Visa and Mastercard are expected to report higher quarterly profits this week on steady consumer spending, and analysts will ...

"We continue to believe that Visa and Mastercard play a very important part in Capital One's future, but that we can build a network and a network story that over time can take more of our volume ...

Capital One's $35.3 billion acquisition of Discover Financial would likely renew competition for Visa and Mastercard, which have long dominated the payment processing industry.