Offering Expert Tips & Advice

While balance transfers may lead to monetary savings, they come with their share of possible drawbacks too. We get financial experts to review all the balance transfer advice and tips we offer and we incorporate their valuable insight into the content we provide. We do this so our readers can make well-informed decisions about their balance transfer plans.

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    Tips for how to properly use a balance transfer credit card

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    Tips for understanding how balance transfers impact credit scores

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    Tips for avoiding mental mistakes with balance transfer credit cards

Featured Credit Card & Financial Experts

We work with credit card and financial experts from across the U.S., many of whom helped answer questions about different aspects of balance transfers. Here are the experts who’ve helped answer questions in the icon lists across all our balance transfer pages.

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Joseph R. Stasio
Associate Professor, Marketing at Merrimack College
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Donna Bobek Schmitt, Ph.D.
Professor of Accounting, Darla Moore School of Business at the...
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Robert Gmeiner
Assistant Professor of Financial Economics at Methodist University...
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Providing Detailed Reviews & Data-Driven Credit Card Rankings

We review and rank balance transfer cards and other credit cards based on the benefits, perks, annual fees and APRs of each card. We do this to ensure our information is as unbiased as possible to help readers find the best credit card for their needs. Our methodology can be found here.

About Doug Milnes, CFA


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Doug Milnes is a CFA charter holder with over 10 years of experience in corporate finance and the Head of Credit Cards at MoneyGeek. Formerly, he performed valuations for Duff and Phelps and financial planning and analysis for various companies. His analysis has been cited by U.S. News and World Report, The Hill, the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times and many other outlets.

Milnes holds a master’s degree in data science from Northwestern University. He geeks out on helping people feel on top of their credit card use, from managing debt to optimizing rewards.