A bipartisan group of lawmakers led by Rep. Lance Gooden, R-Texas, is pushing legislation that would significantly reform the credit card industry with the purpose of fostering greater competition, ...

Once upon a time, cryptocurrencies were supposed to destroy traditional payment processors? Plot twist: the credit card ...

Visa and Mastercard have proposed a settlement in their long-running legal dispute with merchants and retailers over how much they charge merchants to accept their cards. The most important part of ...

Two of the world's largest credit card networks, Visa and Mastercard, as well as the banks that issue cards with them, agreed to settle a decadeslong antitrust case brought upon by merchants. The ...

The deal would lower swipe fees and cap them for up to five years — although some business groups say it doesn't go far enough. Credit-card giants Visa Inc. and Mastercard Inc. have agreed to a ...

Tiffany Wendeln Connors was a senior editor for CNET Money with a focus on credit cards. Previously, she covered personal finance topics as a writer and editor at The Penny Hoarder. She is passionate ...

A deadline is looming for millions of businesses who may be entitled to a payout in a $5.5 billion antitrust settlement with Visa and Mastercard. The settlement stems from a 2005 lawsuit that alleged ...

Stablecoin-backed prepaid cards have created something the traditional system failed to deliver: instant settlement with ...

Because Visa and Mastercard are widely accepted, you should pick the card with the best perks and benefits based on your spending habits. Each card issuer can decide which perks to offer, so read the ...

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Dori Zinn loves helping people learn and understand money. She's been covering personal finance for a decade and her writing has appeared in Wirecutter, Credit Karma, Huffington Post and more. Some ...

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