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Does The Internet Cause Inefficiency and Security Lapses?
We have all heard about how social networks such as Facebook are having a negative impact on employee productivity and the media has been awash with accounts of how companies are attempting to deal with the growing problem.
Do Not Panic If You Have Received A 1099-C
The last many weeks has seen a flood of questions from the taxpayers who have become very upset after receiving 1099-C or 1099-A forms for debt which were in actual forgiven or never paid or were extinguished in bankruptcy.
New Upside Visa Offers Cash Back Rewards
A new prepaid Visa card has been launched offering 100% approval with no credit check and no activation fees. The Upside Visa Debt Free Prepaid Card aims to give consumers all the power of having a regular bank account.
U.S. Bank Set To Launch Wearable E-Wallet
Following successful trials of MasterCard’s PayPass enabled wristbands at a UK music festival earlier this year, U.S. Bank are set to introduce the VITAband, a wristband containing not only a MasterCard PayPass chip, but also the wearer’s emergency contacts and …
Credit Card Standards Relax For First Time Since 2008
For the first time in the past 4 years, credit card standards have eased for some of the nation’s top 16 lenders.
An annual study from the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency revealed that 25 percent of …
Fed Sets Swipe Fee Cap At 21 Cents
The Federal Reserve has listened to the pleas of bankers and increased the debit card interchange fees cap. However, the fees will still be half of the current average which still spells a loss in revenue.
Visa Launches New Security Sense Website
Credit Card company Visa Inc. have issued consumers with tips on how to protect themselves against credit, and debit, card fraud during their vacations. The tips are issued via Visa’s Visa Security Sense Website.
U.S. Bank Launches EMV Credit Cards
Banks have been slow to embrace the cutting edge credit card technology, EMV (Europay, MasterCard and Visa), which is also known as contactless payment.
CitiBank Under Fire After Security Breach
Citibank has been criticized over the way in which they handled the release of information regarding the recent security breach after it emerged that they failed to alert customers, many of whom found out only after reading news reports on …
Wells Fargo APR Change Prompt Fall In National Average
The average annual percentage rate fell this week for the first time since early March, thanks to Wells Fargo making adjustments to the APR range offered on two of its rewards cards.
Small Banks Face Danger From Swipe Fee Reforms
As the row over interchange, or swipe, fee reform begins to draw to a conclusion, Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernake fears, during his recent testimony to the Senate, that new regulations will have a damaging effect on smaller banks and …
Rite Aid Offers Plastic Paychecks
Drugstore giant Rite Aid has announced plans to offer their 91,000 employees the opportunity to receive paychecks in the form of prepaid debit cards.
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