Who's responsible for your credit card bills after you die? CNBC Select took a look at what happens to your credit card debt after death. Updated Sat, Nov 21 2020 ...

You can't take it with you, but do credit card bills follow you into the grave? Does that debt die with you? Or can it come back to haunt those left behind? There's no one-size-fits-all answer. A ...

Notify credit card companies of the death: All credit card accounts should be closed immediately after the primary cardholder dies, and you should act quickly to avoid interest and finance charges.

Though banks don’t want to encourage the practice, lawyers say clients have had considerable success negotiating down credit card debts after a family member passes away.

For some Americans, the financial question that lingers after a loved one’s death isn’t, “What am I going to do with all this money?” It’s, “Do I have to pay this credit card debt ...

For most of his adult life, Elmer Duncan was a loyal Carson Pirie Scott customer. By his wife’s estimation, he first opened an account with the Chicago department store in the mid-1950s. Ruby… ...

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Actor Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa's estates reportedly owe more than $98,000 in credit card debt, according to ...

Notify credit card companies of the death All credit card accounts should be closed immediately after the primary cardholder dies, and you should act quickly to avoid interest and finance charges.

After the death of a family member, many spouses, ex-spouses and even adult children find themselves with a surprise "inheritance" -- leftover credit card debt. When someone dies, the estate pays ...

Hounded after death After Patricia's husband died with a $14,000 balance on one credit card, she started getting collection calls. Patricia, a widow living in Oregon, asked that her last name not ...