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More student loans boost consumer credit $11.4B

Americans took out more student and auto loans in September to boost consumer borrowing to a record level. But they cut back on credit card borrowing, a sign many remain cautious about taking on high-interest debt.

2012/11/07

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Smartphones To Soon Double As DART Tickets

DART passengers will soon be able to use their smartphones to board buses and trains.

2012/10/08

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Feds Order Credit Card Company To Refund $200M

Discover Bank will pay millions in fees to settle accusations by U.S. regulators that it pressured credit card customers to buy costly add-on services like payment protection and credit monitoring.

2012/09/24

Police: Pair Of Identity Thieves Targeting North Texas Elderly

Investigators in North Texas are looking for a couple they say are taking elderly people’s credit cards by luring them away from their homes.

KRLD–2012/08/23

Capital One Repays Consumers To End Card Probe

Capital One Bank is paying $165 million to settle charges that it pressured credit card customers to buy costly add-on services like payment protection and credit monitoring.

2012/07/18

Collin County Credit Card Thefts Lead To A Three-Month Shopping Spree

Detectives say two men and a woman are stealing credit cards and using them to buy tens of thousands of dollars in merchandise.

2012/05/25

Elderly Richardson Residents Ripped Off By Unknown Thieves

Two men and a woman are wanted by Richardson Police for an elaborate hoax that has area retirement centers on alert.

2012/05/02

Downtown Dallas Meters May Soon Take Cards

Fishing for pocket change at downtown parking meters may not be necessary soon.

2012/04/23

Temporary Outage Of Visa Card Network Sunday

A technical problem affecting the Visa network barred some people around the United States from using their credit and debit cards for about 45 minutes on Sunday, the company said.

2012/04/01

Michaels Customers May Have Had Info Exposed

Michaels says the PIN pads at stores in 20 states were tampered with, potentially exposing customer’s credit and debit card information.

2011/05/12

School District Credit Statements Show Trips, Sports Games

The Campbell ISD has hired an independent auditor to research credit statements that show thousands of dollars in questionable expenses charged to a former superintendent’s district-supplied credit card.

CBSDFW.COM–2011/05/10

BBB Warns About North Texas Identity Theft Company

The Better Business Bureau (BBB) wants you to stay away from a North Texas identity theft company. The Fort Worth BBB gives Granbury-based Identityflash.com a rating of “F”.

KRLD–2011/02/28