Your credit card statement arrives and you do what feels like the responsible thing: you pay the minimum. Not the whole balance — you can't, not this month — but the minimum, on time, every month. The balance barely moves. You tell yourself you're managing it. You're not managing it. You're feeding it. Here's a number that should make your stomach drop: put $8,000 on a … [Read more...] about The Minimum Payment Trap: How an $8,000 Credit Card Debt Becomes $25,000

