The act is a bipartisan effort to restore competition and transparency to a credit card system dominated by a Visa–Mastercard duopoly that has become a major driver of higher costs for small ...

When you need to build credit, a credit card is often the product you turn to. But if you don't want to have to go through a credit check, a debit card may be a better fit. The Mine credit builder ...

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South Korea’s KB Kookmin Card is stepping into the crypto future with a newly filed patent for a hybrid payment system that lets users pay with stablecoins through their existing credit cards. KB ...

FMI, NGA, RILA, MPC all cheer move to bring swipe fee reform to marketplace FMI, NGA and RILA are all members of the Washington, D.C.-based Merchants Payments Coalition (MPC), which also issued its ...

President Donald Trump has floated the idea of putting a one-year cap on credit card interest rates at 10%. "They've really abused the public," Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One Monday, ...

The credit card — a small piece of plastic once synonymous with modern commerce — has quietly dominated the payments landscape for decades. From its humble beginnings as a convenience for affluent ...

Most people think tipping with a credit card is the same as tipping with cash. After all, 20% is 20%, right? But if you chat with anyone in the service industry who primarily gets paid in tips, you'll ...

Credit cards are one of the most powerful tools in personal finance. They offer rewards, protections, and convenience that cash and debit cards simply can't match. But what happens if you take things ...

Total U.S. credit card debt rose to $1.23 trillion in the third quarter of 2025, an increase of $24 billion from the previous quarter and up about 50 percent over the past five years, according to the ...

Under a new system rolled out Wednesday, Dec. 10, almost every transit system in the Bay Area will allow riders to pay by tapping a credit or debit card. Related Articles Recent BART fiber optic cable ...

See how the central bank’s interest rate stance influences car loans, credit cards, mortgages, savings and student loans. By Tara Siegel Bernard The Federal Reserve is expected to lower its benchmark ...