While affordability remains top of mind for many Americans, buy now, pay later platforms have become a cushion for shoppers who want what they need without paying the full price upfront.

The senator calls credit card lending “extortion and loan sharking,” comparing lenders to the usurers Dante placed in Hell.

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Consumers pay more at the store and more at the pump because many merchants cannot negotiate swipe fees or rules imposed by the Visa-Mastercard duopoly. The stranglehold Visa and Mastercard have on ...

But when protection fails in practice, costs rise, services retreat and capacity contracts. That affects who can trade, how they take payments and at what price. This is not simply a payments issue or ...

Discovering your credit card won’t work can be a major inconvenience. Veuer’s Maria Mercedes Galuppo has the story. Who wouldn’t want lower interest rates on credit cards? Chris Cargill Cargill is the ...

President Donald Trump just urged passage of a federal 10% credit card interest rate cap. This means that a legislative proposal filed in Congress by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) will likely soon be ...

President Trump reiterated his desire for a credit-card interest rate cap this week. On paper, that’s a huge problem for issuers of plastic. But if the experience of other industries that have faced ...

Bank of America is considering whether to offer a credit card with interest capped at 10% for a year, a person familiar with the bank’s thinking told NBC News on Thursday. President Donald Trump ...

With after-Christmas sales underway and President’s Day deals just around the corner, it’s easy to buy something only to see it advertised for less a day or two later. It can feel frustrating, but ...