Barclays is one of the top five cobranded card issuers in the U.S., but because the bank has no branch network it must use unconventional marketing approaches — and unique technological innovations — to win customers.

The provision would make it harder for criminals who use real Social Security numbers to create fake personas and then apply for credit.

In the ongoing quest to replace PINs and passwords, Mastercard has introduced a kit enabling consumers to register their own fingerprint on a biometric card at home, bypassing the need to visit a bank.

The credit card lender reported a decline in pretax earnings, but a sharply reduced tax bill led to a 17% profit gain.

Mastercard has appointed Caroline Louveaux, one of its longtime data privacy experts, to be chief privacy officer, operating from the company’s offices in Brussels.

More fraudsters are seeking out children for identity theft, highlighting another danger of the digital economy.

Wells Fargo partner Expensify has launched an expense reporting application that will streamline the importing of credit card transaction data and provide access to a detailed history of those transactions.

Double-digit gains in the bank's two largest loan categories offset declines in commercial and home loans.

Its is one of a number of companies that argue that taking the side of consumers can be a viable business plan.

The news of the data breach cast a shadow over relatively strong first-quarter earnings for the Atlanta bank.