Visa closed its acquisition of Visa Europe in late June, ending a year of negotiations and years of speculation in the payments industry.

SourceMedia, the publisher of American Banker, has unveiled a major content and user experience upgrade to PaymentsSource, its flagship resource for the payments industry.

Fuel payments operator WEX Inc. has deepened its relationship with ExxonMobil Corp., signing a 10-year extension to its North American fleet card contract with ExxonMobil and Imperial Oil Ltd. of Canada to continue a relationship that began in 2007.

They are called HENRYs — high earners, not rich yet — and they have the potential to generate lucrative wealth-management and other fees for banks if they could just dial back their spending.

Costs associated with a customer refund reserve in the United Kingdom contributed to a decline in Capital One Financial's third-quarter profit.

Credit losses rose substantially at Discover Financial Services during the third quarter, but the Riverwoods, Ill.-based card issuer still managed to report bigger profits.

Visa's incoming Chief Executive Officer Alfred F. Kelly will enter the job with a $15.4 million target compensation. That's a premium to his predecessor and about on par with Mastercard Inc.'s CEO Ajay Banga.

Strong loan growth sparked higher third-quarter earnings at Synchrony Financial, the credit-card issuer that was spun off from General Electric.

Strong loan growth sparked higher third-quarter earnings at Synchrony Financial, the credit-card issuer that was spun off from General Electric.

Amex posted third-quarter profit that beat analysts’ estimates and raised its full-year forecast for profitability.