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Managing Your Credit and Debit Cards
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Learn how to choose and use the credit card that's right for you.

Understanding Credit and Debit Cards
Learn about the key differences between debit and credit cards.

Choosing and Using a Credit Card
Discover how to comparison shop for a credit card that best suits your needs, understand commonly used credit card terms and get credit card safety tips. A credit card debt calculator and a search engine for credit card agreements are also available.

Prevent Falling into Credit Card Debt
Employ these tips to help avoid falling into credit card debt.

Dealing with Credit Card Debt
Use these strategies to help deal with credit card debt.

Last Modified: July 01, 2010