Credit cards can be tools to help you build your credit score and smooth your finances. But in a market with a seemingly endless list of choices, choosing a credit card can feel like a daunting task.

Some issuers let you check your approval odds before committing to a hard credit check. Here’s what to know about Chase’s preapproval policy. Evan Zimmer has been writing about finance for years.

Flexibility in finance is important to cope with the pace of life today. Credit cards are necessary to manage expenditure, ...

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is ordering Credit Karma, the free personal-credit monitoring site, to pay $3 million to users who received “false ‘pre-approved’ credit card offers” that ended up ...

"Pre-approved" sounds great, but it may not mean what you think. The Federal Trade Commission is taking action against Credit Karma, claiming it tricked consumers into applying for cards with ...

Credit Karma, a free personal-credit monitoring site, made deceptive “pre-approved” credit card offers to clients who ended up getting rejected and saw their credit score drop, according to a lawsuit ...

Credit Karma sent advertisements to consumers claiming they were pre-approved for credit cards. According to the FTC, many consumers who received such ads were not actually pre-approved. The Federal ...

Tiffany Wendeln Connors was a senior editor for CNET Money with a focus on credit cards. Previously, she covered personal finance topics as a writer and editor at The Penny Hoarder. She is passionate ...

Credit Karma sent advertisements to consumers claiming they were pre-approved for credit cards. According to the FTC, many consumers who received such ads ultimately got rejected. The Federal Trade ...