Credit card fraud has become a constant and pervasive threat, and debit cards aren't immune to being stolen either. The Federal Trade Commission reported 66,090 instances of credit card fraud in 2020.

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A plot to kill credit card reward points has bipartisan buy-in, with lawmakers framing the effort as an attempt to curb still-stubborn inflation. Don't bank on it. Sens. Dick Durbin (D–Ill.) and J.D.

Companies that oppose the Interchange Fee Prohibition Act are appealing a ruling by a federal judge that upheld the law, which will be effective July 1.

As owner of a family of small local gift shops, credit card “swipe” fees are my third-highest cost, coming only after payroll and rent. In 2022, I paid a staggering $75,000 in swipe fees. I paid ...

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As Congress heads into its lame-duck session, more than 1,800 merchants from across the country called on lawmakers this week to pass legislation that would bring long-sought competition to ...

After a decades-long legal battle with merchants, Visa and Mastercard have agreed to settle an antitrust class-action lawsuit over credit card swipe fees, a move that could potentially benefit ...

AVonGauss [/url]":32i6hzel]EMV (or chip) isn't really all that more secure than the "swipe and sign", it just adjusts how the fraud is perpetrated. With many terminals maintaining a constant ...

The risk of credit card fraud doesn’t end when or where you swipe your card. Any business that stores your credit card number could experience a data breach in which a hacker attains access to your ...