The National Consumer Law Center has issued a report that is critical of the fees many unemployed people have to pay because their states put unemployment benefits on cards.

A recent report from the Pew Health Group's Safe Credit Card Project has found that credit cards issued by credit unions remain the best deal for consumers and that, by and large, the Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure Act has accomplished the goals legislators intended.

North Carolina last week became the latest state to achieve progress on allowing credit unions to start offering a Save to Win savings sweepstakes program.