MasterCard has reported second quarter results for its online debit card products reporting a 5.9 percent year over year growth in Maestro or MasterCard branded debit cards.   » Continue Reading

To provide financial assistance to the victims of Hurricane Katrina through the American Red Cross, NeuStar, CTIA's Wireless Foundation and many wireless industry carriers have established the Common Short Code "2HELP" (messaging to short code 24357, using the keyword "HELP").   » Continue Reading

Experian and The Gallup Organization have announced that the latest Experian-Gallup Personal Credit Index finds that about one in five consumers reporting theft of personal or financial information say that the perpetrator was someone they knew personally. In addition, 77 percent of consumers polled think of credit card fraud as identity theft. More results for the Personal Credit Index can be found online.

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