Keeping a watchful eye on your credit card balance is crucial so that you don’t overspend and take on credit card debt you can’t afford to pay back. But how do you check your balance? And what’s the ...

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If you’ve been streaming TV in the last month, you might have seen an ad saying a new piece of legislation in Congress was going to abolish credit card reward programs. The ads take viewers to the ...

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The U.S. government announced on Wednesday that it had dismantled “Try2Check,” a credit card checking operation that allowed cybercriminals involved with the bulk purchase and sale of stolen credit ...

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