Paying bills on time is crucial to maintaining a good credit score, and a new survey from Equifax shows that most Americans understand that. During Financial Literacy Month, which is April of every year, Equifax commissioned a survey to determine the financial literacy of consumers when it comes to credit and other common topics. The survey asked just over 1,000 adults across the country about issues ranging from identity …

A new technology enhancement from Visa is getting folks through checkout lines even faster these days. Visa’s Quick Chip for EMV makes chip card transactions quicker and safer, cutting down on the potential for fraudulent credit card transactions. When EMV card technology became more widespread last fall, many cardholders had to get used to a new way of paying at the register. Instead of swiping their magnetic stripe card, they …

Are you having enough fun? Chase Bank thinks you might not be. The latest Chase Freedom Unlimited Card survey showed that even though 97% of respondents said having fun was important to their day-to-day lives, fully 58% of them also say their ability to have a fun and happy life is “limited.” A little over half of folks (53%) said they were having “enough” fun, but more interestingly, …