Criminals have quietly turned everyday debit cards into a direct pipeline to people's checking accounts, using tactics that are harder to spot and faster to cash out than traditional card theft.

Debit cards pull funds directly from your bank account when making purchases or withdrawing cash. Setting up a PIN and monitoring account balances via mobile apps helps avoid overspending and fees.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3)—The publication Payments Dive reports that 11 states are considering legislation to cap swipe fees for cards. Fees for credit and debit cards are on the mind of our viewer, ...

Sometime around 2007, Marc Fusaro, then a professor at East Carolina University, sat in a friend’s kitchen and explained that he was researching the methods people use to rein in their credit-card ...