PURCHASE, N.Y. — MasterCard has set new standards for its payroll cards, and says it says should help employees take better advantage of its benefits. Payroll cards, which are similar to debit cards, are a means for an employer to ...

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NEW YORK — A group of retailers and trade groups has launched a last-ditch effort to stop a settlement worth at least $6 billion that Visa Inc., MasterCard Inc. and major banks have agreed to pay retailers for alleged fee ...

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NEW YORK — Groupon launched a payment service Wednesday that allows businesses to accept credit cards using an iPhone or iPod Touch, becoming the latest company to enter the growing mobile payments market. The announcement sent the online deals company’s ...

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NEW YORK — The National Retail Federation is opposing a proposed $7.25 billion settlement that Visa Inc., MasterCard Inc. and major banks have agreed to pay retailers for alleged fee fixing. The retail trade association said Tuesday that its board ...

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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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A company that processes credit card transactions said Monday that as many as 1.5 million card numbers were compromised in a data breach early last month. The CEO of the company, Global Payments Inc., said the matter was “absolutely contained,” ...

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NEW YORK — Google’s Wallet is getting thicker, with the addition of Visa, American Express and Discover to the search company’s payment system, which aims to make cellphones the credit cards of tomorrow. MasterCard, the other major payment processor, is ...

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MCLEAN, Va. — Capital One Financial Corp. said Wednesday that it will buy the U.S. credit card arm of Britain’s HSBC for a premium of about $2.6 billion as a way to expand its domestic credit card business. “Adding the HSBC ...

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NEW YORK — A late Easter, lingering cold weather and rising gas prices are squeezing discretionary spending this spring, according to data being released Wednesday. Figures from MasterCard Advisors’ SpendingPulse show sales growth slowed in some categories last month. But ...

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