When you make credit card purchases online or over the phone, you'll often need the card's security code to complete the transaction. The security code helps to protect you from credit card fraud and ...

Visa Inc., MasterCard Inc., and Discover Inc., have paused their work on a plan to track when cardholders make purchases at gun stores. The payment processing companies said Thursday they have ...

NEW YORK — 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 ...

New York — 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 ...

Visa Inc. and Mastercard Inc. have decided to pause implementing a plan that activists had hoped would track firearm sales and help curb gun violence. The payments giants — along with Discover ...

Gun control advocates are cheering a new change in the credit card industry that they say could help prevent gun violence. This week, credit card companies Visa, Mastercard and American Express all ...

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 ...

Merchant category codes now exist for almost every kind of purchase, including those made at supermarkets, clothing stores, coffee shops, etc. Gun retailers were coded as general merchandise. Payment ...