Michael Kaplan is an award-winning reporter and producer for the CBS News investigative unit. He specializes in securing scoops and crafting long-form television investigations. His work has appeared ...

Recently I wrote an article about why so many stores ask for your ZIP code at check-out. With your name and ZIP they can turn to outside data brokers to learn your address, phone number and email -- ...

Visa and Mastercard have decided to pause implementing a plan that activists had hoped would track firearm sales and help curb gun violence. The payment giants said they would suspend their work on ...

This content has been selected, created and edited by the Finextra editorial team based upon its relevance and interest to our community. The card giants made the move after the International ...

Payment processor Visa Inc. said Saturday that it plans to start separately categorizing sales at gun shops, a major win for gun control advocates who say it will help better track suspicious surges ...

Sept 10 (Reuters) - Visa Inc (V.N), opens new tab, the world's largest payments processor, said on Saturday it will implement a new merchant category code for U.S. gun retailers, which will identify ...

March 9 (Reuters) - Top payment networks including American Express Co , Mastercard Inc (MA.N), opens new tab and Visa Inc (V.N), opens new tab said on Thursday they have paused work on implementing a ...

Two dozen Republican attorneys general warned Visa, American Express and MasterCard on Tuesday not to go ahead with their plans to add a new merchant category code for gun retailers. In a letter to ...