ATLANTIC CITY — A local teenager, 17, was charged with credit card theft after an investigation into fraudulent activity on the personal credit card of Mayor Marty Small Sr., police said.

I think about credit cards all the time. As a personal finance journalist, I've written about credit card rewards for a decade now, and have more than three dozen active cards of my own.

Individuals charged with credit card fraud and theft were among several indictments returned by the Caldwell County Grand Jury this month. A true bill was returned on Laura Beatrice Copeland, of ...

Rewards cards with cash-back bonuses and flashy perks are great — if you have good credit. But if you have a less-than-stellar credit score (or even no credit history), a secured credit card can ...

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If you have poor credit, you won't be eligible for the most rewarding credit cards. Secured credit cards can help you get your credit back on track, but require a deposit to open. However ...

This may describe you if you’re a young adult new to credit — the most common reason to have no credit — or a recent immigrant without a Social Security number. In either case ... That is fraud. If ...

The card earns rewards, too. Learn more and apply. You don't need a credit history to get a starter card. In some cases, you won't need a Social Security number. But generally, you'll need ...

Liliana Hall was a writer for CNET Money covering banking, credit ... Card issuers extend the same fraud protection to virtual cards as they do to physical ones, so you should be covered in case ...

Danette Colbert, 48, of Slidell, is only facing fraud ... with the cases. Colbert has been convicted of targeting Bourbon Street tourists and illegally using their credit cards in Jefferson ...

But bad credit doesn't have to be a "forever" problem. Obtaining a credit card can help you improve your credit score when you use the card responsibly — which includes making on-time payments and ...