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Democratic Sanders,Ocasio-Cortez propose limit on credit card interest rate

11-05-2019

A leading pair of liberal democrats, Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez had proposed a legislation to cap credit card interest rates alongside other consumer loans at 15 percent to help consumers grapple with an increasing credit card debt

Strong spending boosts Mastercard profit, shares hit all-time high

02-05-2019

Mastercard Inc. had posted quarterly earnings that beat analysts’ estimate by a wide margin, as a stronger US consumer spending, low wage growth and an upsurge in online shopping had boosted the transaction volumes

Visa quarterly profit jumps 14 percent on high consumer spending

26-04-2019

On Wednesday, the 24th of April 2019, the American multinational financial service provider and one of the long-cherished credit card providers, Visa Inc, headquartered in Foster City, had posted a 14.3 percent lift in its quarterly profit

American Express beats estimate, as rewards program boosts spending

21-04-2019

On Thursday, the 18th of April 2019, the US-based multinational credit card issuer, American Express Co. had posted a quarterly profit that had beaten analysts’ forecast by a wide margin

Mastercard to invest $300 million in Network International IPO

27-03-2019

Global payments giant, Mastercard Inc., had told that the US-based multinational financial service would be investing around $300 million as one of the cornerstone investors of Dubai-based payment processor, Network International

Another Kroger Unit stops accepting Visa credit cards over higher fees

03-03-2019

On Friday, the 1st of March, 2019, the US supermarket Chain, Kroger Co. had issued a statement, saying that their Smith’s Food and Drug Stores division would not be accepting payments from Visa Inc. credit cards

Visa & Mastercard to increase fees for processing transactions

17-02-2019

The two biggest United States’ card networks, Visa Inc. and the Mastercard Inc. had been preparing to increase certain fees on US merchant accounts for processing the transactions

Visa’s European wing pays $15 million to settle Italy tax dispute

29-01-2019

The US credit card group Visa’s European arm had paid around $15 million (13.2 million euros), in order to settle a legal dispute in Italy over an accusation of tax escaping, a legal document filed by the Italian prosecutors revealed on Friday

RBI issues 31st December deadline for replacement of magstripe-based cards

26-12-2018

After 31st December 2018, the existing magnetic strip-based cards will be invalid following the Reserve Bank of India directive