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Mary Jacoby writes for the Wall St. Journal about upcoming hearings scheduled on November 14 and 15 in Brussels for EU regulators to examine MasterCard's interchange fees. The EU regulators view interchange fees as "obstacles to creating a single payment area in the EU".

Dana Dratch writes for Bankrate.com about "spend to save" credit cards such as the American Express One card launched a year ago that deposits 1% of the amount purchased into a high-yield savings account.

MasterCard Worldwide has been awarded the 2006 Frost & Sullivan Company of the Year Award for its performance in the contactless payment market.   » Continue Reading

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