Troy Segal is an editor and writer. She has 20+ years of experience covering personal finance, wealth management, and business news. Investopedia / Julie Bang A chargeback is a charge that is returned ...

Using a debit card feels convenient: it’s fast, familiar, and skips the interest rates. Still, not every swipe is safe.

Defective merchandise. Shoddy plumbing work. A car repair shop that didn't fix the problem. Undisclosed and unfair fees. Shipments that never arrived. Even careful consumers sometimes run into ...

The merchants’ lawsuit claimed that the payment networks violated antitrust laws by collectively altering changes to ...

Pay by bank is not a new electronic-payments concept—consumers have been paying utility bills with their bank accounts for years—but the promise of lower fees and reduced merchant headaches is ...

Last Friday, Barter, the consumer app of Africa’s most valued startup Flutterwave, told customers via email that they would not be able to access its virtual dollar card service from July 17. Hence, ...