“My mom texted me yesterday and she’s like, ‘Why do I have to put my PIN in for my debit card at a store if I can just hit bypass and then it doesn’t need any other information?’ And that got me ...

Best Buy, Wal-Mart and Radio Shack, fierce competitors in the sale of electronic merchandise, each deploys payment terminals that prompt customers to tap in a PIN when paying with a debit card. Their ...

Heidi Hansen, a U.S. Bank customer for nearly 10 years, had never seen anything like it. Her October bank statement contained a long string of unexpected 25 cent charges. Next to each was this ...

This is an excerpt from Dollar Scholar, the Money newsletter where news editor Julia Glum teaches you modern money lessons you NEED to know, one week at a time. Don ...

Will PIN debit for online transactions ever take off? Some backers are hopeful for this year, but others argue the Durbin Amendment and alternative technologies—like mobile payments—could make PIN ...