GENE JOHNSON / The Associated PressJul 30, 2019
A woman faces a computer fraud charge in one of the largest security breaches of a major U.S. financial institution on record. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Ellen Brown / TruthdigAug 22, 2018
Big banks on this side of the Pacific are watching with trepidation, as developments in China’s mobile system could indicate that significant shifts will happen in the U.S. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
By Sarah Lazare / AlterNetSep 13, 2016
Systemic inequalities play a key role in our alarmingly high level of credit card debt. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigJul 6, 2014
Medical centers are jumping aboard the bandwagon of privacy invasion as they buy data on millions of patients both to anticipate when they'll get sick and for their own financial purposes. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
By Ellen Brown, Web of DebtFeb 14, 2014
The credit card business is now the banking industry’s biggest cash cow, and it’s largely due to lucrative hidden fees. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigFeb 4, 2014
Sen. Elizabeth Warren endorsed a proposal by the United States Postal Service's inspector general over the weekend that could prevent the poor from having to shell out billions of dollars in fees and maybe even save the post office from sinking. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigNov 4, 2013
New York Times reporter Scott Shane discusses new ways the NSA is known to be "an electronic omnivore of staggering capabilities, eavesdropping and hacking its way around the world to strip governments and other targets of their secrets, all the while enforcing the utmost secrecy about its own operations." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigOct 6, 2012
Hundreds of California residents are being threatened with foreclosure by a major Canadian bank, but it has nothing to do with missing their home payments. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigAug 13, 2012
Credit card companies are increasingly turning to the legal system in their rush to collect money that is owed to them. But, there now exists a very big problem in this litigious-happy practice -- nearly all these lawsuits may be flawed. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
By Kim Barker, ProPublicaMay 21, 2012
When MaryAnn Nellis tried to pay for groceries on April 14, her credit card was declined. She later found out why: Her credit card company, Capital One, had flagged an earlier purchase as potentially fraudulent. The problem? A $5 donation to Friends of Scott Walker, the Wisconsin governor's campaign committee, which she claimed not to have made. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJan 18, 2012
For obvious reasons, Americans' savings accounts are shrinking during this ongoing recession, both because there's not as much money to deposit and many more reasons to make withdrawals. This has consequences for the economy's long-term recovery prospects, as does another currently popular method of payment: the credit card. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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