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• How Useful (and Free) Are Those Free Credit Scores? Tuesday, 14 May 2013 | 9:58 AM ET

  

  Not all scores are created equal and depending on the wrong "free" score can hurt you financially.

• EU Commission Says Visa Europe Offers Cut in Fees Tuesday, 14 May 2013 | 8:45 AM ET

  

  Visa Europe, the European licensee of Visa Inc., has offered to cap its inter-bank credit card fees at 0.3 percent of transaction value for four years, the same level as the rival MasterCard network, to end a European Union competition investigation and stave off a possible fine.

• UPDATE 1-EU Commission says Visa Europe offers cut in fees Tuesday, 14 May 2013 | 6:40 AM ET

  BRUSSELS, May 14- Visa Europe, the European licensee of Visa Inc., has offered to cap its inter-bank credit card fees at 0.3 percent of transaction value for four years, the same level as the rival MasterCard network, to end a European Union competition investigation and stave off a possible fine.

• Final Glance: Credit Card companies Monday, 13 May 2013 | 6:02 PM ET

  American Express Co. fell$. 29 or. 4 percent, to $69.79. Capital One Financial Corp. fell$. 70 or 1.2 percent, to $58.81. Discover Financial Services fell$. 38 or. 8 percent, to $45.21.

• Midday Glance: Credit Card companies Monday, 13 May 2013 | 1:18 PM ET

  American Express Co. fell$. 58 or. 8 percent, to $69.50. Capital One Financial Corp. fell$. 87 or 1.5 percent, to $58.64. Discover Financial Services fell$. 49 or 1.1 percent, to $45.11.

• Early Glance: Credit Card companies Monday, 13 May 2013 | 10:22 AM ET

  American Express Co. fell$. 37 or. 5 percent, to $69.71. Capital One Financial Corp. fell$. 70 or 1.2 percent, to $58.81. Discover Financial Services fell$. 51 or 1.1 percent, to $45.08.

• EXCLUSIVE-Indian card processor in $45 mln heist is ElectraCard -sources Saturday, 11 May 2013 | 8:10 AM ET

  DUBAI/ NEW YORK, May 11- One of the credit card processing companies whose security was breached in a $45 million global cyber heist was India's ElectraCard Services, according to two people familiar with the situation.

• Final Glance: Credit Card companies Friday, 10 May 2013 | 6:02 PM ET

  American Express Co. fell$. 13 or. 2 percent, to $70.08. Capital One Financial Corp. rose$. 36 or. 6 percent, to $59.51. Discover Financial Services rose$. 05 or. 1 percent, to $45.59.

• UPDATE 2-Germany arrests two Dutch citizens in cyber bank heist Friday, 10 May 2013 | 1:39 PM ET

  FRANKFURT, May 10- German prosecutors said on Friday they had arrested two Dutch citizens suspected of involvement in a $45 million global cyber heist unveiled the previous day by U.S. authorities. A 35- year-old man and a 56- year-old woman were caught on Feb. 19 withdrawing 170,000 euros in Düsseldorf using Bank of Muscat credit cards.

• Midday Glance: Credit Card companies Friday, 10 May 2013 | 1:20 PM ET

  American Express Co. fell$. 37 or. 5 percent, to $69.84. Capital One Financial Corp. fell$. 02 or percent, to $59.13. Discover Financial Services fell$. 02 or percent, to $45.52.

• Early Glance: Credit Card companies Friday, 10 May 2013 | 10:31 AM ET

  American Express Co. fell$. 10 or. 1 percent, to $70.11. Capital One Financial Corp. rose$. 13 or. 2 percent, to $59.28. Discover Financial Services rose$. 16 or. 3 percent, to $45.70.

• California Sues JPMorgan Chase Over Credit Card Cases Friday, 10 May 2013 | 2:52 AM ET

  

  California's top law enforcement official accused JPMorgan Chase on Thursday of flooding the state's courts with questionable lawsuits to collect overdue credit card debt, the NYT reports.

• UPDATE 5-Huge cyber bank theft spans 27 countries Thursday, 9 May 2013 | 7:22 PM ET

  NEW YORK/ BOSTON, May 9- In one of the biggest ever bank heists, a global cyber crime ring stole $45 million from two Middle Eastern banks by hacking into credit card processing firms and withdrawing money from ATMs in 27 countries, U.S. prosecutors said on Thursday.

• Final Glance: Credit Card companies Thursday, 9 May 2013 | 6:03 PM ET

  American Express Co. fell$. 10 or. 1 percent, to $70.21. Capital One Financial Corp. fell$. 39 or. 7 percent, to $59.15. Discover Financial Services fell$. 52 or 1.1 percent, to $45.54.

• JPMorgan sued by California over 'illegal' debt collections Thursday, 9 May 2013 | 5:35 PM ET

  LOS ANGELES, May 9- California's attorney general sued JPMorgan Chase& Co on Thursday, accusing the company of falsely signing documents to unlawfully collect credit card debt from thousands of customers.

• Midday Glance: Credit Card companies Thursday, 9 May 2013 | 1:21 PM ET

  American Express Co. rose$. 17 or. 2 percent, to $70.48. Capital One Financial Corp. fell$. 44 or. 7 percent, to $59.10. Discover Financial Services fell$. 31 or. 7 percent, to $45.75.

• Early Glance: Credit Card companies Thursday, 9 May 2013 | 10:40 AM ET

  American Express Co. fell$. 07 or. 1 percent, to $70.24. Capital One Financial Corp. fell$. 38 or. 6 percent, to $59.17. Discover Financial Services fell$. 11 or. 2 percent, to $45.95.

• UPDATE 1-U.S. charges eight in $45 million cyber crime scheme Thursday, 9 May 2013 | 12:09 AM ET

  A New York- based group hacked into credit card processors' computers to steal Mastercard Inc debit card data, which they used to make approximately 36,000 transactions over a total of 10 hours in 24 countries, the Justice Department said.

• Final Glance: Credit Card companies Wednesday, 8 May 2013 | 6:02 PM ET

  American Express Co. rose$. 07 or. 1 percent, to $70.31. Capital One Financial Corp. rose$. 76 or 1.3 percent, to $59.84. Discover Financial Services rose$. 09 or. 2 percent, to $46.06.

• Credit-Card Rule Eased for At-Home Partners Wednesday, 8 May 2013 | 1:53 PM ET

  

  Thanks to fast action by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, spouses and unmarried partners who run the home will no longer be penalized for lack of income when they apply for cards.