Do you negotiate with your credit-card company? Maybe you should.
Women were far less likely than men to ask their credit-card issuer for more leniency or better terms on paying late fees or interest rates, according to a new survey of more than 1,200 people conducted by personal finance website CompareCards TREE, +0.72%
Despite that, women who did ask their credit-card companies for a break were just as successful as men in securing whatever their required changes to the card’s terms.
