Since most major card issuers now have contactless cards, it’s important to know how they’re used and their benefits and drawbacks. “Contactless payment” refers to a no-touch or tap-to-pay ...

Even chip-enabled credit cards are vulnerable to skimming because the cards still have a magnetic strip. Whenever you pay for gas at the pump or use an ATM, look for signs of tampering.

One of many ways that Americans are ridiculed by the rest of the world is that they don’t have chip and PIN on their credit cards yet; US credit card companies have been slow to bring this ...