credit cards

An elderly Wareham resident received a phone call from a male saying their grandson was in jail and needed money to secure his release.

Dartmouth Police are searching for two people they say used stolen credits at local stores.

A 39-year-old Dartmouth man was arrested Thursday after using stolen credit cards in a number of New Bedford businesses. The credit cards were stolen in a recent vehicle break-in in Dartmouth. A joint investigation by Dartmouth and New Bedford Police led to Kevin John Amaral, who is now facing a number of charges in both towns...

Dartmouth Police are asking for the public's help identifying a man captured on surveillance footage.

Personal debt is like a ball and chain around the ankle. It drains you financially, mentally, and emotionally. With some good advice however, you can knock down your debt and begin to see the light at the end of the tunnel.

Americans are borrowing more money. Household debt, which include mortgages, credit cards, auto loans and student loans, increased to 117-billion dollars from October to December. Figures from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York show that in addition to the increase in loans, they have also seen an increase in late payments...

Sears Holdings Corp. is announcing a data breach at its Kmart stores that started in early September. The parent company, which also operates Sears stores, says that Kmart's information technology team detected the breach on Thursday...

Home Depot's recent breach may have affected 56 million credit cards.

Many young adults aren't racking up a lot of credit card debt. That's because they don't have credit cards.

I remember walking by a table in the student union of my college which offered free T-shirts and coupons if I simply signed up for a Gulf Credit Card. It was a no brainer! Not on my part, but on the part of the predatory credit companies that targeted most of us into the 'charge it' frame of mind.