Carmen Chai, Author at CreditCards.com

Carmen Chai is an award-winning Canadian journalist who has lived and reported from major cities such as Vancouver, Toronto, London and Paris. She started her career in journalism writing about crime and local news for the Toronto Star, Canada's largest daily newspaper. After that, she covered a variety of subjects from federal politics in Ottawa to the 2015 attacks in Paris. For CreditCards.com, she has covered SIM-swapping scams, financial abuse elderly parents may encounter, and the perks of credit card purchase protection.

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