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When to use a personal loan to pay off credit card debt

One big problem with credit cards is if you keep using them for purchases, you may never pay off your debt. Personal loans, ...

I Never Learned the Most Important Money Lesson When I Was Young. Now I’m Dealing With the Difficult Consequences.

Pay Dirt is Slate’s money advice column. Have a question? Send it to Kristin and Ilyce here. (It’s anonymous!) Dear Pay Dirt, I am 27 and looking to pay off as much debt as I ...

‘Mormon Wives’ star Miranda McWhorter’s $12,849 credit card mistake. Here’s how to avoid the same trap

Miranda McWhorter may appear to live a glossy life on the reality series The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, but a recent court ...