In general, payment and near field communication is more secure than using a credit card magnetic strip. Merchant payment systems typically from bank cards, store your credit card information, making it relatively easy for hackers to steal it, to make fraudulent purchases. When you use the NFC payment transactions is […]
Apple charges can get a lot of talk, but you were waving at the cash register to pay your smart phone behavior is old news. Some Android smartphones have the ability to send payments using Near Field Communication (NFC) in the store. But with the kind of fanfare that only […]
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When Janelle Martin and her husband, James, recently received a $ 1,991.62 check it seems to be from Wal-Mart, her jaw dropped. “This is an awful lot of money to receive the message,” she said. But her excitement soon disappeared, with suspicion, when she read the letter, accompanied by inspection. […]
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When you’re shopping for holiday gifts, you might open a store credit card, and charge a big purchase – especially if the cashier suspension of, say, 20% of registered discount. But do not be discounted, if you are likely to carry a balance dazzled. The average annual interest rate credit […]
I hear is changing its FICO credit score calculation. What changes, and how they will affect my score – TM, Phoenix Are two changes FICO. Medical expenses in the collection will no longer affect the calculation. The score ignores other types of debt to collections, but has been resolved or […]
