creditcard

We have described the top five things that you should do immediately after learning that your credit card security has been breached.

The 1.7 billion credit cards we use in the US have magnetic stripe technology, which is relatively easy to clone, allowing thieves to commit credit card fraud. But the newer "chip and PIN" cards, also known as EMV cards, are far more secure.

There's little doubt that gas prices will still be a big consideration in most household budgets in 2012, and alternate transportation isn't always an option, so we all want to do what we can to cut spending on gas. Credit cards are the best way for gas savings.

It is always wise to keep up to date on your Internet usage and protect the information you choose to share online. Criminals have really refined their ways to get you into coughing up the right information and in many cases, consumers had no clue they had been had.

A balance transfer involves transferring one credit card or loan debt to another credit card or loan balance. many credit card companies are using balance transfers to get new clients by offering extremely low annual percentage rates (APRs) for new clients to transfer credit card debt.

If you have both cash and a credit card (or more) on-hand, how exactly do you decide which to pay with?

Here are four credit cards that can help you to get rid of those villains, or start a great story, and build out a history so you can get to happily ever after.

We're not aware of any other industry on the planet where big checks are shown off as a way to show success. We just think that big checks should perhaps be reserved for charitable contributions instead