You’re an adult. You understand the pitfalls and promises of the credit world. Depending on how you use it, credit can be an incredible blessing or a hellacious curse. You’ve been through it. But you ...

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Cassidy Horton is a finance writer with over five years of experience contributing to top finance brands like Forbes Advisor, NerdWallet and ConsumerAffairs. She’s also the founder of Money Hungry ...

Evan Zimmer has been writing about finance for years. After graduating with a journalism degree from SUNY Oswego, he wrote credit card content for Credit Card Insider (now Money Tips) before moving to ...