In the wake of a proposed settlement between credit card-issuers Visa and MasterCard and merchants that would allow vendors to pass along “swipe fees” to their customers, lawyers who accept credit card payments are grappling with the issue of whether such up-charges are a good practice.

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About 80 percent of Lisa Ponzoli’s customers pay for their purchases with credit cards.

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WASHINGTON — The Obama administration’s consumer watchdog agency flexed its enforcement muscles for the first time Wednesday and ordered Capital One Bank to repay millions of credit card customers allegedly tricked into buying costly add-on services. Capital One will pay ...

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LARGO — A former administrator of a nonprofit group in Prince George’s County has been charged with stealing more than $100,000 from the organization. According to an affidavit filed in federal court, auditors found that Penny Parker Green had stolen ...

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WASHINGTON — The Obama administration’s consumer financial watchdog agency is backing off a plan to limit big upfront fees on credit cards. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau acknowledged Thursday that its proposal would increase costs for cardholders and allow banks ...

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While doctors, hospitals and other medical facilities are patently aware of the numerous federal and state laws and regulations that govern the use and protection of patient information, they may not be aware of certain industry privacy standards that are ...

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NEW YORK — More people opened new credit card accounts last year, as the chill that spread over the banking industry during the recession began to recede. The number of new cards issued to consumers rose 14 percent in 2011 ...

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PORTLAND, Ore. — Online shoe seller Zappos.com says a hacker may have accessed the personal information of up to 24 million customers. Customers’ credit card and payment information was not stolen, but names, phone numbers, email addresses, billing and shipping ...

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NEW YORK — Verizon Wireless, the country’s largest cellphone company, said Thursday that it will start charging $2 for every payment subscribers make over the phone or online with their credit cards. The company said this “convenience fee” will be introduced ...

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NEW YORK  — If the U.S. economy does not suffer more setbacks, the rate of mortgage holders behind on their payments should decline significantly by the end of next year, according to credit reporting agency TransUnion. Mortgage delinquency rates — ...

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