Strong consumer spending plus rising prices are factors.
A Chuck E. Cheese's mascot has been arrested in Florida after a customer ratted him out as an alleged thief, police said.
A local teacher and her roommates were out for a fun night in Philadelphia's Manayunk neighborhood when she became the victim of a brazen theft.
Police in Montgomery County issued a warning to shoppers following the discovery of a skimming device at a grocery store last week.
The CFPB has estimated that banks bring in roughly $14 billion in credit card late fees a year.
A skimming device was discovered Thursday at the 7-Eleven W. Kings Highway in Mount Ephraim, New Jersey.