Looking to hold onto a credit card for years, or even decades? Here's what to know about what can happen when you do, good and bad.

A Reddit user is wondering if opening up a new card once a year is too much. While getting new cardholder bonuses is attractive, opening cards too frequently can damage your credit and put you at risk ...

Keeping a credit card open for a decade or longer quietly reshapes your credit profile, your day to day money habits, and even the way lenders size you up. The plastic itself may look the same, but ...

When I turned 18 (25 years ago), my parents had me open a credit card in my name so I could start building credit. I never used it though—they did (responsibly, this isn’t going in that direction).

A lot of people open their first credit card in their early 20s and then… never really think about it again. Years pass, new cards come and go, but that original account just keeps aging nicely in the ...