AI is one of the best tools credit card networks have in their battle against fraud, but there are also steps you can take to protect yourself. Evan Zimmer has been writing about finance for years.

Credit card issuers and networks perform two distinct roles, though both can be considered credit card companies. Credit card issuers are responsible for card details, rates, fees and perks. Your ...

The numbers on a credit card help identify the credit card network, the company that issued the card and the cardholder. Credit card numbers are either 15 or 16 digits, with each digit having its own ...

The American Express CEO sees charging consumers surcharges on credit card transactions as “bad” for consumers. American ...

Beginning Monday, a California law will require credit card networks like Visa and Mastercard to provide banks with special retail codes that can be assigned to gun stores in order to track their ...

Quick Read Ripple and Mastercard are settling real credit card transactions on XRP Ledger using RLUSD stablecoin since ...

Evan Zimmer has been writing about finance for years. After graduating with a journalism degree from SUNY Oswego, he wrote credit card content for Credit Card Insider (now Money Tips) before moving to ...

Accepting credit cards requires a payment processor like Square or Stripe, a merchant account, and hardware like POS ...

Premium credit cards grew in 2025, with higher fees, new perks and steady demand amid Visa and Mastercard settlement news.

Voters remain angry about higher prices, and politicians have been looking for scapegoats to deflect from their own culpability. To that end, some have accused companies of increasing markups and ...

Maxon Shooter's Supplies owner Dan Eldridge poses in his store in Des Plaines, Ill., Tuesday, June 25, 2024. A new national divide is emerging among states over whether to track sales by gun stores. A ...