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US Retail Sales Grow 3.1% During Holiday Season: Mastercard

U.S. retail sales rose 3.1% between November 1 and December 24, rounding up a majority of the holiday sales for retailers, as shoppers looked for last-minu...

Biedronka Rolls Out 'Pay With A Card And Withdraw' Service

Polish retailer Biedronka, a unit of Portugal's Jerónimo Martins, has launched the 'pay by card and withdraw' service with Mastercard in 2,000 outle...

U.S. Retail Sales Grew 7.6% Over Holiday Season, Says Mastercard

U.S. retail sales rose 7.6% between Nov. 1 and Dec. 24, which encompasses a majority of the holiday season, as steep discounts lured deal-hungry consumers,...

British Lawmakers Target Visa And Mastercard Fee Increases

British lawmakers plan to scrutinise increases in the fees Visa and Mastercard charge businesses after the country's payments regulator found no evidence t...

US Holiday Retail Sales Rise 8.5% As Online Shopping Booms: Mastercard

US retail sales rose 8.5% during this year's holiday shopping season from 1 November to 24 December, powered by soaring e-commerce sales.

Mastercard To Raise Fees For UK Shoppers Buying From EU

Mastercard has said that UK shoppers buying from the EU will now be charged five times as much as they were before Brexit, in so-called credit card 'interc...

U.S. Holiday Retail Sales Rise 3% As Online Shopping Booms: Mastercard Report

U.S. retail sales rose 3% during this year's expanded holiday shopping season from Oct. 11 to Dec. 24, a report by Mastercard Inc said,, powered by a pande...

UK's Supreme Court Rules Against Mastercard, Visa In Retailers' Fees Battle

Britain's highest court has upheld an earlier Court of Appeal ruling that credit card companies Visa and Mastercard restricted competition in the way they...