Visa and Mastercard have decided to pause implementing a plan that activists had hoped would track firearm sales and help curb gun violence. The payment giants said they would suspend their work on ...

Visa Inc. says its EMV chip technology will be available to create a common code for debit transactions to allow merchants to choose networks as mandated by federal law — a move that could address a ...

US credit card giants said they will implement a new merchant category code for the nation's gun retailers, which gun control activists say will help flag potential mass shooters and gun traffickers.

Top payment networks Visa and Mastercard said on Thursday they have paused work on implementing a new sales code for gun merchants, citing Republican pushback in various U.S. states on concerns about ...