WikiLeaks Claims a TKO Over Visa in Iceland

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jul 12, 2012 An Icelandic court gave WikiLeaks a legal boost by ruling that a company formerly run by Visa broke contract laws by blocking credit card donations to the whistle-blowing site. Visa responded by saying the ruling might not apply to its operations. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

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Spike in Consumer Spending Spells Danger

Staff / Truthdig Aug 15, 2011 Consumer borrowing shot up $15.5 billion in June -- three times more than projected -- in the biggest increase in credit in four years, with credit card and other types of revolving debt rising by $5.21 billion -- the largest jump since spring of 2008. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

WikiLeaks Has a New Commercial

Staff / Truthdig Jun 28, 2011 The biggest threat to WikiLeaks isn't the house arrest of Julian Assange or the militaries of frustrated world governments -- it's the financial blockade by PayPal, Bank of America, Visa and other institutions that has cut off $15 million in donations (by WikiLeaks' estimate). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Cha-Ching! ‘Visa Tax’ Brings $8 Billion in Fees to Just 10 Banks

Staff / Truthdig Apr 29, 2011 Everyone knows you have to pay a municipal sales tax on your purchases, but what about a corporate Visa tax that's levied by credit card companies? Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

BofA Cuts Off WikiLeaks

Staff / Truthdig Dec 19, 2010 The digital war of position between WikLeaks and those who have something to hide got a bit more barbed as Bank of America, a likely target in the next WikiLeaks documents drama, announced it will refuse to process payments to the website. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Assange Ordered Out of Jail on Bail

Staff / Truthdig Dec 15, 2010 WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was given a bit of a break on Tuesday when a British judge ordered that he be released from jail for the small bail fee of $310,000. However, this small measure of freedom comes with a few strings -- and an electronic monitor -- attached. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

New Credit Card Rules Go Into Effect

Staff / Truthdig Aug 22, 2010 New rules curbing credit card company shenanigans took effect Sunday, as restrictions on “unreasonable late payment and other penalty fees” will now block the companies from charging excessive levies if users, to cite just one choice example, do not use their cards. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Dick Gephardt, Corporate Lobbyist

Staff / Truthdig Oct 20, 2009 If it seems contradictory (read: hypocritical) that former Rep. Dick Gephardt, at one time a self-styled anti-lobbying, pro-labor crusader, would become a lobbyist for Visa and Goldman Sachs, well, that's because it is. Oh, and you can strike "pro-environment" off of Gephardt's list of political poses, too. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Turning Gold Into Green

Staff / Truthdig Aug 19, 2008 Michael Phelps' million-dollar bonus for making Olympic history is chump change compared with the hundreds of millions he is expected to rake in over the course of his career. What does swimming have to do with credit cards? Visa is prepared to spend millions to convince you the answer is "a lot." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

EU Leaders Balk at Bush’s New Flight Plan

Staff / Truthdig Feb 11, 2008 The skies won't seem so friendly to Europeans looking to travel to the U.S. soon if President Bush's list of new security demands is implemented despite the resistance and outrage it has sparked among EU officials, whose countrymen will encounter additional headaches if their leaders don't get with Bush's program. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Immigrants Protest Bush Proposal

Staff / Truthdig Apr 7, 2007 Immigrant rights groups are voicing their opposition to the president's new migrant worker plan, which would allow undocumented workers to buy $3,500 permits every three years to remain in the country. Democrats and the Catholic Church have also criticized the proposed policy, which is harsher and costlier than a previous proposal supported by Bush. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )