Grace Pilling

Former Editor, credit cards

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Arts in English, Text & Writing, University of Western Sydney, Australia

Credit cards are like a choose your own adventure story—you can make the experience as simple or as complicated as you like. It’s my goal to help people figure out what they want their story to be and share the tools and tips they can use to be successful on that path.
— Grace Pilling

Grace Pilling is a former editor for Bankrate Credit Cards and CreditCards.com specializing in down-to-earth advice on everything cards, from getting started with credit and maximizing credit card perks to managing and reducing credit card debt. She’s worked in the credit card space for two years and loves learning and sharing everything you should (and shouldn’t) be doing with credit cards. Prior to working in the credit card space, Grace was an insurance and finance editor at Reviews.com and has a background in STEM education publishing.

Grace loves to show people how understanding credit can help them live their best life, whether that’s boosting a credit score to help get a great mortgage rate on their first home or maxing out rewards points to travel the world.

Education

Grace has a B.A. in English, Text & Writing with a minor in Journalism from the University of Western Sydney in Australia.

Credit cards are like a choose your own adventure story—you can make the experience as simple or as complicated as you like. It’s my goal to help people figure out what they want their story to be and share the tools and tips they can use to be successful on that path.
— Grace Pilling

Grace's latest articles

Senate backs Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief plan: Here’s what comes next for stimulus checks, unemployment benefits

Legislators will soon get to work on drawing up the next round of coronavirus relief.

4 min read Feb 05, 2021
Congressional Democrats push for $50,000 in federal student loan forgiveness

Democrats are calling on Biden to broaden his plans for student loan cancellation.

4 min read Feb 04, 2021
How credit mix affects your credit score

When it comes to credit scores, payment history and credit utilization seem to grab the headlines. This is somewhat understandable, since the combination makes up the lion’s share of your FICO score [...]

4 min read Feb 04, 2021
College students may be able to collect up to $1,800 in stimulus payments, here’s how

Taking a close look at your tax status will be especially vital if you’re still in school.

5 min read Feb 04, 2021
How to make your home offer stand out

Try these techniques to push your offer to the top of the pile.

3 min read Feb 02, 2021
‘To the moon’: How GameStop-boosting stock traders kicked off a shocking Wall Street feeding frenzy

It may come with a classic Hollywood setup, but the GameStop trading story isn’t quite that simple.

9 min read Jan 29, 2021