NEW YORK (AP) — Target Corp. has reached an $18.5 million settlement over a massive data breach that occurred before Christmas in 2013, New York’s attorney general announced Tuesday. The agreement involving 47 states and the District of Columbia is ...

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WASHINGTON — The price of a New York pastrami sandwich could help the Supreme Court figure out a dispute over a state law about credit card swipe fees. The deli sandwich figured prominently in an entertaining, if inconclusive, argument at ...

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Even as an Oct. 1 deadline approaches to replace Americans’ out-of-date credit cards with new cards embedded with computer chips, the vast majority of Americans still have not received their new cards and only a small minority are using the ...

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NEW YORK — New credit and debit cards with computer chips are putting the squeeze on small businesses. The cards being rolled out by banks and credit card companies are aimed at reducing fraud from counterfeit cards. As chip cards ...

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The three big credit reporting agencies are making changes that could help steer some consumers clear of the credit dog house. Data collected by the agencies Equifax, Experian and TransUnion on hundreds of millions of people are used to create ...

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NEW YORK — Small business owners looking to ditch traditional credit card readers have more options than ever. Online retailers Amazon and Etsy are just two of the latest companies to offer mobile credit card readers to small companies, joining ...

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WASHINGTON — Americans increased their borrowing in May at the fastest pace in a year. Borrowing in the category that includes credit cards reached its highest point since the fall of 2010. Increased borrowing typically means that consumers are feeling ...

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BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Wal-Mart Stores Inc. urged retailers to reject a proposed $6 billion settlement that Visa Inc., MasterCard Inc. and major banks have agreed to pay retailers for alleged fee fixing. The settlement, reached earlier this month, had been ...

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Consumer borrowing increased in September for the first time since January even though the category that includes credit cards dropped for a record 25th straight month.

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Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo has announced an agreement in which the State University of New York will safeguard students from deceptive and unfair credit card marketing.

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Agreeing to accept credit cards can be good for your practice. But lawyers who take this step need to comply with the industry's data security standards. Many major credit card companies, including American Express ...

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