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Wells Fargo is expanding its commercial card portfolio to Europe with the launch of a European Commercial Card.

WEX's conversion of ExxonMobil's Esso European card business is progressing, as the corporate payments company also extended its work with ExxonMobil to include Asia and South Pacific markets.

Discover's not worried about the increase of alternative payment companies offering hefty rewards in an attempt to cut into interchange revenue, Chairman and CEO David Nelms told investors on April 22.

Until recently, Venus' approach to customer rewards was simple. It simply didn't have a program.

American Express' joint travel venture may get delayed as it awaits regulatory approval, CFO Jeff Campbell told investors Jan 16.

Corporate fleet card payments company WEX has renewed its card services partnership with the pest control company Rollins through December 2018.

Walmart has long been as much a force in financial services as it has been in retail. Here are some of ways Walmart and its executives have shaped - and challenged - the payments industry.

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. chose MasterCard Inc. to handle transactions for the merchant's store-branded credit cards, ending a nine-year relationship with Discover Financial Services.

Credit bureau Equifax Inc. is leveraging its trove of consumer data to streamline the purchasing process on the Web and mobile devices.

U.S. Bancorp in Minneapolis is rebranding its payment cards for small businesses under the name "U.S. Bank Business Edge."

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. sued Visa Inc. for allegedly conspiring to fix credit card transaction fees, according to a complaint filed March 25 in federal court in Fayetteville, Ark., the latest salvo in multi-year litigation fight between retailers and card companies.

TSYS has signed a long-term agreement with Virgin Money to provide payment processing services for the retail bank's consumer credit card business.

Breaking into the ultra-competitive credit card market requires time, money and creative thinking. Wells Fargo is behind on the first and isn't talking about the second, but is hoping that the third can make up the difference.

PayPal is expanding a merchant credit program that uses payments data to vet borrowers and collect loans.

Credit Card penalties—like over-limit and late fees—are constitutional and do not violate consumers' due process rights, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals recently ruled.

American Express Co. is seeking to broaden its customer base by offering its first no-fee credit product that grants holders access to all of the lender’s rewards programs.

CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski wants his company, Klarna AB, to be the Apple of European payments. That is to say, he is trying to earn a reputation for being "better than the rest in every small detail… of technology and innovation."

Members of Affinity CU will receive EMV cards from the credit union during the third quarter of 2014.

The most loyal and engaged shoppers are the ones who still pick private label cards, a new study says.

High-tech credit cards have often been a tough sell because of their cost and complexity, but two companies are pushing two very different approaches that they hope hold enough appeal to consumers to outweigh the up to $100 fee for the cardholder.