Articles Tagged ‘protect credit card’

6 Ways to Guard Against Credit Card Fraud
Thursday, September 20th, 2012
6 Ways to Guard Against Credit Card FraudCredit card fraud continues to be a significant problem throughout the U.S. Even though financial liability is limited for any unauthorized activity on an account, dealing with the fraud can cost a significant amount of time and stress. Furthermore, a compromised credit card account can sometimes be an indication of a larger threat to financial security – identity theft. So while there are a number of legal rules in place to protect consumers, it’s essential that one takes charge and does everything possible to guard against credit card fraud. Here is some credit card advice on six relatively pain-free ways to...

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Advice on How to Protect Your Credit Card
Friday, February 10th, 2012
For most of us, our credit cards are an important part of managing our overall finances. Provided that we don’t change our buying habits and purchase on credit unnecessarily, using credit cards can save us the hassle of using cash or checks. In addition, receiving a monthly statement from the credit card company makes it easy to review all the purchases you made in the prior month (and know what to adjust if you’re not meeting your budget). But credit cards need to be protected. Credit card fraud remains a significant problem, and even if the anti-fraud protections reduce our financial...

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