New York 4/1/2011 2:43:11 AM
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Utilizing More than One Credit Card has Surprising Benefits

by Daun Lee

A report by the street claims that using more than one credit card can be better for personal finances. The larger banks earn more of the interest on high credit card balances so they encourage the usage of just one card.  When a person compartmentalizes their expenses, meaning put different categories of expenditures on different cards, they can have better idea of what their money is being spent on, and the lower your balance the less you pay for financing. By having specified uses for credit cards a person can better analyze whether they are living within their means.

Over spending with a credit card is easy to do since the balance continues to revolve, but so do the interest charges. Living outside of ones means is just one of the reasons people must head to court with their bankruptcy attorneys. Though spending outside your means is generally not intentional, the balances on credit cards can climb to epic proportion for people who depend on them.

Amassing credit card debt is just one of the many reasons people go broke. Accruing medical bills or debt associated with business ventures causing many people to seek the aid of bankruptcy lawyers. There are a few ways people can obtain debt relief and understanding of these different options can be perplexing. Utilizing the knowledge of a bankruptcy attorney can make the process of bankruptcy and the options easier to understand.