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Stories & Articles
- Work-at-home cybersecurity: protect yourself and your employer
- What is deferred interest?
- How to cancel an unauthorized pending charge on your credit card
- What are credit card convenience fees?
- Debt collectors’ ethics codes
- Fed could begin tapering asset purchases in November
- How will Biden’s order fostering competition affect credit cards?
- Can someone access money from my prepaid card if they know the card number?
- I committed credit card fraud
- 8 FAQs about EMV credit cards
- How to protect your cards from identity theft
- FOMC maintains 0% rate decision at July meeting
- What are ‘prescreened’ credit card offers and how do they work?
- Visa and Mastercard halt swipe fee hikes for now, but future impacts likely
- Fed maintains near 0% rate target at June 2021 meeting
- Colorado to legalize credit card surcharges
- How entrepreneurs can protect themselves from credit card fraud
- 6 questions about prepaid cards
- Fraud alerts: What they are and how they work
- How merchants can win credit card chargebacks
- Will Biden’s policies take the CFPB’s consumer protection mission forward?
- Best credit monitoring services for 2021
- Can my stimulus check be seized if there is a court order to pay debt?
- Consumer rights for credit and debit cards
- Fed maintains near-zero target interest rate at March 2021 meeting
- How to recognize a debt collection scam
- 6 exceptions to paying tax on forgiven debt
- 1099-C surprise: Canceled debt often taxable as income
- How to set up a credit freeze
- State statutes of limitation for credit card debt
- How to report and protect yourself from credit card fraud
- When is a charge on a credit card unauthorized?
- Using personal credit card for work expenses: 8 tips
- Fed maintains target rate at near zero at January meeting
- What to do if you find a lost credit card
- What to do if an FCRA investigation is not conducted fairly
- How the U.S. president affects credit cards
- Biden nominates Rohit Chopra to head CFPB
- Credit card issuers offer cardholders relief amid coronavirus outbreak
- Biden proposal for public credit reporting agency faces uphill battle
- What is the Federal Reserve?
- Data breach downturn is a silver lining in 2020
- CFPB finalizes fair debt collection update proposal that elicited negative feedback
- Congress’ $900B stimulus deal would provide $600 per individual
- Fed maintains 0% rate at December meeting, shows optimism on economy
- Online puppy scams can compromise your card information
- What is a collection agency?
- Pandemic boosts cashless payments, potentially affecting card swipe fees
- What is an adverse action notice?
- Taken to court for card debt? What to expect and how to respond
- LIBOR transition could impact your credit card interest rate
- What should you do if a debt collector sues you?
- What is a virtual credit card, and how do you get one?
- Fed maintains 0% to 0.25% interest rate target at November meeting
- What to do if a debt collector threatens to sue you
- A guide to credit card security
- COVID fallouts highlight need for robust data privacy laws
- What is the CFPB?
- Feds crack down on abusive debt collection practices
- Financial strategies for the loved ones of problem gamblers
- Fed likely to maintain 0% rate through at least 2023
- Fraudulent chargebacks rise as businesses struggle to stay open
- Does the CFPB’s task force further consumer protection?
- How cards can protect you against back-to-school scams
- Credit card scams in the time of coronavirus
- How to avoid ‘cardholder services’ scams
- Some issuers not delivering on COVID relief, CFPB complaints reveal
- State-level CFPBs could fill void left by federal watchdog rollbacks
- No card, no sale: How a cashless society is leaving some behind
- What to do if your online order never arrives
- Supreme Court rules president can remove CFPB director without cause
- What happens if you ignore debt collectors?
- Credit card identity theft has tripled since 2015, FTC study shows
- State AGs, legislators ask online sellers to police coronavirus price gouging
- What happens if you overpay your credit card bill by mistake?
- Marriott data breach involves 5.2 million hotel guests
- Credit CARD Act of 2009 – What you need to know
- CFPB finalizes proposal on zombie debt disclosures
- How to report price gouging during the coronavirus crisis
- Identity theft, bank card fraud rank atop consumers’ security fears
- House credit reform bill is ‘major achievement,’ consumer advocates say
- How to undo unauthorized credit card charges by a family member
- Amex used dubious sales tactics to boost card sign-ups, report says
- Is your small business protected by cyber insurance? It should be
- Business identity theft poses a growing threat
- Is credit card interest tax deductible?
- Immigrants may need good credit to stay in the U.S.
- U.S. charges four Chinese military personnel in 2017 Equifax breach
- Consumer groups say CFPB rules for abusive practices will limit enforcement
- Should I periodically replace my card to deter fraud?
- Clarity Services by Experian: What it is, how it works
- Federal Reserve holds rates steady, watching coronavirus
- How can I cancel an auto-renewal billing if I can’t contact the seller?
- Why you shouldn’t buy stocks with a credit card
- Expect your credit card late payment fees to rise a dollar in 2020
- 10 signs you’re talking to a scammer
- It’s U.S. Census time again. Here’s how to avoid getting scammed
- Federal government, lawmakers aim to tackle robocall nuisance
- 8 things to know about community property law and credit card debt
- Square vs. PayPal Here: What’s best for your business?