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...safe to conduct business, including making credit-card purchases, on the Internet...
...Using a credit card is not safe no matter where you use it. The Internet is about as safe as any other place of business. The next time you're in a restaurant and give your credit card to some kid who's barely old enough to drive, think about what's happening to it in the back room. I was once charged twice for work done at a service station. The best thing to do is check your credit-card statements every time. That was the only way I was able to correct my problem. RICHARD COUGHLIN Omaha, Nebraska...
...have a bank card, a business card and way too many credit cards. Do you still have one card too few? Visa, MasterCard, Citibank and Chase Manhattan all think so. This fall New York City will thrill to the roll-out of cash cards, the latest salvo in the banking and credit-card industries' eternal search to replace currency with plastic. Despite promises of a cashless society, 85% of everyday transactions are in cash or checks, which generate little income for banks...
...hold out on some aspects of electronic communication. I don't buy things over the Internet, so I never need to worry about having my credit-card number swiped. But that's probably because I don't have a credit card...
...also paid off mortgages, retired car loans, hired nurses and paid the caseworkers who help families regroup, relocate or apply for such benefits as workmen's compensation. But it has also turned down requests, and that has engendered some bitterness. "It is hard to have $20,000 in credit-card bills," says Anthony, "but that is completely unrelated to the tragedy...