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Banks are raising their minimum monthly payments in January, a change intended to protect consumers from piling up credit card debts that can last for decades. But the higher minimums, along with interest rates that can be raised for late payments, mean consumers could be facing bigger credit card bills next year.

By Associated PressUndated – A report from the Michigan Auditor General says the state isn't properly monitoring the way government credit cards are used…

GWINN, MI - A Gwinn man is jailed on charges related to the use of a stolen credit card. Marquette City Police arrested 39-year old Eric Yusef Brown on…

Shoppers are heading into the heavy-spending season with no new credit safeguards in place. Experts say it'll be at least another year before the U.S. system moves beyond technology from the 1970s.

MARQUETTE, MI-- A Gwinn man has been arrested by Marquette City Police for using a stolen credit card.Officers were investigating the use of the…

MARQUETTE, MI-- A Gwinn man accused of stealing and using a credit card has entered into a plea agreement. Eric Brown, 39, was arrested in October after…

Lawyers for some of the nation's largest retailers say Visa and MasterCard illegally thwarted for years the growth of debit-card networks, The Wall Street Journal reports. The allegations stem from recently unsealed court documents from a class-action suit that includes Wal-Mart and Sears. NPR's Jim Zarroli reports.

Andee Tagle from NPR's Life Kit podcast reports on the best way to accumulate credit card points and put them to good use.

Traffic at stores also declined following a security breach that may have exposed the credit card information of 40 million customers.

The bank also reported a $5 billion profit, despite a series of costly settlements with the U.S. government.