Weak Security Puts Credit and Debit Cards at Risk

Even if you aren’t a Target shopper, the company’s recent card account hack affects you. As the giant retailer deals with the fallout from a major data breach that stole card data from 40 million accounts in its system, consumer advocates are warning that the Target...

The First Bitcoin Convention Courts Asian Markets

Need more proof that the world is watching the Bitocoin? Just consider Bitcoinvention 2014,a global get-together to inform, educate and promote the digital currency that’s changing the way the world thinks about money. And this first Bitcoin convention is being held...

Does Bitcoin Opposition Confirm Supporters’ Fears?

As the Bitcoin continues to surge onto the world stage, with a new push to bring big-time Bitcoin trading to Asian markets, established financial institutions and government bodies around the globe are targeting the upstart digital currency with warnings and bans....

This Year, Give the Gift of Financial Literacy

It may not be sparkly and shiny and sit under the tree. But one of the greatest gifts a parent (or anyone) can give this holiday season is one that keeps on giving for a lifetime: financial literacy. Whether a child is five or fifteen, options ranging from the good...

Digital Currencies Shape a New Monetary Landscape

Are Bitcoins for real? Just ask UK techie James Howells, who recently tossed out a long forgotten computer hard drive, only to realize – far too late – that the device contained $7.5 million worth of Bitcoins, the digital currency that’s been making headlines as it...