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  • April Thompson makes a purchase at Legacy Team Sales in Ocala, Fla., in September. Economists say October's surprisingly strong job growth will encourage the Federal Reserve to hike interest rates next month. So holiday shoppers may pay more for using credit cards.
    Strong Jobs Data Point To Pricier Credit Cards For Christmas
    Economists are saying that October's surprisingly strong job growth will encourage the Federal Reserve to hike interest rates next month. So holiday shoppers may pay more for using credit cards.
  • Credit Card Overhaul Bill Sent To Obama
    Lawmakers on Capitol Hill have sent President Obama a bill that would rein in credit card fees and interest rates, while allowing gun owners to carry concealed weapons in national parks. The Senate passed the measure Tuesday. The House acted on Wednesday.
  • Merchants Often Foot Bill for Credit Card Fraud
    MasterCard International reported Friday that 40 million credit card numbers may have been stolen. Merchants bear the brunt of fraudulent transactions. Credit card companies charge the merchants for the stolen services or merchandise and for additional fees.
  • Why Apple Is Entering The Crowded Credit Card Field
    NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Ted Rossman, industry analyst at CreditCards.com, about whether Apple's new credit card is disrupting the industry.
  • Shoppers pay for purchases at a Kmart in Norridge, Ill., Dec. 19.
    Consumers Face Higher Credit Card Payments in 2006
    Banks are raising their minimum monthly payments in January, a change intended to protect consumers from piling up credit card debts that can last for decades. But the higher minimums, along with interest rates that can be raised for late payments, mean consumers could be facing bigger credit card bills next year.
  • By this time next year, U.S consumer are likely to be using credit cards with electronic chips, like these in Germany. But such cards are expected to stop only 60 percent of fraud, prompting a retailers' spokesman to call them the "not-so-smart card."
    The Holidays Bring A New Season For Credit Card Breaches
    Shoppers are heading into the heavy-spending season with no new credit safeguards in place. Experts say it'll be at least another year before the U.S. system moves beyond technology from the 1970s.
  • Retailers: Credit Card Giants Violated Antitrust Laws
    Lawyers for some of the nation's largest retailers say Visa and MasterCard illegally thwarted for years the growth of debit-card networks, The Wall Street Journal reports. The allegations stem from recently unsealed court documents from a class-action suit that includes Wal-Mart and Sears. NPR's Jim Zarroli reports.
  • Life Kit: How to get into credit card points
    Andee Tagle from NPR's Life Kit podcast reports on the best way to accumulate credit card points and put them to good use.
  • A couple of shoppers leave a Target store on a rainy afternoon in Alhambra, California.
    Customers Sue Target Over Credit Card Breach
    Traffic at stores also declined following a security breach that may have exposed the credit card information of 40 million customers.
  • Americans Run Up More Credit Card Debt
    The average American had almost $5,000 of credit card debt in the third quarter of 2012, up almost 5 percent over the previous quarter. Industry analysts say the increase is partly seasonal, people spending more ahead of the holidays. But they also say it could reflect growing consumer confidence, which has been on the rise since July as job numbers have gradually improved nationwide.
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