MasterCard, the world’s No. 2 credit card processor, said Wednesday that increased cardholder spending, particularly overseas, boosted its profit by 63 percent in the third quarter.

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Shares of Credit Card Companies Rise After MasterCard Reports Strong Earnings, Discover Slips
NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of most credit card companies rose in Wednesday trading after MasterCard Inc., the world’s No. 2 credit card processor, said that its earnings jumped 63 percent in the third quarter.Shares of MasterCard rose […]

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Visa Micro Tag is Key Chain-sized Payment Device
SAN FRANCISCO, CA (September 26, 2007) Visa has unveiled the Visa Micro Tag, a new key fob payment device embedded with Visa payWave, Visa’s contactless technology feature. The Visa Micro Tag is designed to easily attach to a key ring, and allows cardholders to pay by simply […]

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By PÉRALTE C. PAUL
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Total System Services Inc. said Tuesday it signed a deal that will allow it to use the Discover payment network to process card transactions.
The deal gives Columbus-based Total System, or TSYS, processing rights on the networks of all four major credit card companies — American Express Co., Visa USA, MasterCard […]

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BRUSSELS, Belgium - European Union regulators levied a fine of about US$14.5 million against Visa on Wednesday for refusing to let Morgan Stanley issue Visa credit cards in Europe.Visa Europe immediately said it would appeal the 10.2-million-euro fine to the EU courts.
For over six years, Visa shut the bank out of the network it […]

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