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Fannie Mae reported the largest annual profit in company history as a housing rebound helped the firm stop drawing federal aid.

Online merchants reacted to Visa's creation of 3D Secure to protect card-not-present transactions more than a decade ago with a resounding thud. But the software has become a viable option to protect card data online, according to a new report from Aite Group.

The new numbers add to a growing body of evidence suggesting that the U.S. housing sector is slowly rebounding.

Salisbury Bancorp (SAL) in Lakeville, Conn., has found a chief financial officer.

The April 1, 2013 deadline for U.S. acquirer processors to accept EMV smart-card payments has arrived.

The $558 million-asset company said Monday that it would use proceeds from the sale to retire its senior debt and support its balance sheet.

Howard Bancorp (HBMD) in Ellicott City, Md., is buying a branch from Cecil Bancorp (CECB) in Elkton, Md.

The U.S. government is resisting an effort by Standard & Poor's to move to the federal level a string of lawsuits by states that charge the ratings agency with misleading investors.

Visa Inc.'s John Partridge, who retired as president of the world's largest payments network in March, will receive a base salary of $50,000 a month to remain with the company and work on special projects.