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It’s important to know how to take advantage of credit and debit cards and using them correctly is particularly important for college grads. Building credit will allow you to make bigger purchases, ...

Criminals have quietly rolled out a new playbook for draining Americans' checking accounts, and they are aiming straight at ...

Our simple tips show you how to protect yourself from fraudsters trying to cash in when you use ATMs or other unattended payment machines. I review privacy tools like hardware security keys, password ...

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Debit cards offer convenient access to your money. But there are some rules of thumbs for when your credit card may be better. Learn 5 places it's best to keep debit in your wallet.

Debit card rewards often play second fiddle to perks associated with their credit card cousins. But astute banks are fine-tuning their approach. Debit cards are a popular way to pay. Consumers between ...

Tap to pay, contactless payment and virtual debit cards have become mainstream since 2015. Although this technology has been around for a couple of decades with physical cards, virtual debit cards on ...

Chauncey grew up on a farm in rural northern California. At 18 he ran away and saw the world with a backpack and a credit card, discovering that the true value of any point or mile is the experience ...

Most of us know how to use our credit card to make purchases, but not everybody knows how to get cash from a credit card at an ATM. When you use your credit card to request a cash advance, you can ...