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Employers 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...
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California 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...
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California 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...
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San 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...
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2 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...
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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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