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Information. >> you work for these points. the ultimate concern really, the guy knows where i live but it certainly made me think twice about what can happen to you when you arent prepared. >> data thieves want to target places you dont check often. and reward account is checked less than a credit card account. >> reporter: your loyalty account is different from your bank account because banking companies use stricter security measures than rewards programs do. >> i worry about identity theft, b...

Concerns are met. >> ben rhoades from the national security council. thanks very much, ben, for joining us. >> thanks, wolf. so who doesnt like using rewards points to get a free airline ticket? those tickets may be harder to come by. were taking a closer look at some big changes coming to the rewards programs.

Limit on the swipe he fees that banks charge retail stores for each debit card transaction. retailers are calling it a victory as you might imagine. they claim that the fed was too lenient on banks when it first crafted that rule back in 2011. of course, the banks argue the ruling will cost them billions of dollars in lost revenue foor banks they are running out of money rich edson is in the d.c. tonight. customers have to pay for it? >> well, you know, customers if they spend a lot more money t...

Decide to stalk you or might simply decide youre good looking and to show up at your house or call you. >> reporter: its joanna daviss own sense of those possibilities that raises her guard when a clerk asks for a zip code. >> i am a domestic violence survivor, and so, i highly regard my privacy. and whenever there are those rewards programs, i do give a fake birthday. and you know, i could have given them a fake zip code, but why should i have to do that? >> jo anna daviss story first appeared ...

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united nations got up and walked out right in the middle of a security council meeting. good morning to you. it is wednesday, october 5th. this is your a.m. "wake-up call." im carol kos tecostello live fw york this morning. its a brand-new day in every sense of the word for amanda knox. shell be waking up at home for the first time in four years. she returned with her family yesterday, just one day after an italian appeals court overturned her murder conviction in the death of her brit...

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Reduction in the promotional rates. maybe a reduction in rewards programs. >> reporter: thats already happening. roger found out his citi bank credit card was raising his interest rate for future purchases from 18.99% to 29.99%. >> they said it was due to no fault of my own. >> reporter: he was late with two payments in his 30-year history, before he received the notice of his future increase. so what was it like opening that letter from a lender you had worked with for 30 years and theyre telli...

Are looking at annual fees. a reduction in the promotional rates, maybe a reduction in rewards programs. >> reporter: thats already happening. roger found out his citibank credit card was raising his interest rate for future purchases from 18.99% to 20.99%. >> they said it was due to no fault of my own. >> reporter: he was late with two payments for his 30-year history before he reached the notice of his future increase. what was it like opening the letter from a lender you worked with for 30 ye...