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.

Visa (NYSE:V) and Mastercard (NYSE:MA) are pausing a plan to track firearm sales with a new merchant category code (MCC) as a number of bills advancing in several states related to the use of the new ...

March 9 (Reuters) - Top payment networks including American Express Co , Mastercard Inc (MA.N), opens new tab and Visa Inc (V.N), opens new tab said on Thursday they have paused work on implementing a ...

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 ...