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To use a debit card, you’ll need to open a checking account and may need to provide valid identification and a form of payment to do so. Debit cards are linked to checking accounts, so it’s important ...

Both debit and credit cards let you shop online and buy things in person without using cash. They’re both the same size and shape, they both have 15- or 16-digit card numbers and they both might ...

Peter is a writer and editor for the CNET How-To team. He has been covering technology, software, finance, sports and video games since working for @Home Network and Excite in the 1990s. Peter managed ...

Amanda has written in the personal finance space for several years and previously worked as a risk analyst at a local community bank. She researches economics, emerging financial trends and the future ...