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 ...

(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 ...

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today Visa (NYSE:V) announced its support of the new global QR Code Payment Specifications from EMVCo, the global technical body that manages the EMV Specifications.

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 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 ...