Finding relief: Tips for paying off your credit card debt

"I had more than $42,000 worth of credit card debt, and I had other debt, too. But the credit card rates had the highest interest rates, "said Julie, who lives in Flatwoods, Kentucky, and asked not to be identified. The latest figures from the New York Federal Reserve show Americans held a staggering $1.13 trillion in credit card balances in the fourth quarter of 2023, and…