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Feds Warn About Latest $1 Million IRS Phone Scam
Friday, March 21, 2014 - 2:38pm | 543A taxpayer, already nervous about a questionable deduction as he prepares his tax return, gets a phone call. The caller says he is from the Internal Revenue Service, the taxpayer owes back taxes, and must pay immediately via a pre-paid debit card or wire transfer. The phone call is a scam. The...
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Funding A Call for VISA
Wednesday, December 22, 2010 - 4:05am | 875Investors are now becoming familiar with the story of Master Card (NYSE: MA) and Visa (NYSE: V) being pummeled by the Fed's proposal to cut interchange rate drastically for debit cards. To recap, Federal Reserve on December 16 announced the proposal to place a cap on the interchange fees banks...