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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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 ...

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’ ...

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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 ...

A new wave of card skimming has popped up in Massachusetts, where thieves are installing card skimming devices on point-of-sale systems (POS) and ATMs at gas stations and grocery stores. But, in ...