Recently I wrote an article about why so many stores ask for your ZIP code at check-out. With your name and ZIP they can turn to outside data brokers to learn your address, phone number and email -- ...

(Reuters) -Top payment networks including American Express Co, Mastercard Inc and Visa Inc said on Thursday they have paused work on implementing a new sales code for gun merchants, citing Republican ...

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Visa will implement a new category applicable to gun retailers. The move comes amid several mass shootings in the US. The new merchant code was created on Friday. Visa Inc, the world's largest ...

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 and Mastercard have previously said the new system might not have had the impact that gun-control advocates had hoped. Visa and Mastercard have decided to pause implementing a plan that activists ...