Tag: Card fraud

This old-school method for foiling card fraud has stood test of time

Credit card fraud in the late 1980s was a lot less complicated than it is today. In the pre-internet era, criminals often called banks to falsely report that a specific customer’s card was lost or stolen. Then they peeked inside the targeted customer’s mailbox to see whether the new plastic had been delivered. When the…
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February 18, 2018 0

Cordray urges CEOs to give consumers more control over payments, cards

Richard Cordray is not going out meekly. A week before he is due to resign, the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau sent a letter to 29 chief executives at banks, credit unions and other financial companies, urging them to help consumers exert more control over credit cards, debit cards and other payment methods.…
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November 21, 2017 0