Actor Will Smith and hip-hop artists Nas have teamed up to educate young people about money. The two have invested in the Step app that is targeted at youth to teach them how to handle...
Read More →Macy’s department stores has reported a data breach of customer data. The breach affects Macy’s online customers and exposed names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, birthdays, and credit and debit card numbers with expiration dates....
Read More →Verifone, the largest maker of payment terminals, reported it is investigating a data breach of its systems. The company provides terminals and services to merchants that allow consumers to swipe credit and debit card. The terminals...
Read More →Eaten at an Arby’s lately? Well now is a good time to check your bank and credit card statements. Arby’s Restaurant Group reported that some of the payments systems at 1,000 corporate owned stores have...
Read More →There is a magical gift that, no matter what, is always exactly what the person wanted or needed. It is adaptable to any situation or occasion. This gift can be from the recipient’s favorite store...
Read More →Security experts are warning of a rise in skimming attacks at gas stations. Millions of African-Americans use self-service gas pumps everyday and could be vulnerable to skimming attacks. Skimming attacks are expected to rise significantly...
Read More →October is EMV card month. And what is EMV? Currently there are 1.96 billion credit cards in circulation and they are about to change. Black people all over America are walking around with a credit or debit...
Read More →Hackers have been having a absolute field day breaking into store payment systems and stealing credit card data with impunity. The problem is intolerable for the consumer and costing everyone money everyday. Kaspersky Labs reported...
Read More →A recent study of online banks and merchants by Kaspersky Labs indicate that banks pay up but don’t bother to investigate cybrecrime. These banks would rather pay off the claim rather than secure their systems....
Read More →America is about to make a change. The old way of swiping your credit card and signing your name is dead. Welcome to the pin and chip credit card. Starting in 2015 the new card...
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