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Prepaid Accounts: Your First Plastic Card!

Prepaid cards can be a trial run for debit cards and a useful tool for managing your money.

Topic(s): Credit Cards, Alternative Types of Credit

Student Editor: Sarah Kelsey
Don’t Be a Revolver; Be a Deadbeat!

Congratulations to Lexi Moreno on being selected this month’s Jungle Talk Winner. Her article “Don’t Be a Revolver; Be a Deadbeat” puts a fun spin on credit card lingo and how to avoid interest payments on credit cards.

Topic(s): Credit Cards

Student Editor: Alexandria Moreno
The Credit Card Safety Manual

Want to know how to keep your credit card and credit card information safe?

Topic(s): Identity Theft, Credit Cards
Are You Ready for Credit?

Need a credit card? Check out if you’re ready for one.

Written by Credit Wise Cat and Consumer Jungle Student Editor Meghana Gorur

Topic(s): Credit Cards

Student Editor: Meghana Gorur
Credit History - What a Mystery!

Meet Anita. She and her family moved to Arizona from London and were denied credit because they did not have a credit history. Read her story and learn tips to begin building your credit history today.

Topic(s): Credit Cards, Credit Reports

Student Editor: Anita Adjei
The Credit Card Map

What do you use to help you navigate your way through the credit card jungle? Well, a credit card map of course! Otherwise known as the credit card offer.

Topic(s): Credit Cards
Credit or Debit?

Credit or debit? Anyone who lives in our society has most likely heard this question a time or two. Unless you are in an accounting class, this question refers to the type of plastic payment being used when making a purchase - a credit card or a debit card.

Topic(s): Credit Cards
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Credit Cards

Enough said. Learn how to take advantage of the benefits credit cards have to offer… and avoid the ugly.

Topic(s): Credit Cards
Welcome to the...Credit Card?

Do credit cards feel like an endless jungle of confusion? No worries. Reading this article is a good place to start exploring the credit card jungle.

Topic(s): Credit Cards
Do I Have To? Understanding a Credit Card Statement

I think you know the answer…

Topic(s): Credit Cards