As the Detroit Free Press recently reported, new debit card scams are popping up and gaining momentum (2). One of the most bizarre ones starts with banking customers being warned that there's a ...

Criminals have found a way to turn your own front porch into a crime scene, intercepting new debit cards and draining accounts before victims even know the plastic has arrived. Instead of skimming at ...

One of my clients was looking forward to a vacation at Disney World earlier this year. They had budgeted, saved, and packed their bags for the airport. They didn’t know that, earlier that week, ...

Debit cards are as vulnerable to theft as credit cards and offer limited fraud protection. Depending on how soon you report the fraud, you could be responsible for up to $50 in unauthorized ...

Very few protections are offered with a debit card, no matter how many are in circulation. Credit cards are believed to be a vastly better card type to have in your wallet than a debit card. The right ...

The rewards may be lower, but debit cards can let you safely earn cash back without risking credit card debt. Evan Zimmer has been writing about finance for years. After graduating with a journalism ...

The FBI reports that card skimming costs financial institutions and consumers (me and you) more than $1 billion each year. And debit cards -- because they're tied directly to your checking account -- ...