Category: fraud deterrent

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Blog post: Unveiling the Cons of the Credit and Debit Card Tap Feature

The Hidden Pitfalls of Tap-and-Go Payments Unveiling the Cons of the Credit and Debit Card Tap Feature   The convenience of contactless payments has revolutionized the way we transact daily, with the tap-and-go feature of credit and debit cards becoming increasingly popular. While the ease and speed of simply tapping your card to make a purchase is undeniably appealing, there are significant downsides to this technology that often go unnoticed. […]

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Personal Data Protection Option™ (PDP)

Personal Data Protection Option™ Keep your card information safe while using it in public.   The issue to solve. Over the last few months we’ve learned of several clients being compromised due to malicious actions while they were out & about in public. Some at restaurants, some at bars and some clients at random locations. Each time the same thing happened; the person they handed over their metal card to […]

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How to protect your metal credit cards

How to protect your metal credit cards Just a few tips and tricks By Vincent T.  CEO|Metal-CreditCard.com Updated: 01/03/19 We’ve definitely learned a thing or two, over the last 6 years in business, about how to protect your metal credit cards from being compromised. Are these methods fool proof? In practice, the short answer is Yes.   Tip #1 Stop paying at the gas pump Gas stations “pumps” are notorious for being […]

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Case Study: Man Thwarts Identity Thief with Metal Credit Card

Man Thwarts Identity Thief with Metal Credit Card Metal-CreditCard.com reports all but one were robbed in recent card number heist. The question: Can owning a Smart Card/RFID Card make you more accessible to credit card/identity theft? LOS ANGELES — March 26, 2015 — Metal-CreditCard.com, the custom metal credit card leader, has reported its first success story from a customer using their card upgrading service. Research and development for their service has been underway […]