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Are Rewards Cards Truly Rewarding?

How “Rewarding” are Rewards Programs? Rewards Credit Cards are not a new concept, but making charitable donations or tithing with them might be to some donors. Nearly everyone has heard of the potential tangible gains that are available to eligible consumers who regularly utilize these financial tools, but […]

Chargebacks: Why am I not protected?

Before addressing this exasperating question, let me first provide more information regarding why chargebacks exist. Chargebacks are designed to protect the consumer, not the merchant. They are to uphold the integrity of the payment card industry. With so many breaches occurring, such as the recent Target breach, consumers […]

Takeaways from the Target Breach

In what could be the largest breach to date, Target announced that thieves were able to compromise data for some 70 million people and approximately 40 million credit and debit card accounts. The data was exposed for transactions made between November 27 and December 15, 2013. The breach is believed[…]

Password Security

Passwords have become part of everyday life in the Internet. You need passwords for banking, email access, e-commerce, social media, and most websites where your private data may be stored or tracked. So how do you make sure you have set up your accounts with secure passwords that you […]

Part 2: Road Map to PCI

This month we take a look at the second requirement to Building and Maintaining a Secure Network: Changing vendor-supplied defaults for system passwords and other security parameters. As always, if you have any questions about PCI or the best practices contained in our Road Map series let us know. […]