Imagine obtaining a new SIM card, and one of the first welcome messages was a debit alert for N500,000. You were surprised that it's a new SIM that hasn't been linked to any of your bank accounts. You ...

This collaboration allows new and existing customers to select payment options that best suit their needs when buying a device. Affirm will offer financing for mobile phones and other devices, such as ...

SIM cards have been an integral yet often forgotten part of owning a smartphone for the past few decades. For most users, the SIM card defines the basic commercial relationship they have with their ...

SINGAPORE – From Feb 28, telco customers will be able to register up to only 10 postpaid SIM cards in Singapore, as part of efforts to step up the fight against scams. The move is the latest salvo in ...

Physical SIM cards have long been synonymous with phone numbers. They've changed greatly from what they once used to be — giant cards you'd have to put in after removing your phone's battery – but ...

What’s the perfect number of cards for playing poker? According to a new mathematical discovery, the answer is the traditional 52. Almost. In Texas Hold’em poker, players wager on the best five-card ...

If your debit card number is stolen, fraudulent charges pull cash straight from your checking account. The bank's investigation happens later. That timing difference is why debit card fraud often ...

SIM cards, the small slips of plastic that have held your mobile subscriber information since time immemorial, are on the verge of extinction. In an effort to save space for other components, device ...

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan filed a stockholder complaint on Feb. 29 in Delaware Court of Chancery against telecommunications company PacketFabric and other defendants. The suit, filed on behalf ...

(WJAR) — Is your cellphone number private? It may be time to start limiting who you share it with. Scammers know our cellphones have basically become an extra appendage, and they're constantly ...

Apple’s latest release, the iPhone Air, has officially brought eSIM technology to China for the first time. Approved by regulators as part of a “commercial trial” involving China Mobile, China Unicom, ...

These two ways of connecting your phone to a cellular network are very different. We tell you about each and how you can switch from one to another. I started my career with CNET all the way back in ...