The trend poses challenges for banks, which have long required customers who want fees waived to put in their own effort.

Sensing an opportunity in the small business credit card market, Stripe is setting out to outflank big banks by offering APIs to enable its clients to issue their own physical and virtual credit cards.

A new study shows transactions with credit union plastic on this year's Amazon Prime Day were up 41 percent.

Stock options offered employees during the financial crisis are now worth $3 billion; the JPM CEO says he talked with Jeff Bezos about a job two decades ago.

As memories of the financial crisis fade, consumers are back to their old spending and saving habits — and that could be a big problem.

The announcement follows a news report that said it routinely and without notification charged higher rates than it initially quoted.

The company defended its prices for currency conversions after a report said employees boosted rates for some business customers without notifying them.

The Stamford, Conn., issuer of store credit cards has two potential options after the retail giant chose to partner with Capital One. But the decision over which path to take is out of its hands.

The retailer is ending its nearly two-decade credit card relationship with Synchrony Financial; Mulvaney says the bureau will first negotiate, not sue, to settle disputes.

A smaller tax bill and a double-digit growth in card loans offset weakening credit quality at the Riverwoods, Ill., company.

Synchrony Financial said its credit-card deal with Walmart won't be renewed and will expire next year. The largest issuer of store cards said Thursday that it's evaluating whether to sell the $10 billion in balances or retain the portfolio and convert qualifying customers to general purpose credit cards.

Stripe Inc., a startup that lets businesses and websites easily accept money online, now wants to help them spend it by introducing a new product: credit cards.

Mastercard's strong performance is dampened by threats from trade disputes and Brexit, both of which could cause the company pain in the future.

Spending on the firm’s U.S. credit-card products climbed to $493 billion during the fiscal third quarter, when outstanding card debt reached a record in the country.

Under its new chargeback rules, Visa retired one of the chargeback codes that merchants almost always lost — "transaction not recognized," formerly listed as Chargeback Reason Code 75.

Dynamics has been in the high-tech payment card game long enough to see its market disrupted by two major shifts: the U.S. EMV migration and the launch of Apple Pay. Going forward, the company may find that the best way to deal with a fickle U.S. audience is to focus its attention elsewhere.

Canadian cardholders are holding back from applying for travel rewards-linked credit cards while they wait for the fallout from Air Canada’s decision to withdraw from the Aeroplan coalition loyalty scheme.

The regulatory relief law passed this spring contained a measure to stop synthetic fraud, but the provision is incomplete.

Credit card and auto loans grew again in the second quarter at the McLean, Va., company, and the net charge-off rates of both business lines fell, too.

American Express has spent years developing new marketing alliances and acquiring programs to shed its reputation as a card for the elite. But its success still hinges on premium cardholders.