Personal Finance News - 'security' Tag

Citizens who have rushed to their local cash advance store for fast cash are discovering more resources for quick-fix loans in unanticipated places, like the local branches of their bank.

During the recent National Consumer Protection Week, security professionals with Visa Inc. wanted to provide a greater awareness to consumers regarding e-mail phishing scams.

Mobile payments industry has been focusing their attention on smart phones with near field communications technology.

After aiming a 2015 deadline for installation of a new generation of retail credit card terminals, Visa has been ensuring its customers that it doesn’t restricts the chip and PIN requirements to its United States users as it is enforced …

Due to a severe lack of confidence in using credit cards online, companies will in all likely lose almost $110 billion every year in lost sales.

The group known as Anonymous have successfully managed to access the servers of global security company Stratfor over the holiday weekend and proceeded to post links to what was claimed to be a confidential client list.

Consumers have been amazed to learn that cyber crime now affects more people per hour than the number of babies born!

Recent statistics show that one of the easiest ways to become a target for both identity fraud and collection scams is to apply for a bad credit loan over the internet.

In an age where there are so many hoaxes and identity theft scams are flooding the internet, many of us have been conditioned to be highly suspicious of any emails, facebook messages or direct tweets which request any sort of …

A recent study conducted by Javelin Strategy & Research highlighted a serious shortfall in banks’ credit card fraud protection. The study highlighted that although banks are generally good at handling credit card fraud after the fact, they are lacking when …

Bank of America has topped a poll to discover the best bank for credit card safety for the fifth consecutive year.

Over the past few years, prepaid cards have gained popularity among consumers, especially those who are unable to get a traditional credit card or bank account.

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation chair Shelia Blair recently said that financial institutions and regulators need to do more to protect consumer’ private information.

With the focus on being green creating increasing pressure on companies to be more environmentally friendly, more and more companies are offering paperless billing to customers.

Bankers are heralding mobile banking as the future of the payments industry. However, a recent survey carried out by the Federal Reserve discovered that consumers are not so taken by mobile banking, with only 10% using mobile devices for banking …