Visa and Mastercard announced a new proposal with U.S. merchants in a 20-year-long legal battle over interchange, or swipe, fees. The proposal includes a temporary reduction in swipe fees and could ...

Most people swipe their debit card without thinking about risk. It runs through your checking account, it feels secure, and the money moves fast. But "fast" isn't the same as "safe," and a lot of ...

Visa and Mastercard are offering to lower the fees they charge merchants to accept their credit cards to settle 20 years of litigation, but some merchant groups say it's all "smoke and mirrors" and ...

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 ...

Visa and Mastercard have a potential deal with retailers that would lower fees for merchants, potentially lowering prices but threatening prized consumer rewards. The deal, which is still subject to ...

Visa V0.64%increase; green up pointing triangle and Mastercard MA 1.52%increase; green up pointing triangle are nearing a settlement with merchants that aims to end a 20-year-old legal dispute by ...

When I was growing up, I relished the chance to show my friends that Queen’s “Another One Bites the Dust” had a hidden message. When played backward, you can hear Freddie Mercury say, “It’s fun to ...

“There’s no easy way to say this, so I’m just going to jump right into it,” Wendy began. Her sister moved in with their parents just before COVID and slowly took over their home and finances. “My ...

Senate Democrats unveiled a proposal on Wednesday evening that would reverse the nearly $1 trillion in cuts to Medicaid implemented under President Donald Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill, among other ...

Sometime around 2007, Marc Fusaro, then a professor at East Carolina University, sat in a friend’s kitchen and explained that he was researching the methods people use to rein in their credit-card ...

In an age of constant communication, receiving phone calls or messages from unknown numbers has become increasingly common. Whether it's a missed call from an unfamiliar number, a potential scam or a ...