ProPay vs. PayPal for Credit Card Processing

Thursday, January 19th, 2012

Being a business owner, you want to be able to cash in on the credit market, but accepting credit cards comes with responsibilities and fees.  Protecting customer’s information to avoid credit theft and fraud is a major responsibility and keeping fees in check to maintain profitability is important.  Thats why ...

Security Expert’s Credit Card Hacked

Sunday, May 29th, 2011

An excellent way to improve one’s level of security intelligence is to follow the writings of Robert X. Cringley, one of my favorite technology know-it-alls. Anyway, Cringley’s credit card was recently hacked. And if his card can be hacked, anyone’s can. Like many cardholders, Cringley received a notification from his ...

“Flash Attacks” Make Big Money for Debit and Credit Card Scammers

Wednesday, December 1st, 2010

Once a victim’s debit card number has been successfully skimmed, the card can be cloned, say, 100 times, and the cloned cards can be distributed to 100 people. All 100 people can then use the cloned cards to withdraw cash from 100 different ATMs within a brief window of five ...

7 Tips To Better Credit Card Security

Thursday, November 4th, 2010

Every time you use a credit card, you increase the chances of that card number being used fraudulently. Cards can be skimmed and hacked in a number of different ways. #1 Watch your card. Whenever you hand your credit or debit card to a salesperson or waiter, ...

5 Sneaky Credit Card Scams

Saturday, October 16th, 2010

#1 Phone Fraud. The phone rings, a scammer poses as your banks fraud department. They may have your entire card number stolen from another source. They ask about a charge made and you deny the charge, but in order for the charge to be removed, they need ...