A convincing fake Avast site displays a €499.99 charge and promises a refund. Instead, it harvests your name, address, and full credit card details.

ThreatsDay Bulletin tracks active exploits, phishing waves, AI risks, major flaws, and cybercrime crackdowns shaping this week’s threat landscape.

If approved by a court, a proposed settlement from Visa and Mastercard would, among other things, allow merchants to decline specific kinds of cards at checkout. Many or all of the products on this ...

Collectively, Americans now owe $1.28 trillion on their credit cards, according to a new report by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. However, despite the overall increase, there is a growing ...

Abstract: Credit card cash-out methods have become increasingly complex, with new fraudulent transaction forms emerging continuously. Effective management is hindered by challenges in obtaining ...

Ben Hedges explains his credit card categorization system. Maximize points, lounge access, & hotel free nights with Capital One, Chase Sapphire, Amex, and more! How a $30 billion welfare program ...

Credit card debt is often the most costly type of debt Americans can take on, largely due to the incredibly high interest rates many cards carry. On top of credit card debt being at a record high, the ...

A Century restaurant is responding after customers claimed their credit and debit cards were erroneously charged when they may not have been in the restaurant in months. “We understand deeply about ...

A surcharge is more complicated than just slapping a fee on a card transaction. For one thing, it’s fraught with myriad compliance and consumer issues. That doesn’t mean there won’t be more of it.

Behind the credit card, ubiquitous in American economic life now for decades, stand a very few gigantic financial institutions that exert nearly unlimited power over how much consumers and businesses ...

When people think of credit card benefits, the first things that come to mind are usually cash back, travel perks, or a big fat welcome offer. But there's a way more valuable perk that hardly anyone ...