The e-commerce giant is muscling its way into a number of businesses that banks have long dominated.

The country’s ratio of household debt to disposable income reached a record 171% in 2017.

Amazon.com is planning to offer a credit card to U.S. small-business customers, furthering its push to supply companies with everything from reams of paper to factory parts, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

A motivating speech from a female executive at the Ogilvy ad agency 15 years ago helped steer Denise Pickett to new heights at American Express. As did having a family willing to move to the U.S. from Canada.

To accomplish what she has in her 10-year tenure with Mastercard, Dana J. Lorberg simply had to be two things: "I am a programmer and a girl geek."

Ask Carleigh Jaques to build a new digital payments system, and there's a very good chance she'll turn to her "inner architect" and deliver the goods. After all, the senior vice president and global head of digital products for Visa has designed and built three houses — in her spare time.

One of the reasons Alice Milligan loves the payments field is because there’s so much room to improve processes. This satisfies her on many levels.

In a 26-year career at Discover Financial Services, it would seem that Amy Parsons has earned the title of a "doctor" of payments.

U.S. banks are sitting on a $1.03 trillion mountain of credit card loans. More borrowers are starting to default. Yet lenders know they can't sell souring debt to just any collector.

The bill would raise the threshold to $250 billion for SIFI banks; small banks that lowered credit standards to attract customers are paying the price.

On Sep. 30, 2017. Dollars in thousands.

Citi will refund $335 million to cardholders whose rates weren’t lowered; customers had trouble with BB&T’s online and phone services and ATMs.

Citigroup Inc., one of the world’s largest credit card issuers, said it will refund $335 million to U.S. customers whose annual percentage rate should have been lower.

Facing pressure to act on gun control laws, the bank said it would not "renew its contract with the National Rifle Association to issue the NRA Visa card."

The card activation process is relatively low-tech, but since its introduction nearly three decades ago it has been hugely effective in preventing credit cards from falling into the wrong hands. Among its pioneers was Ash Gupta, American Express’ president of global credit risk, who is retiring next month.

In some states, total mortgages outstanding are at all-time highs, but in others hard hit by the financial crisis they remain well below their 2008 peaks, the New York Fed said Tuesday in its quarterly report on household debt.

Women who work at Mastercard Inc. earn 99.1 cents for every dollar men make for “equal performance at the same level,” according to a report the company released Monday.

U.S. consumers are borrowing more than ever to buy homes and cars, pay for college and even finance every day purchases. Is it a display of confidence in the U.S. economy or are many households living far beyond their means?

For many newcomers to the U.S., establishing credit is a big challenge. A handful of entrepreneurs are developing tools to help verify their financial histories.

The U.S. charged 36 people in a takedown of an international cybercrime ring that prosecutors say used the slogan “In Fraud We Trust” and stole $530 million with the help of pilfered identities and malware.