Visa Quarterly Profit Slips
July 28, 2010 Visa Inc. on July 28 reported net income of $716 million for the fiscal third quarter ended June 30, down 1.8% from $729...

Durbin Warns Senate Subcommittee Of Possible Visa And MasterCard Antitrust Violations
June 9, 2010 U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., on June 9 made a brief appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on...

Interchange Amendment’s Passage Mobilizes Payments Industry In Reversal Effort
May 14, 2010 Payments-industry players are vowing to begin lobbying members of Congress in hopes of blocking further progress of an...

U.S. Bank Rolls Out All-In-One Health Care Payments Card
May 14, 2010 U.S. Bancorp this week announced plans to offer employers what it says is the first product that consolidates multiple types...

Who's Who–Payments Executives On The Move: May 2010
May 6, 2010 A look at recent job changes within the payments industry.

Cover Story/Profitability: MasterCard Turns A Profit Despite A Decline In U.S. Credit Card Sales
April 28, 2010 The recession squeezed MasterCard credit spending, but other areas, including new payment technologies, showed promise during...

Cover Story/Profitability: Visa’s Debit Gains Help To Offset A Credit Card Market Slowdown
April 27, 2010 Visa emerged from one of the toughest years in recent history with soaring profits as more consumers shifted to pay-as-you-go...

More U.S. Issuers Going Abroad To Pursue Commercial Card Stakes
April 27, 2010 Chase and Bank of America outline plans to expand their commercial card offerings to clients abroad, potentially challenging...

Citi’s ThankYou Network Launches Earth Day Music Promotion
April 5, 2010 Citigroup Inc.’s ThankYou Network rewards program last week announced an Earth Day-themed promotion enabling its members...

Cardholder Preferences Vary For Suspicious Account-Activity Notification
April 5, 2010 Most consumers want issuers to contact them through multiple communication channels if the institutions suspect fraudulent...