Credit reporting agency Equifax is ousting CEO Richard Smith in an effort to clean up the mess left by a damaging data breach that exposed highly sensitive information about 143 million Americans. The shake-up announced Tuesday comes after Equifax disclosed that hackers exploited a software ...
U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren said Friday she has begun an investigation into Equifax's massive data breach, and along with 11 other Democratic senators, introduced a bill to allow consumers to freeze their credit for free. Equifax came under increased pressure from lawmakers and U.S. states ...
A day after credit-reporting company Equifax disclosed that "criminals" had stolen vital data on about 143 million Americans, it had somehow managed to leave much of the public in the dark about their exposure, how they should protect themselves and what Equifax planned to ...
A major American credit reporting agency entrusted to safeguard personal financial information said Thursday that hackers looted its system, in a colossal breach that could affect nearly half the U.S. population as well as people in Britain and Canada. Equifax said that a hack it ...
Private consumption is 56 percent of Japan's GDP, so understanding where people are spending and what they're buying is essential to have a clear picture of what's going on in the world's third-biggest economy. That's true not just for the government, but also for ...
A private bank in Myanmar on Tuesday began issuing JCB credit and debit cards, becoming the first in the country to do so. Ayeyarwady Bank, also known as AYA Bank, is offering the AYA Universal MPU-JCB Co-Brand Card in an arrangement with Myanmar Payment Union ...
The Metropolitan Police Department has arrested a former convenience store employee on suspicion of computer fraud involving the alleged use of customer credit card information. Daijiro Kamino, 29, of Taito Ward, Tokyo, stole information printed on the credit cards during his part-time job at a ...
The Japanese unit of American Express Co. wants to double its profit and market share by attracting owners of small companies as customers and increasing partnerships with other card issuers, its president said Wednesday. "We don't have a time frame, but we want to double ...
The new Apple payment system has extraordinary promise. With Apple Pay, you might not need a wallet, and you can leave your credit and debit cards at home. In terms of ease and convenience, payment cards represented a big leap from the era of ...
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Children are increasingly paying to play smartphone-based games by secretly using their parents' credit cards, the National Consumer Affairs Center of Japan warned Friday. There were 490 cases of children under 10 brought to consumer centers nationwide in fiscal 2013, a roughly threefold rise from ...
Japanese credit card transactions will accelerate this year as rising stock prices boost consumer confidence and spending, according to Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc.'s card unit. "Luxury items are selling well," Hideo Shimada, president of Sumitomo Mitsui Card Co., said in Tokyo this month. "High ...
