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Like many large retailers fighting the card networks over interchange fees, Google Inc. opted out of a $5.7 billion settlement in the 2013 class-action lawsuit against Visa and MasterCard.

Credit Karma has begun offering on-demand access to credit reports from Equifax.

Experian will now offer FICO credit scores through its direct-to-consumer products.

WEX Inc. has launched a new mobile application that searches for the most cost-effective gas station based on their location rather than just showing the price of gas.

MBNA Ltd. is working with MasterCard Inc. to test the MasterPass digital wallet in the U.K., with plans for a possible launch in early 2015.

U.S. consumer spending this holiday season appears to be on track to surpass last year's even after initial reports of a Black Friday retail-sales slump, according to MasterCard Inc. Chief Executive Officer Ajay Banga.

Regional and large community banks have proven they can persuade customers to add new plastic, emblazoned with the banks' own logos, to their wallets. The question for these issuers is: how much farther can they go with credit cards?

Discover Financial Services will take a $178 million charge in the fourth quarter to make changes to its cashback rewards program.

A week after making Discover the first credit card offered in its mobile bill-pay service, PreCash Inc. has already seen a spike in the use of Evolve Money, which previously accepted only debit cards.

FleetCor Technologies has completed its purchase of business-to-business electronic payments provider Comdata.

Co-branding credit card partnerships has never been smooth sailing, but competition has clearly gotten tougher amid Apple Pay's launch.

JetBlue Airways Corp. is in talks to replace American Express Co. as its credit-card partner, according to two people briefed on the matter.

WEX Inc.'s virtual card business has continued to grow as the company makes more payments to hotels for its online travel company clients.

An Israeli company is hoping to make installment plans a routine part of credit card transactions in the U.S., relying on retailers, banks and other partners to promote its technology.

American Express Co. is pulling new levers to build its business with small merchants and drive mobile wallet adoption, emphasizing its work with Apple Pay.

American Express Co. said third-quarter profit rose 8.1 percent, beating analysts' estimates, as customer spending increased.

FleetCor Technologies is providing outsourcing services for Shell fuel cards in Germany.

More than half of the value of B2B receivables 90 days or more overdue were written off as uncollectable by businesses in the U.S., Canada, Mexico and Brazil, according to the latest Atradius survey of B2B suppliers in those countries.

PayItSimple, a credit card installment provider based in Herzliya, Israel, has announced its launch in the United States.

Banks must take the time to educate mid-size business clients about how to defend themselves against hackers, Javelin Strategy & Research says.