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It’s important to know how to take advantage of credit and debit cards and using them correctly is particularly important for college grads. Building credit will allow you to make bigger purchases, ...

Debit cards feel safe and familiar, but using them as your primary spending tool quietly shifts risk from banks onto you.

Lissa Anderson was a diplomat with the US State Department for over a decade, having served in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Iraq and France. Since leaving the State Department, Lissa has lived as an American ...

Debit card rewards often play second fiddle to perks associated with their credit card cousins. But astute banks are fine-tuning their approach. Debit cards are a popular way to pay. Consumers between ...

Most of us know how to use our credit card to make purchases, but not everybody knows how to get cash from a credit card at ...

Our simple tips show you how to protect yourself from fraudsters trying to cash in when you use ATMs or other unattended payment machines. I review privacy tools like hardware security keys, password ...

Although financial technology is reducing the need to make regular cash transactions, it’s also making it increasingly convenient to get cash when you need it. Cardless ATMs allow you to perform ATM ...

Debit cards are as vulnerable to theft as credit cards and offer limited fraud protection. Depending on how soon you report the fraud, you could be responsible for up to $50 in ...

Chauncey grew up on a farm in rural northern California. At 18 he ran away and saw the world with a backpack and a credit card, discovering that the true value of any point or mile is the experience ...