Credit card fraud

As you read this article, I hope that you will take time in your busy schedule to carefully scrutinize your credit card monthly statements. Some of you may get the surprise of your life to discover that there are bills in your statements that you did not incur. Then you ask yourself: How did this happen? This was exactly what happened to me at one time. I have been busy doing other things and ...

Cuomo Opens Probe of Credit-Card Marketing to New York College Students

New York began a statewide investigation into credit-card marketing practices that target college students through their institutions.

Small Businesses Smacked with Credit Card Rate Hikes

Small-business owners have been slapped with credit card interest rate increases of more than 30 percent since January 2010 because their cards aren't getting the same protections as those of consumers, says a new study. The Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure Act, enacted last year, limits rate increases, requires banks to apply payments to higher-rate balances first, and ...

Minister proposes travel smartcards

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Hays Crime of the Week: Credit card abuse

Hays County Crime Stoppers is assisting the San Marcos Police Department in solving the following felony fraud case of credit card abuse.