Using Your Credit Card at the Checkout Is Set to Get a Lot More Complicated

Visa and Mastercard reach a settlement on a 20-year legal fight with merchants, agreeing to allow stores to reject some credit cards for the first time.

The deal under discussion would lower credit-card interchange fees for merchants, but could make it harder for consumers to use rewards cards at the register.

Buy now, pay later companies like Affirm are aiming to compete more closely with credit-card companies.

The South Korean tech giant and Barclays are in advanced talks to launch a credit card, with both seeking bigger inroads into Americans’ financial lives.

When redeeming perks gets more complicated, some consumers give up. Others make spreadsheets.

There is a trade war, a government shutdown and a sluggish job market, but households are still spending.

A proposed settlement in a long-running merchant lawsuit would give stores more freedom to block rewards cards — but it remains to be seen if they’d risk angering customers.

The number of residential developments tied to a hotel or lifestyle brand jumped 19% compared to last year