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"We can give the average American family $500 a year, spending what they already do on their debit card.", Dan O'Malley, CEO of PerkStreet told WalletPop in a phone interview. PerkStreet Financial, the online bank O'Malley is talking about, offers a free checking account and one of the most...

It's a debit card: You swipe it, punch some buttons and put it back in your wallet. How tough can it be? Actually, experts say there are a handful of ways you can modify your debit card usage to make sure you're not wasting any of your hard-earned money on unnecessary fees or having your valuable...

Summer vacation season is almost upon us. But before you throw your bathing suits in a duffel bag and drop the dog off at a kennel, take time to read this advice about using your debit card while enjoying your well-deserved getaway. Make the wrong move when it comes time to pull out the plastic,...

If you've purchased any high priced item with a rebate in the last year, like a cell phone, you've likely received your rebate in the form of a rebate card. While these cards often carry a Visa or MasterCard logo and can be used much like a debit or credit card, they don't carry the same...

We've all heard of crooks installing skimmers on ATM machines to steal debit card information, including pin numbers, but a new scheme has been uncovered that is much harder to detect and it happens at a place you might equate with highway robbery -- the gas pump. Reports have come in from across...

A St. Louis homeless man, trying to stay warm, stumbled on the personal information of Macy's shoppers as he was building himself a bed with trash he found in a downtown store's Dumpster. And it's not the first time that's happened for that particular store.

Credit card outfit MasterCard likely saw a small bump in fee collection in the fourth quarter, which should translate into higher earnings when the company reports earnings on Thursday morning.

Some of us do it every day: We swipe our debit card then either sign our name or enter a PIN number -- and (voila!) the purchase is done. But little do consumers know that when they sign for a purchase they are costing retailers significantly more than if they enter their PIN -- a fact that could...

Even though the most recent consumer credit reports show credit card debt is declining, consumer's debit cards are getting quite a workout. Debit card transactions recently surpassed credit card transactions for the first time ever. Experts are forecasting debit card transactions to surge even...

Consider this case: a man miscalculates how much money is in his checking account, uses it seven times in a day with no single charge more than $12 and ends up charged with $234 in overdraft fees. Welcome to the dangers of debit cards.The plight of Peter Means, 59, of Colorado and how he came to be...