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10 hrs ago | WTHR-TV Indianapolis

Big stores nix credit card settlement, file suit

Authorities in St. Paul say they've recovered the body of a child missing since a rockslide killed a classmate and left two others injured at a park along the Mississippi River.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Representative Scott DesJarlais, Financial Services

14 hrs ago | Wall St. Cheat Sheet

Why Are Target and Macy's Suing Over Swipe Fees?

Retailers including Macy's Inc. and Target Corp. are suing Visa Inc. and MasterCard Inc.

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Related Topix: Retail, Bloomingdales, Target, Federated Department Stores, Financial Services, Maestro

18 hrs ago | The Hartford Courant

Large U.S. retailers sue Visa, MasterCard over card fees

A group of U.S. retailers including Macy's Inc and Target Corp sued Visa Inc and MasterCard Inc on Thursday, breaking off from a proposed $7.2 billion settlement reached last year over fees to process credit card transactions.

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Related Topix: Financial Services, Visa Inc., Ansonia, CT

18 hrs ago | Fox News

Large U.S. retailers sue Visa, MasterCard over card fees

A group of U.S. retailers including Macy's Inc and Target Corp sued Visa Inc and MasterCard Inc on Thursday, breaking off from a proposed $7.2 billion settlement reached last year over fees to process credit card transactions.

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Related Topix: Financial Services, Visa Inc., Business News

18 hrs ago | Reuters

Large U.S. retailers sue Visa, MasterCard over card fees

A group of U.S. retailers including Macy's Inc and Target Corp sued Visa Inc and MasterCard Inc on Thursday, breaking off from a proposed $7.2 billion settlement reached last year over fees to process credit card transactions.

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Related Topix: Financial Services, Visa Inc.

Yesterday | KOMO News

Digital pickpockets using technology to steal credit cards

Convenience and speed are reasons businesses often used to encourage early adoption of a technology intended to improve our lives, especially when it comes to paying for goods and services at a cash registers.

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Related Topix: Financial Services, Science / Technology, RFID News, Cell Phones, Electronics

Tue May 21, 2013

Insider Monkey

Mastercard Inc (MA), Visa Inc (V): Profit From Africa's Growth With These 3 Early Movers

According to the IMF, Africa's economic growth is surging, especially south of the Sahara with the Ivory Coast and Mozambique leading the way.

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Related Topix: Financial Services, Travel, Africa, Nigeria Travel, South Africa Travel, Nigeria Travel, Africa, South Africa Travel, Africa, Mali Travel, Africa Travel, Mali Travel, Visa Inc.

Fox News

Wal-Mart, Costco, Other Merchants Push Back Against Swipe-Fee Settlement

A group of 19 large retailers, including Wal-Mart Stores Inc. , Costco Wholesale Corp.

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Related Topix: Retail, Wal Mart Stores, Costco Wholesale, Financial Services, Restaurant Management, Starbucks, Brooklyn, NY, New York, NY, Business News

Mon May 20, 2013

KXVO

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The agency's remarkable rise has captured the attention of power players in the highly-competitive music marketing space.

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Related Topix: Marketing, Financial Services, Maestro

Sun May 19, 2013

The Tennessean

Fundraising ceaseless for TN officials in D.C.

Away from their Capitol Hill offices and committee rooms, members of Congress involve themselves in a different sort of work: raising money for their re-election campaigns.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Representative Scott DesJarlais, Jim Cooper, Lamar Alexander, US Senate, Democrat, Capitol Hill (Washington, DC), Financial Services

Mon May 13, 2013

The Globe and Mail

Indian firm in global ATM heist admits system breached

Eight people have been charged with hacking into two credit card processors and using stolen data to make more than 40,500 withdrawals at ATMs in 27 countries.

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Related Topix: Computer Security, Science / Technology, World News, India, Financial Services

Insider Monkey

American Express Company (AXP), Mastercard Inc (MA), Visa Inc (V): Who To Choose?

This is particularly true in emerging markets where cash is still the norm in everyday transactions.

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Related Topix: Financial Services, Visa Inc., Travelers Express Company, Maestro, Warren Buffett

Sun May 12, 2013

AmericanBankingNews.com

MasterCard Rating Reiterated by JPMorgan Chase

's stock had its "overweight" rating restated by analysts at JPMorgan Chase in a research report issued to clients and investors on Monday, AnalystRatingsNetwork.com reports.

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Related Topix: Financial Services, Maestro

Sat May 11, 2013

Newstime Africa

MasterCard to power Nigerian Identity Card Program

TOWN, South-Africa, - The Nigerian National Identity Management Commission and MasterCard today announced at the World Economic Forum on Africa the roll-out of 13 million MasterCard-branded National Identity Smart Cards with electronic payment capability as a pilot program.

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Related Topix: Financial Services, Square

Thu May 09, 2013

M2.com

Nigerian gov't, MasterCard pilot card programme

According to the principals, the programme is the largest roll-out of a formal electronic payment solution in the country and the broadest financial inclusion initiative of its kind on the African continent.

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Related Topix: Maestro, Financial Services, Square

MediaPost

The Road Ahead for Mobile Payments

Last night, I got to participate in a one-hour Twitter chat dealing with some of the specifics relating to opportunities and impediments around forward movement.

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Related Topix: Financial Services

International Business Times

It's Bankers Vs. Wal-Mart (WMT) In Push To Force Financial...

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has been trying for years to expand into retail financial services, having gone as far as trying to buy a California bank in 2002 to acquire its state charter, a move that was blocked by lawmakers there, and failing a bid to open a bank in Utah in 2005 to circumvent debit and credit card swipe fees charged by Visa Inc and ... (more)

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Related Topix: Retail, Wal Mart Stores, Visa, Financial Services, Maestro, Bentonville, AR, Canada,

Business World

US charges 8 over cybercrime

The U.S. government charged eight individuals with stealing debit card data from two Middle Eastern banks in a scheme that prosecutors said netted $45 million in a matter of hours - a crime they called one of the biggest bank heists in history.

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Related Topix: Financial Services, Bethesda, MD

Travelution

Travel firms at risk due to inefficient payments systems, says eNett

Travelport joint-venture eNett has warned the travel industry risks being left behind if it does not adopt new forms of payment methods.

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Related Topix: Travelport, Financial Services

Wed May 08, 2013

Insider Monkey

Visa Inc (V), Mastercard Inc (MA): Pay Attention To This Space

What's in your wallet? The tag line might not be Visa Inc 's , but the answer almost certainly is.

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Related Topix: Financial Services, Visa Inc., Visa, CPU, Science / Technology, Travelers Express Company, Discover Financial Services

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