When this post first appeared last summer, we called it “The Breach Days of August,” sounding various alarums from what had…
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Data Breaches Hit “All Time High” — Can We Keep Them From Getting Worse? (Updated)
All Time High was a good name for a James Bond film theme. But it’s an unwelcome descriptor for a trend in data breaches…
Travel Tips & Tricks for Summer Card Carriers
Summer travel always brings with it a shifting list of do’s and don’ts, in terms of what to pack, where to go, what to expect if you’re queueing up for a TSA line, etc. It’s also been a good way to mark how people are feeling…
May the Force Not Be With You: Guard Against Fraudulent Force-Posted Transactions (Pt. 1)
Among the many types of hacks and frauds we warn about, or sadly have to post about (a report discussed by Reuters this week…
Who Knew That A Better Deal On Credit Card Rates And Fees Was Simply Yours For The Asking?
Who knew that a better deal on credit card rates and fees was simply yours for the asking? Well, evidently everyone who picked up a telephone and dialed up and asked for it…
The Two Types of Credit Card Users: Churners and Chuggers
There are numerous pieces of philosophical shorthand floating around about there being “two types of people” in the world — those that like a certain type of entertainment or music, say, or those that don’t.
You May Need More Help Than Your Antivirus Software Can Give
A recent article in Slate’s “Future Tense” section has some sobering news: “In 2005, Panda Software reported that a new strain of malware was discovered every 12 minutes.
A Brief History of the Unlikely Rise of the Credit Card
We don’t know if you’re in the habit of reading the venerable Christian Science Monitor, but they’re a reliable source of what remains real news…
Study: Debit Cards Keep Outpacing Their Credit Counterparts
“The amount of debit cards is growing at a faster rate than that of credit cards, according to RBR’s Global Payment Cards Data and Forecasts to 2021 study,”…
