Payments/Credit/Debit

The credit card companies will pay between $5.54 billion and $6.24 billion.

It's estimated that small businesses could save $25,000.

A key challenge for lawmakers is figuring out how to classify digital currencies.

When done right, data analysis can improve authorizations, mitigate fraud and sell more products.

Two companies reportedly agreed to pay merchants about $6.5 billion under the terms of the settlement.

These corporate giants want to give more companies a say in setting standards for card security and new payment technologies.