Once a card is purchased, a criminal can drain the gift card before you get to use it. To steer clear of tampered cards, ...

While many gift card scams involve thieves demanding payments via prepaid cards, there's a less obvious type of fraud known ...

Organized crime has quietly turned the humble gift card into a billion dollar pipeline, draining balances before recipients ...

Have a Visa gift card that you keep forgetting to use? Prime Day is the perfect rainy day to break that bad boy out — you'll be able to squeeze way more out of those free funds when just about ...

Available nationwide in summer 2025, new Tap to Pay gift cards combine enhanced security with a simple checkout experience and seamless mobile wallet integration PLEASANTON, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- ...

NORTH TEXAS - It's that time of year. "gift card season." But before you buy - beware! "I am the person who bought the compromise card," Shannon Greer explained. "And I was absolutely shocked!" Greer ...

Courtney Johnston led the CNET Money team and worked closely with the consumer insights data team. Before CNET, she worked as a graduate writing instructor at the University of Indianapolis and ...

Visa was sued on Tuesday by consumers who said the card payments network failed to make prepaid “Vanilla” gift cards less likely to being drained by thieves. Ira Schuman, who leads the proposed class ...

Richard Zelinka from Alhambra often sends gift cards to his sister. But last Christmas, he told the I-Team how things started going wrong. “She called me one time and said that the last cards I sent ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Credit card issuer Visa has been hit with a proposed class action lawsuit after consumers alleged that the company purposely marketed and ...

ABC News Fixer: Why your $50 gift card may not seem like such a gift at first. Nov. 29, 2013 — -- Dear ABC News Fixer: A couple weeks ago I bought my son and daughter-in-law a Visa gift card for ...