Best Buy, Wal-Mart and Radio Shack, fierce competitors in the sale of electronic merchandise, each deploys payment terminals that prompt customers to tap in a PIN when paying with a debit card. Their ...

Could this be the year of the PIN? Shoppers have been shifting to personal identification number-based debit cards over the last five years, opting to use them for everyday purchases. But consumers ...

This is an excerpt from Dollar Scholar, the Money newsletter where news editor Julia Glum teaches you modern money lessons you NEED to know, one week at a time. Don ...

MasterCard Worldwide will introduce in the first quarter of 2007 a new service to help banks and other card issuers detect and stop PIN-based debit card fraud in real time. The service is being ...

IRVING, Texas, June 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Pay By Touch, the leading provider of biometric authentication, personalized rewards and payment solutions, today introduced the industry's first software-only ...

This article discusses how debit and credit cards work, including their pros and cons. It ends with some helpful tips and ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A new twist to a banking scam is on the rise: Criminals will try to get the personal identification number, or PIN, to your debit card and may even tell you to put your debit card in ...

Besides digitally draining your bank account, hackers can now steal your card details to make cash withdrawals right from an ATM. The Polish Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT Polska) has ...

When you break out your plastic payment at checkout, generally the cashier or online payment portal makes no distinction between a credit card, a debit card or a prepaid debit card. All three carry a ...

A debit card is a payment card that lets you pay for purchases or withdraw money directly from your checking account in your bank, credit union or other financial institution. It is often also ...