Matt Brownell

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Matt Brownell previously covered retail and personal finance for MainStreet.com, TheStreet's consumer news outlet. Now a business journalist based in New York City, his work has been featured on Fox Business, Yahoo, Newsweek and Bankrate.

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4 Ways to Spot an Internet Scam
The quintessential phishing scam goes something like this: An ema... read more

September 10, 2012

Identity Theft and Scams

Which Credit Cards Offer the Best Purchase Protection?
[UPDATE: Some offers mentioned below have expired and/or are no ... read more

September 6, 2012

Credit Cards

4 Ways Your Credit Card Is Changing
The way we pay with plastic has changed a lot over the years, fro... read more

August 31, 2012

Credit Cards

Five Simple Things You Should Be Doing to Protect Your Identity
For 12 years in a row, identity theft has been the top consumer c... read more

August 30, 2012

Identity Theft and Scams

Paper or Plastic? Checks Aren’t Dead Yet, Merchants Say
The check, as you may have heard, has lost its lofty place as a p... read more

August 27, 2012

Personal Finance

What to Do If Your Credit Card Gets Rejected
It’s a classic uncomfortable situation: At the end of a suc... read more

August 23, 2012

Credit Cards