Ever had your card declined at the worst possible moment, or noticed a weird charge on your bank statement? These situations ...

Debit card fraud moves fast, freezes real money, and can take weeks to fully unwind. Here's how it actually plays out.

Credit cards offer a number of key benefits over debit cards. They also tend to offer better protection. The right cash back credit card can earn you hundreds, or thousands of dollars a year for free.

Debit cards let you pay for things with money in your bank account, while credit cards pay with a line of credit. A debit card can be handy for preventing overspending and interest charges, as well as ...

Despite how it sounds, you can’t technically use your debit card as a credit card — but you can choose whether a merchant processes the transaction as debit or credit. If you enter your PIN, the ...

Credit cards and debit cards look almost exactly alike but are actually quite different. Money you spend or withdraw using a ...

You can use a prepaid debit card a lot like a traditional card to make purchases, but it’s important to understand the rules and fees. David McMillin writes about credit cards, mortgages, banking, ...