The risk of credit card fraud doesn’t end when or where you swipe your card. Any business that stores your credit card number could experience a data breach in which a hacker attains access to your ...

As Congress heads into its lame-duck session, more than 1,800 merchants from across the country called on lawmakers this week to pass legislation that would bring long-sought competition to ...

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HARRISBURG – A bill that aims to slightly lower credit card “swipe fees” is moving quickly through the Pennsylvania House. But it faces long odds in the state Senate and has drawn vehement opposition ...

An overlooked provision in proposed legislation to reduce credit card “swipe fees” would crack down on a Chinese company that critics fear has infiltrated American payment networks to mine consumers’ ...

Visa and Mastercard announced Monday that they reached a proposed settlement that would lower charges that merchants pay to the credit card networks. While those fees are paid by the store every time ...

Discover how EMV technology secures transactions, its benefits over traditional systems, and its limitations in online ...

Marylanders are no strangers to the strain brought on by stubbornly high expenses. Our state’s cost of living remains 13% higher than the national average, so it’s clear we need action from Congress ...

Premium credit card users and small merchants could soon feel the effect of a decades-long battle over swipe fees. A newly proposed settlement between Visa and Mastercard could reshape how much ...