Tagged: credit cards

August 17, 2023 @ 11:32 am By JD Alois  |  

Credt card debt is now over $1 trillion, having increased by $45 billion from April to June this year. This has led to some concerning as well as interesting trends, according to a report by JD Power. In the Credit Card Satisfaction Survey, results indicate… Read More

August 7, 2023 @ 9:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Mastercard (NYSE: MA) recently announced the introduction of Cardholder Verification Code (CVC)-less online transactions “for its debit and credit cardholders who have tokenized their cards on merchant platforms.” The move aims to “reduce the checkout time and make virtual transactions hassle-free and more secure.” CVC… Read More

July 14, 2023 @ 3:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Card issuing and processing pioneer Enfuce has been chosen by leading Norwegian crypto exchange NBX to issue a Visa®-branded credit card offering Bitcoin cashback on purchases. Powered by Enfuce’s cloud-native issuing platform, the launch of the card is a turning point in the crypto market,… Read More

July 10, 2023 @ 7:01 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

PhonePe announced the launch of its Point-of-sale (POS) device that enables merchants to accept payments via Debit Cards, Credit Cards and UPI, providing them with a simple and seamless settlement experience. The device comes preloaded “with the PhonePe POS App and supports transactions through tap/swipe/dip and… Read More

July 7, 2023 @ 9:54 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Merchant Lynx Services, a “top fifty” merchant acquirer, is pleased to announce their acquisition of National Credit Card Processing Group (NCCP) as “part of the company’s strategic expansion.” NCCP Group provides payment acceptance services and technology solutions “to the B2B sector.” Their core verticals “are… Read More

June 30, 2023 @ 6:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Texas Capital Bank is on a mission “to harness innovation and help clients thrive. Amid an ongoing transformation in support of those goals, the firm is partnering with Extend to give clients a modern spend management platform with the power of virtual cards – all… Read More

June 23, 2023 @ 9:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Robinhood Markets, Inc. (NASDAQ:HOOD) has entered into an agreement to acquire San Francisco-based X1 Inc., a platform that “offers a no-fee credit card with rewards on each purchase.” According to Robinhood, this marks “an important step in their journey towards broadening their product offerings and… Read More

June 11, 2023 @ 7:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

SmartMetric, Inc. reveals that it is getting ready to release its advanced fingerprint biometric activated credit card and that the company’s engineers are now working “on adding embedded AI into the card’s electronics.” Since SmartMetric designed its biometric credit card with a dual processor, it… Read More

June 10, 2023 @ 12:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Netherlands has recently completed the launch of a contactless transit payments system nationwide, “simplifying access and allowing travelers to tap-in and tap-out with their debit card, credit card or digital wallet.” All public transport across the country – “including trains, buses, metros, and trams… Read More

June 8, 2023 @ 8:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

After more than a decade of significant investment in mobile apps and websites, many U.S. banks and credit card providers have mastered the basics of digital transaction management and are now turning their attention to more advanced “super tools.” According to a series of recent… Read More

May 29, 2023 @ 3:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Pesto announces the launch of its first product, Pesto Mastercard issued by Continental Bank, the first credit card that enables customers to use valuables as collateral to secure a credit card. Activant Capital, Plural, and others invested in Pesto “to build a solution for Americans that… Read More

May 21, 2023 @ 10:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Splitit (ASX:SPT), the white-label service allowing customers to pay by installments using their existing credit on their payment card, and Atlantic-Pacific Processing Systems NV, Corp. (APPS), a North American payment solutions provider, announced they have partnered to deliver an integrated card-based installment payments solution. The… Read More

May 19, 2023 @ 9:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Corserv, a company that empowers banks and fintechs with payment programs, has implemented a credit card program with Pennsylvania-based Meridian Bank in order “to serve their business and commercial customers.” Meridian Bank is “a $2 billion full service commercial bank, founded in 2004 and headquartered… Read More

May 13, 2023 @ 6:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Credit card and financial technology company Petal announced today that it has raised $35 million in new funding and has spun off its B2B-focused data infrastructure and analytics subsidiary, Prism Data. Petal claims that it pioneered “the use of automated cash flow underwriting in consumer… Read More

May 12, 2023 @ 8:35 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The newly released Q1 2023 Quarterly Credit Industry Insights Report (CIIR) from TransUnion (NYSE: TRU) shows that in this current economic climate in which inflation remains at elevated levels and interest rates have risen sharply, consumers “are increasingly turning to credit to manage their household… Read More

May 11, 2023 @ 8:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Mastercard (NYSE: MA) cardholders will be able “to book travel using credit card loyalty points with Travel with Rewards powered by Expedia.” Expedia Group and Mastercard “expand their partnership for a new joint adventure: Travel with Rewards, a modern loyalty points redemption solution that enables… Read More

May 8, 2023 @ 10:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Asda customers can now get £20 added to their Asda Rewards cash pot if they open a new Asda Money Credit Card or Asda Money Select Credit Card account, “provided by digital lender Jaja Finance, on or before 4 July 2023.” Asda Rewards is Asda’s… Read More

May 5, 2023 @ 2:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Torpago, a modern business credit card and spend management platform provider, today launched Powered By, a private label credit card program that will “allow community banks and credit unions to launch their own fully branded, end-to-end corporate credit card product and accompanying spend management platform.”… Read More

May 2, 2023 @ 11:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Chase, the U.S. consumer and commercial banking business of JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM), and Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) recently announced new benefits and features on the Amazon Visa card portfolio, “providing cardmembers with increased opportunity to earn cash back on purchases made with their card… Read More

April 18, 2023 @ 11:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Challenger credit card Fintech Yonder announces a raise of $15.5 million (£12.5 million) in equity and $62 million (£50 million) in debt following its Series A funding round. The investment round was “co-led by Northzone and RTP Global alongside angel investors Joseph Moore, founder of… Read More