Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. The North Carolina legislature is preparing to address the state’s most pressing needs ...

There were few tears at a funeral for the MetroCard, which included chants of “swipe, swipe” and an urn. By Amanda Holpuch To anyone who happened upon a funeral in Washington Square Park in Manhattan ...

Fees paid by merchants to accept credit card and debit cards will dampen consumer spending power this holiday shopping season as sellers look for ways to offset the cost, says the Merchants Payment ...

Fellow sparkly cardboard fiends, this one’s for you. Trading Card Inspector is an upcoming simulation game from Daydream Gallery and Catoptric Games that lets you live out the TCG evaluator fantasy, ...

Premium credit card users and small merchants could soon feel the effect of a decades-long battle over swipe fees. A newly proposed settlement between Visa and Mastercard could reshape how much ...

Visa and Mastercard are offering to lower the fees they charge merchants to accept their credit cards to settle 20 years of litigation, but some merchant groups say it's all "smoke and mirrors" and ...

Kansas Sen. Roger Marshall and Illinois’s Dick Durbin have spent years pushing misconceived legislation to reduce credit-card swipe fees. So they may be disappointed that credit-card companies have ...

As part of the proposed settlement, the credit card companies will temporarily lower the swipe fees for merchants. But not everyone sees this as a satisfying end to a legal battle that stretched on ...

Debit cards are convenient -- but they're not always the safest choice. Swiped in the wrong place, a debit card can expose your bank account to fraud, delays, or lost protection. While they're fine ...

Sept 15 (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Monday upheld the Federal Reserve’s “swipe fees” regulation that caps the amount banks charge merchants for processing debit transactions, a win for the board after ...

Unemployment in the state jumped to 5.4% this year, tied for the second‑highest in the nation. Health care costs are climbing 40% faster than everyday prices. Hospitals are charging 250% more than ...

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