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The credit card issuer is looking to build its campus business at a time when other banks' relationships with college and universities are facing regulatory threats.

Discover Financial Services reported a rise in quarterly profits on strong growth in its loan portfolio.

WEX, a corporate payments company, has closed its acquisition of Evolution1, a Fargo-based firm that produces software to manage health care transactions.

Affirm, which launched in early 2013 with a product that resembles a digital version of a charge card, is making its payment schedules more flexible in an effort to attract more merchants and consumers.

American Express’ network rules have deterred Discover from using lower interchange rates to lure more merchants, a high-ranking Discover executive testified in federal court July 10.

Tim Hortons and the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce have begun offering an interactive credit card that can change its funding source at the push of a button.

Half of all frequent credit card users are unbothered, or feel relieved, when a legitimate transaction is blocked, a new study found. The results show that cardholders are appreciative that banks are becoming more vigilant about fraud.

The long-awaited rebound in credit card loans has arrived, fueled by looser credit standards and a larger appetite for debt among U.S. households.

Nearly 20% of consumers worldwide lack confidence that their banks can protect them from payment card fraud, yet nearly half do things that potentially expose them to fraud, new research says.

Online payments and electronic wallet provider Payza has added two features to its eWallet: Credit Card Top Up and Credit Card Withdrawal.

An issuer's decision to deploy EMV chip-and-signature credit cards in the U.S., rather than the chip-and-PIN model common in other countries, has as much to do with technology constraints as it does with Americans' reluctance to using a PIN.

Corporate payment provider WEX has entered into an agreement to acquire Evolution1 for $532.5 million in cash.

Chinese restaurant chain P.F. Chang's has confirmed that the data breach it discovered Tuesday involved the theft of credit and debit cards.

The number of U.K. credit cards with balances that are over-limit reached its lowest point in more than two years, according to data from Fair Isaac Corp. (FICO).

PayPal is rebranding its Bill Me Later instant credit product to PayPal Credit.

By the end of 2015, 70% of U.S. credit cards and 41% of U.S. debit cards will be EMV enabled, and chip-and-signature will be preferred by issuers out of the gate, according to a recent survey.

Affirm Inc. has raised $45 million to help it target consumers looking for new credit tools to make purchases online, Chief Executive Officer Max Levchin said at Bloomberg's Next Big Thing Summit.

Wallaby Financial and CreditCards.com are offering a new Web app that recommends payment cards and rewards programs based partly in how consumers make payments.

Sam's Club plans to launch a cash back program for a new co-branded MasterCard that will also leverage EMV-chip technology, providing some much-needed momentum for the EMV migration in the U.S.

When Shell introduced its Shell MasterCard through issuer Chemical Bank in 1994, it used the simple message of "The Card That Earns Free Gasoline," which convinced more than 1 million consumers to sign up.