The internet is teeming with novel opportunities to get ripped off. Scams and flimflams have always been part of the consumer economy, but now they seem to be lurking everywhere. Between AI-generated ...

Opening your first credit card can feel overwhelming. There are dozens of cards to choose from, and each promises rewards, perks and special offers. The good news is that finding the right first card ...

Credit card purchases like gas and groceries are outpacing unexpected expenses as Americans rely more heavily on credit cards to make ends meet. Approximately 56% of consumers say they use credit ...

WARRINGTON TWP., Pa. - Police in Bucks County say a 39-year-old woman has been arrested for allegedly using a stolen credit card to buy gift cards at a Lowe’s. Katie Testa was arrested on June 11, ...

Cara Tabachnick is a news editor at CBSNews.com. Cara began her career on the crime beat at Newsday. She has written for Marie Claire, The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal. She reports on ...

Seven California cities landed on the list of the top 10 with the most credit card debt in the US, as Americans grapple with record household debt and rising delinquencies nationwide. An analysis from ...

Roughly 13% of the nation’s credit card balance was at least 90 days delinquent in the first quarter of 2026, according to a report from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. That figure hasn’t ranged ...

As a consumer, I have finally hit the wall when it comes to “swipe fees” on credit cards. That happened last month when my dentist — my dentist! — announced he was tacking on a 3.5 percent surcharge ...

It is the cockroach of personal finance myths. No matter how many times experts try to exterminate it, it finds a way to survive. I’m referring to the flat-out wrong belief that you need to carry a ...

A new Magecart campaign is using Stripe's API infrastructure to host the credit card-stealing payload and the data exfiltrated from checkout pages. The entire malicious activity relies on Google Tag ...

This article is part of "Unaffordable America," a series examining rising economic inequality in the U.S. and the policies that drive it. RUCKERSVILLE, Va. — At the Tiger Fuel gas station and ...