A federal appeals court has ruled that Visa and MasterCard were coerced by law enforcement into cutting ties with a website that runs sex-related ads. The decision is a powerful statement in the debate over how far government officials can go in enlisting financial institutions as their deputies.

Auto-loan, commercial-mortgage-backed and other securitizations use what is known as the swaps curve to price floating-rate deals. But pricing volatility is causing some to ask whether the market should go back to Treasuries after a 15-year hiatus.

The Bank for International Settlements acknowledges that people may have legitimate reasons to prefer an anonymous payment system.

Class-action lawsuits filed against some of the biggest names in retail banking and payments could prompt financial firms to reconsider their relationships with customers that play fantasy sports.

Evidence points to thousands of arbitrations for individual claims in recent years, and there likely would have been more if not for negative publicity about arbitrations.

Stonegate Bank in Pompano Beach, Fla., has begun offering a MasterCard debit card for use by U.S. citizens while traveling in Cuba.

Charles Cawley, who founded MBNA and built it into an affinity credit-card empire that was sold to Bank of America for $35 billion, has died. He was 75.

The American Action Network's provocative television commercial introduced millions of Americans to one of the most powerful and unaccountable government agencies in Washington.

A group of attorneys general from eight states and the District of Columbia have jumped into the debate over PIN versus signature requirements for EMV cards, choosing the side of retailers.

Industry advocates say Consumer Financial Protection Bureau curbs on arbitration will eliminate a favored legal option, but where's the evidence that banks really prefer arbitration?