US consumer borrowing up as credit card use rises
The category that includes credit card use rose $ 6.6 billion, also the largest gain in a year. Credit card debt reached $ 847.1 billion, the most since September 2010. Credit card debt remains about 16 percent below its high of $ 1.02 trillion in July …
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Fewer B&Es? Turns out thieves are economists, too
Not only are they potentially more lucrative, they are global in scope and much more difficult to track. Thieves are also getting smarter, using technology for evil deeds. Internet scams abound, and bank-card skimming and credit-card fraud is a serious …
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HealthID introduces NFC medical bands and cards
When tapping the wristband or card with an NFC device, the customer's stored medical information is pulled down from the cloud and appears on the screen of the device being used. "We looked into a few different technologies," co-founder and CEO Angelo …
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Court sides with retailers, goes against Fed rule on debit-card fees
… of processing debit-card transactions. Even though the Fed had initially proposed a cap of about 12 cents, the final rule was expanded to cover more items, including the cost of equipment and fraud prevention technology. That was improper, the …
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Four reasons your credit card company might think your card is stolen
With savvy technology that can potentially read and swipe your card's personal information even while stored in your wallet, your credit card company can detect suspicious activity is being generated on your credit card. While these companies don't …
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Card Scanning Solutions Inc. to Exhibit at the Greenway PrimeLEADER 2013 …
Card Scanning Solutions Inc., a leading developer of image processing solutions and optical character recognition (OCR) technology, will be exhibiting at the Greenway PrimeLEADER 2013 User Conference in Washington, DC. This event will be held at the …
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Can Technology News Byte: Morningstar Says Clients' Credit Card Data May …
Investment research firm Morningstar Inc said personal information, including credit card details, of about 2,300 users of its Morningstar Document Research service may have been compromised due to a security breach last year. Jennifer Love Hewitt Says …
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