounts are going away fast. And the interest on money markets is dwindling too. Between money markets and savings accounts, you're lucky if you're getting 2.5%...

This is part of our series on strategies you can adopt to free yourself from burdensome debt. There is no doubt that the hardest part about getting out of debt is finding the extra cash to do it with. Most of our posts here on WalletPop deal with different shades of that perplexing question -- how...