The Salvation Army Now Accepts Credit/Debit Card Donations

The Salvation Army donations are no longer cash only. The Salvation Army will now be jingling for your credit and debit cards. That means being out of cash is no longer a valid excuse to not donate this Holiday...

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In ancient time car­ry­ing cash was a prob­lem and full of risk. Incep­tion of plas­tic money may have saved many peo­ple from risk, espe­cially those who are fre­quent trav­el­ers from one to another coun­try. They don’t need to carry cash in dif­fer­ent...

Credit Card Bill of Rights to Take Effect in February 2010

The Credit Card Bill of Rights, officially called the  Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility, and Disclosure Act (CARD), comes into effect in February 2010, but the first element takes effect thsi week. As...

Network Solutions had information from 575,000 credit card stolen

During routine maintenance of a secure credit card payment servers, malicious code was discovered. It appears that transactions between March 12 to June 8th, credit card number, address and name were...

19,000 Brit's have credit card info posted on Google

Google crawl cached 19,000 UK credit card details before a Vientamese website was shut down. The problem, anyone could look up the info since it was on an unsecured server. " "The credit card details of up to...

COMBATING CYBER CRIME- Global Network Operates 24/7

" COMBATING CYBER CRIME Global Network Operates 24/7   01/14/09   Cyber crooks have become so organized and businesslike that they use online forums to advertise illegal wares, buy and sell computer viruses, and traffic in stolen identities—all for huge...

Internet boss gives away $15,000 by projecting his credit card details onto a...

See the code on the wall , buy for free   Just to make some hope for difficult Chrismas shopping, Bragster gave the code of a credit card to everyone. Projecting it on street walls. One took full advantage...

Layaway Is Back in Fashion

Remember layaway?  Not many people do, since credit cards became the primary way to pay for bigger-ticket items.  Layway became standard practice during the Great Depression, where the customer can pay...

Credit Card Providers 'To Share Customer Information'

"Struggling credit card holders are to be identified to providers under a new industry-wide schemeCredit card providers are to begin sharing detailed information about their customers in a bid to identify those who are struggling to repay their debts, it has been reported....

Stealing Credit Card Numbers for Eight Bucks

Radio Frequency ID (RFID, which could also stand for "Really F***ing Insecure, Dude) is all the rage with credit card companies, though they have not done much of anything to actually make them secure. The video...

Barclays Bank policy of silence. A credit card fraud story.

Once upon a time in Portugal there was this big international bank, the Barclays Bank. And there was this Client, Pedro. Although a low budget Client, living in a place where Barclays Bank is frequently understood...

Teen Clones Dad's Credit Card, Orders Escorts

... and we're not talkin' Ford Escorts here...This is my double-you tee eff story for the day: Kid gets a copy of dad's credit card, and buys loads of stuff with it... including renting a motel room and hiring...

Visa Plans $17 Billion Public Offer

Here's a stock tip for you."Undaunted by recent turbulence in the financial markets, Visa Inc., the nation’s biggest credit card network, said Monday that it would forge ahead with what would be the largest...

Bankers vs Rogues: Halifax Axes World of Warcraft Payments

Halifax UK, citing a high volume of fraud, has entered combat by blocking transactions between its Visa and Mastercard credit cards and MMORG (Massively multiplayer Online Roleplaying Game) World of Warcraft. A...

As holiday shopping season begins, UG examining payday loan shops

Americans look forward to the holiday season not only for receiving gifts but also the feeling that goes along with giving.   But that giving is getting more and more expensive every year. After the...

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