The average American household leaves more than $700 a year on the table by swiping debit instead of a flat-rate cash back card. Here's the math.

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Your debit card connects directly to your checking account, which means fraud can drain real money you may need for rent, bills and groceries. While your bank investigates, which can take days or even ...

Prepaid debit cards are often helpful for consumers locked out of traditional banking and parents who want to educate their ...

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If you are responsible with your purchasing habits, a credit card is much more useful and safer than a debit card. Is it better to live without using credit cards at all? Are you taking on too much ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. True Tamplin is on a mission to bring financial literacy into schools. Debit and credit cards may look the same at checkout, both ...