Credit card News

Stolen credit cards are openly sold in the cyber marketplace, as one Russian carding site is selling 554 stolen Australian credit cards for $4.50 per record.

When an Air France flight was diverted to Damascus on Wednesday, the crew asked passengers if they could lend them some cash for fuel after Syrian authorities refused their credit card.

Toronto - A new research study by a financial institution found that 72 percent of Canadians maintain some form of debt, while 49 percent have made at least one lump sum payment in the last year. Is the debt crisis worsening in the country?

Israel's Ynet news reports that Saudi talkbackers praise the credit card hacking scam that occurred earlier today in Israel affecting around 14,000 Israelis.

Saudi hackers exposed personal banking information of thousands of Israelis by hacking into a sports site on the Internet and obtaining credit card details.

Once again, Sony is warning more gamers their personal information may have been stolen by the same thieves who first breached the PlayStation Network, the company said Monday. Close to 24.6 million Sony Online Entertainment users may have been affected.

New York - The homeless man who borrowed an ad executive's American Express Platinum Card on Monday and promptly returned it to her after making a few purchases, was reunited with her again a few days later.

New York - A high-powered Manhattan advertising executive, perhaps a bit tipsy, let a homeless man borrow her American Express Platinum Card when he asked her for some spare change.

Boston - Next Generation Vending and Food Service is experimenting with biometric vending machines that would link credit cards to thumbprints. The company president feels "for a certain demographic that is pretty cool."

A survey has revealed that people in the United Kingdom owe £55 billion in hidden debts, and almost a third hide the true extent of their debt from family members.