Credit Cards

Holiday credit card spending can have a financial impact for months

Study shows 47% of credit card users add to their debt

An unfortunate fact of life during the holidays is that millions of consumers add to their credit card balances. They may have every intention of paying them off but all to often those charges are still on the account when the next holiday season rolls around.

A  new study by LendingClub Corporation documents the problem, showing that a significant portion of Americans find themselves ensnared in unintentional credit card debt, leading to financial instability and mental...