Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Toby Walters is a financial writer, investor, and lifelong learner. He has a passion for ...

A new rule from Visa Inc. will let banks eliminate a long-standing but largely obsolete design element in their payment cards: embossed lettering. The San Francisco company said Tuesday that it has ...

(FINANCIAL TIMES) - A novel item arrived in the post last week - the first debit card issued by my high street bank without a long, bumpy number on the front that steadily wears down and becomes ...

Time has run out for “knuckle-busters,” the clunky contraptions merchants needed for decades to accept card transactions, but their legacy—the raised characters embossed on payment cards—is proving ...

At least two more key Conservatives received gold-embossed business cards, contrary to long-standing government rules against fancy stationery. Tony Clement was given his gold cards shortly after ...