
** FILE ** This Sept. 5, 2007, file photo shows credit card decals on a store window in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. Visa, MasterCard and major banks agreed to pay retailers at least $6 billion to settle a long-running lawsuit that alleged the card issuers conspired to fix the fees that stores pay to accept credit cards. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)

** FILE ** This Sept. 5, 2007, file photo shows credit card decals on a store window in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. Visa, MasterCard and major banks agreed to pay retailers at least $6 billion to settle a long-running lawsuit that alleged the card issuers conspired to fix the fees that stores pay to accept credit cards. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)

WikiLeaks hasn't been forgotten amid the pandemonium of Occupy protests. As people take to the streets to speak out against financial institutions, the anti-secrecy website is fighting a battle of its own against MasterCard, Visa and others that have blocked donations. (Associated Press)

**FILE** In this photo from Nov. 2, 2009, a customer swipes a MasterCard debit card through a machine while checking out at a shop in Seattle. (Associated Press)

This screen shot shows the home page of Mastercard.com. Mastercard is having severe technical problems Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2010, possibly a target by supporters of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. (AP Photo/Mastercard.com)

Consumers line up outside a Best Buy store in Glendale, Calif., on Monday, Sept. 13, 2010, for the midnight release of Microsoft Game Studios' Xbox 360 "Halo: Reach" videogame. Sales of electronics were up 4.7 percent in September, according to MasterCard Advisors' SpendingPulse. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)