Americans love using their credit cards, the most secure and hassle-free way to pay.

But DC politicians want to change that with the Durban Marshall Credit Card Bill.

This bill lets corporate megastores pick how your credit card is processed,

allowing them to use untested payment networks that jeopardize your data security and rewards.

Corporate megastores will make more money and you pay the price.

Tell Congress to guard your card because Americans lose when politicians choose. Learn more at

guard your card.com. Here's your TNB Tech Minute for Friday, June 13th. I'm Victoria Craig for

the Wall Street Journal. Some of the world's biggest

retailers are looking at ways to save billions of dollars in fees by leaving the traditional

financial system. People familiar with the matter told the journal that Walmart, Amazon,

Expedia, and some airlines and other multinationals have toyed with the idea of issuing their own

stable coins in the U.S.

Stable coins are, for now, used to store cash or buy other cryptocurrency tokens.

They're supposed to have a one-to-one exchange ratio with the dollar or other government currency.

Any move by those large companies would allow them to bypass the traditional payment system and send

shivers through America's banks and card networking giants. Elsewhere, getting spammed by calls

about loan offers, their days annoying you might be numbered. Those calls, texts, and voicemails

for mortgage bankers you've never heard of stem from a widely used marketing tactic

called a trigger lead. And your information is likely added to a list that credit bureaus sell

to other lenders who also want to give you a loan. Two bills passed in separate chambers of

Congress this week could be merged into one and soon sent the president for his signature.

And finally, growing demand for state-of-the-art fiber to power devices has led to a boom in mergers and acquisitions.

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