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Sticky Keys Help Crooks Clean Out San Francisco ATMs
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS 5) – You might call it a stick-up, but the only guns being used in a string of San Francisco bank ATM robberies are full of glue. Over the past few months, thieves have dumped glue...
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Tech Report: Girl Scouts Go High-Tech To Sell Cookies
(KCBS) – The Girl Scouts have left their old-fashioned ways behind, as they are now accepting credit cards to pay for those Thin Mints and Samoas. KCBS Technology Analyst Larry Magid said they are...
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ConsumerWatch: Unused Credit Cards Could Lower Your Credit Score
(CBS 5) – A standard practice by banks to cancel inactive accounts could cost consumers a lower credit score. Jacob Gibson from NerdWallet, a credit card comparison website, said the practice has...
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San Francisco Cabbies Weigh In On Credit Card Controversy
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – San Francisco cab drivers attending the first of six town hall meetings scheduled over the next week, let the Municipal Transportation Agency know what they think of recent...
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Tech Watch: New Mobile Payment System On The Way
(KCBS) – A joint venture between three of the top wireless companies has struck a deal with all four major credit card companies that could lead to a new mobile payment system. ISIS is a joint venture...
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ConsumerWatch: New Consumer Protection Agency Opens SF Office
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS 5 / AP) – The new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau opened for business on Thursday, with a branch office located in San Francisco. The agency is tasked with investigating...
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San Francisco’s City Attorney Wins Fight With Bank Of America
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS)—San Francisco’s City Attorney has won a fight with the credit card division of the nation’s largest bank, which means millions of dollars for the city and tough new consumer...
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Sonoma Co. Man Accused Of Making Fake IDs, Credit Cards
PENNGROVE (CBS SF) – A Penngrove man is suspected of running a counterfeit drivers’ license and credit card operation from his home, a Sonoma County sheriff’s lieutenant said Wednesday afternoon....
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Credit Accounts Hacked At East Bay Wholesaler, Customers Say
OAKLAND (CBS 5) – Some customers of an East Bay restaurant supply store told CBS 5 that their credit card accounts were hacked. But a representative of Jetro Cash and Carry in Oakland was not eager to...
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Lucky Supermarket Chain Reveals Scope Of Card Reader Scam
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – More than 100 employees and customers have had their identities stolen at Bay Area Lucky supermarkets by thieves who tampered with the credit and debit card readers in...
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Hundreds Contact Lucky Supermarkets Over Credit Card Skimming
SAN LEANDRO (CBS SF) – A Lucky supermarket in San Leandro is the 24th Northern California store victimized by a credit and debit card-skimming operation, Save Mart Supermarkets has announced. More than...
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Card Reader Scam Hits South Bay Charity For Troops
SAN JOSE (KCBS) – A charity group that benefits members of the U.S. military and needy veterans is the latest victim in the growing debit card reader scam at Lucky and Save Mart supermarkets. More than...
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Increased Credit Card Use Spurs Higher Visa Quarterly Profit
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – Visa Inc. said Wednesday that its fiscal first-quarter profit rose 16 percent, as card use rose both in the U.S. and overseas. The San Francisco-based payments processor posted...
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San Francisco Taxi Drivers To Pay Lower Credit Card Transaction Fees
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – San Francisco taxi cab drivers got part of what they wanted on Tuesday as the Municipal Transportation Agency approved putting a limit on fees for credit card transactions. Muni...
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ConsumerWatch: Government Launches Credit Card Complaint Database
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS / AP) — The government is launching an online database of complaints about credit cards. The public can see what types of complaints people have filed against any bank that issues...
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Bay Area Pot Clubs Say They’re Forced To Become Cash-Only
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS 5) – Bay Area medical marijuana dispensaries claim they are being cut off from allowing credit card transactions. Pot advocates said cash-only dispensaries and their customers may...
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San Carlos Postal Worker Arrested For Stealing Mail, Identities
SAN CARLOS (CBS/AP) — A San Francisco Bay area postal worker is facing charges that he stole thousands of pieces of mail to obtain credit cards that he then gave out to friends. 38-year-old Romeo...
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Visa’s Fiscal 1Q Net Income Jumps 25 Pct
FOSTER CITY (CBS / AP) — Shoppers hit stores for the holidays in the final months of 2012 and it seems many of them were armed with credit and debit cards using the Visa network. The payments...
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Lost & Found Items From Outside Lands Available For Pickup
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – Lost your keys, wallet or phone at Outside Lands? Organizers of the three-day music festival that was held in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park last weekend are allowing...
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Target Security Breach Exposes 40 Million Credit, Debit Cards
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (AP) - Target is grappling with a data security nightmare that threatens to drive off holiday shoppers during the company’s busiest time of year. The nation’s second largest...
