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Postal service warns of scam
TWIN FALLS, ID. (KMVT-TV) The U.S. Postal Service says if you want to change your mailing address online you need to look out for a brand new scam. Some fake web sites offer to change your address but often charge up to $30 and often don’t even bother changing the address.

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Jenkins: Threats to privacy, safety mounting
At least once a year I feel the need to write a column reminding us all to be constantly aware of privacy, especially security issues online and elsewhere.

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Eagles give ticketholders choice to defer payment during lockout
As the work stoppage in the NFL continues, the Eagles are giving season ticketholders the option to defer the second half of their payment.

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Federal Reserve Computer Hacker Suspect Pleads Guilty to Account Fraud
A Malaysian man charged with hacking the Federal Reserve’s computers and conducting a credit- card scheme pleaded guilty to illegally possessing card account numbers with intent to defraud.

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Woman accused of posing as home buyer to steal credit cards from Pasco homes
By Erin Sullivan, Times Staff Writer Thursday, April 14, 2011 Anitra White got inside most of the homes by saying she was looking for a house for her grandmother, authorities said. White, 34, targeted homes for sale or rent in Pasco County — and possibly Pinellas and Hillsborough — and while she was inside, pretending to be a potential buyer or renter, she stole the owner’s wallet and went on …

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Tax Bill too Big? IRS Offers Payment Options
Can’t come up with the money to pay your tax bill? The IRS offers several different ways to pay.

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Banking costs will rise for customers, says John Vickers
British bank customers will have to pay more for current accounts if the taxpayer is to be protected from any future financial crisis, the Independent Commission on Banking said.

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London Markets: Barclays shares gain after bank-reform proposals
Shares of Barclays rise after a government-appointed commission outlines reform proposals for the banking sector.

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Investors Put A Down Payment On High-Yielding Real Estate ETFs
To say that the current investment landscape is complex would be quite the understatement. Recent weeks have seen environmental, humanitarian, and economic crises break out in Japan, with the aftershocks rippling throughout the global economy.

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Maple Grove resident indicted in $10 million bank fraud conspiracy
A federal indictment unsealed March 9 in St. Paul charges 12 people who reside in Maple Grove, California and New York with orchestrating a $10 million bank fraud conspiracy that featured a network of bank employees and others, operating locally and nationally.

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Beware of callers seeking information about your credit card
The Better Business Bureau warns of a credit card scam in which scammers already have your credit card information, but need the card’s security code (the three-digit number located on the back of your credit card).Someone calls you claiming to be from your credit card company’s security and fraud department. The caller already has your credit card number by some form of identity theft, may …

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Discover posts 1Q profit as payment habits improve
Discover Financial Services on Tuesday said higher card use and fewer unpaid customer balances helped it post better-than-expected first-quarter profit.

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My boyfriend is freaking about because his credit card payment was 3 days late (and the one time it was late before, his credit went down 100 points! We just recently checked his report). Will this late payment effect his score, or does it usually have to be a certain number of days late before they report it to the credit beuraus?

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I am going to place a PayPal option on my website (the standard account) where the buyer can only buy one item at a time after the price (shipping, etc.) has been decided. I am aware of PayPal’s fees, but do the credit card companies also charge me a fee for accepting payment? If so, approximately how much are credit card company fees? I want to use PayPal’s email billing option so that the buyer can choose his method of payment.

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Does the business still keep the payment (the transaction was already done) and/or just a flag or mark on their record by the credit card company. Does anything get flagged on our credit report? We have had some very bad luck with a photographer we worked with and considering this an option.

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I have a costumer that owe me $2500, he wants to pay me with credit card. I dont have any credit card account machine. So I opened an account with paypal and I read that paypal charge 2.9%. How long does it takes to receive payment from a credit card?
I know that the 2.9% fee is good, but my question is how long does paypal takes to deposit the money to my account. Because usually credit cards payment takes more than debit cards.

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Report: Mass. cities face $20B health care burden
The 50 largest cities and towns in Massachusetts face a “staggering” $20 billion unfunded liability for retiree health benefits that will wreak havoc on local government and place crushing burdens on property taxpayers in the future, a new report warns.

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Apple Starts App Subscription Payment Service
Apple Inc. started a subscription service for publishers of newspapers, magazines and other content applications, allowing them to sell multiple issues through a single purchase in the company’s online App Store.

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Obama defends budget proposal
At a White House news conference Tuesday President Obama tried to sell his budget to the American people. read more

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What to Expect From Your Bank This Year
There’s a good chance you’ll find yourself asking this year, “What has my bank done for me lately?” That’s because banks likely will reduce or eliminate rewards programs, increase fees

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On-time bill payment follows more holiday card use
Credit card users didn’t suffer a holiday hangover this year.

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