For extra protection, you may want to start disguising your actual credit card number with a virtual number—especially if you plan to do most of your shopping online this holiday season.

Credit card industry figures show that consumers are feeling financially stressed. getty. Consumer Stress Is On The Rise ...

Customers would still have physical cards for in-person payments, but Mastercard’s plan is for static 16-digit credit card numbers to be replaced by tokens, which would be generated by the customer’s ...