credit cards

Put into perspective, if you owe $3000 on a credit card with an interest rate of 28%, and you made payments of $100 (interest plus 1% of the balance) it would take you almost 7 years to pay off the debt. Your interest payments alone would be over $3700.

A Lakewood man and a Utah man have been indicted for running a fraud scheme where they obtained credit cards in the names of third parties and then bought items to build up reward points, monetize those points and then cancel the purchases.

Every time a new technology comes out, a new scam seems to pop up to take advantage. And warnings are coming out that scammers are targeting American consumers who are unfamiliar with the new credit card chip technology that a lot of us are starting to see.

Unauthorized purchases applied to credit cards stolen in Brick Township in mid-September help narrow down the search for a suspect. Police urge anyone who recognizes the suspect through newly-released surveillance images to reach them.   According to investigators, an unlocked car parked in the Drum Point Sports Complex on September 19 was looted. A w...

You may be getting charged every month for services you're not even using.

The majority of small businesses in New Jersey aren't prepared to handle credit or debit cards that are equipped with computer chips, according to a new survey.

A new study found American credit card holders use their cards for convenience, rather than for rewards like frequent flier miles and cash back.

This may sound surprising, but more than one in three Americans have never checked their credit reports and 14 percent say they typically go more than a year between checks, according to a survey by Bankrate.com.

We have a warning for you as an old scam is making new rounds in South Jersey lately.

If you use a credit or debit card and think your personal information is safe from a big company breach, think again.