5 Tips to Lower Your Credit Card Bills
In today's economic times, it is not uncommon for people to have a lot of debt; specifically, high-interest credit card debt. The average American has over $8,000.00 in credit card debt and is spending more than they are saving. The point here is that you are not alone, but you do need to break from this trend in order to move forward financially. Here are a few tips to reduce your credit card payments Combine your debts to the lowest APR rate possible. Find out what interest rate you pay on each card and transfer your balances to the lower rate cards. This act alone can reduce your payments by hundreds of dollars. Negotiate better terms with your current creditors. Companies including your credit card, mortgage and insurance companies want to keep your business. Many of them will agree to lower your interest rate if tell them you are thinking about leaving them. So call them up and ask them to lower your rate. Pay off the credit with the smallest balance first ...