Researcher detects malware designed to steal credit card information on more than 1,200 online stores The malware was detected on more than 1,200 online stores Magecart allows scammers to skim credit card information from online forms The infections were found in general online shops and some adult websites By James Pero For Dailymail.com Published: 23:08 … Read more
Customers of Virgin Money rounded on the bank after it suspended their credit cards, despite many of them not struggling with their repayments and clearing their balances in full. Borrowers have shared emails recently received from Britain’s sixth-largest bank telling them any ‘further spending on their card’ had been stopped after ‘looking at their overall … Read more
Phishing involves cyber-criminals attempting to steal personal information such as online passwords, bank details or money from an unsuspecting victim. Very often, the criminal will use an email, phone call or even a fake website pretending to be from a reputable company. The criminals can use personal details to complete profiles on a victim which … Read more
American Express customers who opened a credit card shortly before coronavirus pandemic given extra time to rack up spend for bonus points Amex often give a points bonus if you spend a certain sum in three months These can be Amex points, British Airways air miles or Nectar points It has doubled the time limit … Read more
Plastic purge: Britain’s personal debt pile SHRANK in March as people shun credit cards amid coronavirus crisis Bank of England found households paid back £3.8bn more than they borrowed Of that, £2.4bn came from credit cards and the rest from other loans The bank said a collapse in new lending was the big reason, as … Read more
Santander reveals 240,000 of its customers are on mortgage and credit card holidays – with savings rates and 123 account due to be cut 206,000 mortgage borrowers had been given holidays Meanwhile 15,000 credit card and 18,600 loan borrowers had paused payments The £32.4bn of mortgages having payments paused was 19% of its lending The … Read more
Kaspersky Founder and CEO Eugene Kaspersky believes cyberattacks on hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic are on par with terrorist incidents. In an online press conference on Wednesday, April 22, Eugene Kaspersky said that despite the current social distancing measures in place around the world, there will be very little impact on the cybersecurity landscape. ‘Cybercriminals are … Read more
Banks will increasingly tighten lending criteria over the next three months, approvals for credit cards and loans will fall and interest-free term lengths will shrink, banking giants and building societies predict. The Bank of England’s latest credit conditions survey revealed lenders by a large margin believe the availability of unsecured credit for households will decrease … Read more
‘It was the thing that kept me going’: LEGO Masters stars credit popular building blocks with giving them an escape after being diagnosed with life-threatening medical conditions By Demeter Stamell For Daily Mail Australia Published: 06:15 BST, 20 April 2020 | Updated: 06:15 BST, 20 April 2020 LEGO Masters stars Annie O’Reilly and Tim Jones have … Read more
Balance transfer mix-up meant my £3,500 credit card bill was ‘rejected’ but ended up on both cards… and left me charged interest I’d tried to avoid Neil Seagrave, 35, applied to make a balance transfer at the start of March He thought the money had been sent from Sainsbury’s to HSBC but it wasn’t The … Read more