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Mastercard ( MA +0.9% ) sees banks following Apple's lead in getting rid of the number on credit cards to increase security if a customer loses the card, Bloomberg reports. More news on: Mastercard Incorporated, Capital One Financial Corporation, Citigroup Inc., Financial stocks news, ...

Square (NYSE: SQ ) introduces its invoices app in the U.S., Canada, Japan, the U.K., and Australia. More news on: Square, Inc., ETFMG Prime Mobile Payments ETF, Global X FinTech Thematic ETF, Financial stocks news, Tech stocks news, Stocks on the move, News on ETFs, Read more ...

Citigroup (NYSE: C ) is stepping into the consumer-to-merchants digital payments business, directly competing with fintech and expanding beyond the wholesale payments space. More news on: Citigroup Inc., Mastercard Incorporated, ETFMG Prime Mobile Payments ETF, Financial stocks news, New...

The U.S. is considering sanctions that would essentially ban Visa (NYSE: V ), Mastercard (NYSE: MA ), and other financial institutions from processing transactions in Venezuela, Bloomberg reports, citing an administration official. More news on: Visa Inc., Mastercard Incorporated, Americ...

Another fintech startup is creeping into banks' territories, Bloomberg reports; personal finance and investing startup, Stash, is introducing a credit card and debit card that will offer "stock-back" rewards, instead of the cash-back feature that many credit cards offer. More news on: Gr...

U.S. credit card balances rose by $26B during the last quarter of 2018 to hit a record $870B as of December and "marks the first time credit card balances re-touched the 2008 nominal peak," according to a Federal Reserve report. More news on: Visa Inc., Mastercard, Inc., Americ...