This story appesrs in the October 2009 issue of Cards&Payments. Debit cards tied to tax-deferred health savings accounts in the U.S. likely will hit record numbers again this year as more consumers ...

What are prepaid debit cards? A prepaid debit card is a card that has a specific amount of money pre-loaded onto it. You can then use the card to make purchases as you would with a debit card attached ...

If you run your debit card as credit, it will likely delay the money being taken from your checking account by a few days. Choosing credit instead of entering your debit card's PIN can help minimize ...

The rewards may be lower, but debit cards can let you safely earn cash back without risking credit card debt. Evan Zimmer has been writing about finance for years. After graduating with a journalism ...

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Debit cards give you easy access to the money you currently have available in your linked checking account. They’re different from credit cards, which allow you to make purchases with loans offered by ...

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