Earn on everything Cashback returns a percentage of the cost of a purchase to you later, similar to a discount after the fact. You can…
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Bank cards: where have all the numbers gone?
First there was the contactless revolution; now credit and debit cards are going numberless. Increasingly, banks are relegating information such as the 16-digit long number…
View More Bank cards: where have all the numbers gone?Credit card fraud: ‘How could scammers use it before I did?’
I am no stranger to credit card fraud: in the past I have had my card cloned and had the details stolen from a hack…
View More Credit card fraud: ‘How could scammers use it before I did?’Confused and at risk: the vulnerable are key targets for fraudsters
When Angela Smith* phoned her 93-year-old mother to remind her to take her medication, she asked, as usual, how her day had been. “She said…
View More Confused and at risk: the vulnerable are key targets for fraudstersUK contactless card limit more than doubles to £100
People in the UK using contactless cards can now spend up to £100 a time after the limit on payments more than doubled on Friday.…
View More UK contactless card limit more than doubles to £100Mastercard to raise fees by at least 400% for EU firms selling to UK customers
Mastercard is to increase the fees EU firms face to take payments from online shoppers from the UK by at least 400%, in a move…
View More Mastercard to raise fees by at least 400% for EU firms selling to UK customersMore than a third of UK shoppers blocked from paying with cash in Covid-19 crisis
More than a third of shoppers have been blocked from paying with cash since the start of the Covid crisis, prompting calls for urgent action…
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