Most of us are curious beings by nature. So, if you’ve been staying awake at night wondering what your credit card number means, it’s your lucky day. I’m going to pull back the curtain and show you ...

You’re at the checkout screen after an online shopping spree, ready to enter your credit card number. You type it in and instantly see a red error message ...

For those of you who think of credit card theft as a high-tech crime performed online by e-savvy thieves, credit card shaving may sound SO 20th century. But it works -- depending, as usual, on the ...

Making an online purchase is an exercise in trust. After all, to buy something online, you have to reveal enough information about your credit card that the recipient (or anyone who gets a peek) could ...

The numbers on a credit card help identify the credit card network, the company that issued the card and the cardholder.