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Merchants are likely to find the final sprint to meet the U.S. EMV liability-shift deadline is a tougher task for them than it is for card issuers.

By the end of 2015, 70% of U.S. credit cards and 41% of U.S. debit cards will be EMV enabled, and chip-and-signature will be preferred by issuers out of the gate, according to a recent survey.

American Express Co. is entering partnerships that aggressively take aim at a very specific segment of spending: fare for taxis and other hired cars.

Clients of EFT Source have issued more than 524,000 debit cards in a year through its Card@Once Instant Issuance Printers.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.—The next decade could be the most transformational period the financial services industry has ever seen—and firms that want to survive it should take a few lessons from the video rental and typewriter industries.

Prepaid card company Green Dot (GDOT) said Friday that it supports Visa's new initiative to simplify fees and disclosures.

American Express is raising its bet that there's money to be made by providing cheaper financial products to consumers who are shut out of the mainstream banking system.

American Express is adding financial management tools to its Serve and Bluebird prepaid cards and is expanding the cards' cash reload network.

MasterCard has launched a new Shariah-compliant debit card in Malaysia.

U.S. citizens traveling to Brazil for the World Cup have been warned: beware the chupacabra. Card cloning is common in Brazil, so U.S. citizens should take precautions when withdrawing money and check account activity often, the U.S. Citizen Services office in Brazil said on its Twitter account.