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Target Customer Data Security Breach Significantly Worse Than Originally Feared
NEW YORK (AP) — Target’s pre-Christmas security breach was significantly more extensive and affected millions more shoppers than the company reported last month. The nation’s second largest discounter...
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California Data Breaches Hit More Than 20 Million Accounts
SACRAMENTO (AP) — California businesses and government agencies have experienced 300 separate data breaches exposing the personal information of more than 20 million customer accounts during the past...
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Long Lines, Frustrated Shoppers After Nationwide Target Checkout Glitch
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Target shoppers faced trouble at the cash register again after issues with debit, gift, and EBT cards caused long lines across the country Sunday. Issues began ringing up...
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San Jose Startup Rolls Out Tool For Controlling Credit Cards, Preventing Fraud
SAN JOSE (KPIX 5) — A San Jose startup appears to be on the cutting edge of “credit card control” to customize your security preferences with the tap of a smartphone. Soon, you’ll be able to use your...
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Bay Area Man’s Gift Card Comes With Strings Attached
After getting a $150 gift card from Nissan to help cover repair costs, a Bay Area man found out his gift card wasn't really a gift card at all.
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Credit Freeze: The Best Way To Prevent Identity Thieves From Opening Credit...
SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) — It’s called a credit freeze or security freeze and it’s the number one tool to prevent crooks from opening a credit account in your — or your child’s — name. Trouble is, not many...
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New Jeans Made In Bay Area Firm Designed To Thwart High-Tech Thieves
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — There’s some new protection against the fastest growing crime in America: identity theft. As our devices get smarter, software security company Norton thought so should our...
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Wells Fargo Sued, Accused Of Opening Accounts Without Customer Knowledge
http://media.sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/CBSSF_0505201522082526651AA.mp4 SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — A Wells Fargo customer is suing the bank, accusing it of deceiving customers by giving them new accounts...
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Microchips Replacing Magnetic Strips On Credit, Debit Cards
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — The magnetic strip on the back of credit and debit cards going the way of 8-track tapes and dial-up Internet soon. After October 1, card companies are shifting to EMV...
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Visa Improving Smart Chip Cards To Speed Checkout Times
FOSTER CITY (CBS / AP) — Visa says its improving its smart chip-embedded cards, which have been the source of grumbling from businesses and customers forced to wait for transactions to go through. The...
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Credit Card Hackers Strike More Than 1,000 Wendy’s Restaurants
NEW YORK (CBS / AP) — Wendy’s said hackers were able to steal customers’ credit and debit card information at 1,025 of its U.S. restaurants, far more than it originally thought. The hamburger chain...
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Adele Says Her Credit Card Was Declined At San Jose H&M Store
SAN JOSE (CBS SF/AP) — Adele may be one of pop music’s biggest stars, but she says her fame and fortune didn’t prevent her credit card from being declined at an H&M store. London’s Daily Mirror...
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Crooks Using Bluetooth To Steal At Gas Pumps
DALLAS (CBS11) -Pump prowlers in Dallas are stepping up their game, stealing bank information in some cases instantaneously with a new device police are calling “scary.” Dallas Police recently...
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Some Bay Area Whole Foods Locations Targeted By Hackers
SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) – Whole Foods market is warning customers of several Bay Area locations that their credit card information may have been breached. According to a company statement, the breach...
View ArticleEmployers Under Fire For Credit Background Checks
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS)- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is suing the Kaplan Higher Education Corporation for allegedly discriminating against African American job seekers by screening their...
View ArticleCalifornia High Court: Merchants Can’t Ask Customers For ZIPs
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The California Supreme Court ruled Thursday that merchants can no longer ask for the ZIP codes of customers who make purchases with credit cards because such requests violate a...
View ArticleCalifornia Retailers Sued Following Zip Code Privacy Ruling
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Consumers have filed lawsuits against more than a dozen national retail chains operating in California since the state Supreme Court ruled it’s illegal for clerks to ask customers...
View ArticleSan Jose Airline Worker Accused In $500k Credit Card Scam
SAN JOSE (CBS 5) — A former American Airlines employee is accused of ripping off nearly $500,00 from passengers at San Jose’s Mineta International Airport as part of a complex credit card skimming...
View Article2 Accused Of Skimming Credit Cards In Mountain View, Los Altos
MOUNTAIN VIEW (CBS SF) — Two men from Southern California are facing felony charges after placing credit card skimmers inside South Bay gas pumps in December, the Santa Clara District Attorney’s Office...
View ArticleSan Francisco Leaders Approve Ban On Cashless Stores
SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5/AP) – San Francisco supervisors unanimously approved legislation requiring retailers to accept cash for payment. San Francisco on Tuesday followed Philadelphia and New Jersey in...
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