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 ...

There is still a feeling of excitement when you get something in the mail, or rather when you get something in the mail that is not a credit card bill. Unfortunately, credit cards, and paying for them ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. John Navin is a Colorado-based journalist who writes about stocks. The illegal, unauthorized use of my debit card came to my ...

The debit card is convenient and versatile. It lives in the front pocket in many wallets, and it’s easy to see why. You can ...

The location of your credit card's CVV, or security code, varies based on what credit card you have. The three- or four-digit CVV number makes fraud more difficult, since it acts as a form of ...

A few weeks ago, I stopped at a gas station I don’t typically visit. I paid at the pump with my debit card like usual, filled up and went on my way. But a few days later, I spotted several strange ...

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 ...

If you run your debit card as credit, it will likely delay the money being taken from your checking account by a few days. Choosing credit instead of entering your debit card's PIN can help minimize ...

A credit card CVV, or card verification value, is a three- or four-digit security code that appears on your credit card and is used to prevent fraud. Many or all of the products on this page are from ...

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