Latest news about Credit Cards
Crime Stoppers offers reward in credit card abuse case (Humble Observer)
On June 4, an unidentified suspect broke into a lady’s vehicle and took her purse, which contained several credit cards. When the victim called to cancel her cards, she was informed that her Visa card had already been used twice.
7 Sep 2008, 2:53 am | click here for more
Gasoline credit cards can help cut costs (San Francisco Chronicle)
With fuel prices taking a bigger bite out of budgets, and no sign of an imminent price decline, you may be considering an offer for a gasoline rewards card. These cards typically let cardholders accumulate points in exchange for a gift card or receive cash...
7 Sep 2008, 2:42 am | click here for more
Todd Ossenfort: Patience is key when trying to repair credit score (Arizona Daily Star)
Q I have paid off every my credit cards except one, which I brought up to date and will have paid off in a couple of weeks. But the ones I paid off still show up paid in full and show a bad credit history on my credit report. Also, I have not seen my score go up at every.
7 Sep 2008, 2:33 am | click here for more
Pair suspected of using stolen credit cards (Sugar Land Sun)
Sugar Land Police are looking for two people who allegedly used stolen credit cards to make purchases at Walmart.
7 Sep 2008, 1:19 am | click here for more
Take two credit cards along on trips (Abilene Reporter-News)
My suggestion is to carry two different types of major credit cards. When in a foreign country recently, I found an airport desk that would accept only one type, and I had the other. It was quite an annoyance. -- Tom Cronin, Houston
7 Sep 2008, 12:00 am | click here for more
Woman sentenced for stealing credit cards (Columbia Basin Herald)
EPHRATA - A lady who stole credit cards from a mailbox close Moses Lake was sentenced to roughly two years in prison and about two years in community custody Wednesday.
6 Sep 2008, 6:12 pm | click here for more
Worthy Credit Cards, And 3 To Avoid (Hartford Courant)
Consumer Reports recently analyzed hundreds of credit cards and named a dozen that are worthy of consumers' attention — and three to stay away from.
6 Sep 2008, 4:49 pm | click here for more
The Upcoming Technology of RFID For Contactless Access Control, Passports and Credit Cards is Too Easy to Compromise ... (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
RICHMOND, England----Contactless RFID is well established for access control for buildings; simply wave your pass close the reader and the door opens. This technology is now being rolled out in the UK and around the World for so called 'BioMetric passports' and credit cards because there are no physical contacts or magnetic stripe to wear out.
5 Sep 2008, 8:00 am | click here for more
Indian River woman, 87, unknowingly robbed of purse with $1,000, credit cards (Vero Press Journal)
On Thursday, she learned her credit cards had been used four times following her grocery trip at various stores.
5 Sep 2008, 11:17 am | click here for more
Man reports wallet, credit cards gone after rendezvous with prostitute (Sun-Sentinel)
An Okeechobee man told police that after utilizing a prostitute's services, he noticed his wallet with about $600 in cash and credit cards missing, according to a police report released Thursday.
4 Sep 2008, 11:03 am | click here for more