Tagged: Payment Cards

Card Fraud in Europe Declines Significantly, European Central Bank Report Claims

The European Central Bank (ECB) has published its card fraud report, which is “based on information provided by 20 card payment scheme operators.” Card fraud in 2021 “continued its downward trend, falling to its lowest level since data collection began.” It reportedly “constituted 0.028% of… Read More

Fintech Pesto Takes on Pawn Lending, Introduces Asset-Backed Credit Card

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

Fintech Paysend, Ontop to Provide Instant, Cost-Effective Salary Payments

Paysend, the global card-to-card transfers pioneer and global payments platform, is announcing today a new partnership with global payroll platform Ontop, “enabling employers to make faster and more cost-effective salary payments to workers and contractors.” Paysend will power Ontop’s new payout-to-cards capability “for employee and… Read More

Fintech Firm SumUp, JCB to Boost Card Acceptance for European Merchants

JCB International Co., Ltd., the international operations subsidiary of JCB Co., Ltd.,  announced its partnership with global financial technology company SumUp, “to enable acceptance of JCB Cards across SumUp’s European merchant network.” With the return of international travel, the collaboration will “provide new opportunities of… Read More

BNPL: Fintech Splitit and APPS to Simplify ISO & ISV Installment Payments

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

Biometric Payment Cards: IDEX Biometrics Adds Issuer in Turkey as Expansion of Business Continues

IDEX Biometrics is expanding biometric payment card programs in Turkey with a fourth issuer. This fast growing bank challenger “represents a customer portfolio of more than 10 million customers.” The biometric payment cards from this issuer are “expected to be in consumers’ hands by the… Read More

Credit Cards: Chase, Amazon Announce Benefits, New Features for Amazon Visa Card Portfolio

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

BNPL: Fintech Firm Splitit to Enable Mobile Installments within Seconds

Splitit (ASX: SPT), which claims to be the “only” white-label service allowing customers to pay by installments using their existing credit on their payment card at checkout, has announced a new super-fast white-label payment experience, SplititExpress. This experience “enables checkout in under 2-seconds and also… Read More

Movie Theatre Credit Cards: AMC Theatres Launches the AMC Entertainment Visa Card

AMC Theatres (NYSE: AMC and APE), which claims to be the largest theatrical exhibitor in the United States and the world, announced it has officially launched the AMC Entertainment Visa Card. AMC Stubs members can now “apply for the AMC Entertainment Visa Card to earn… Read More

Digital Payments: Mastercard Accelerates Sustainable Card Efforts

Mastercard (NYSE: MA) announced it is accelerating efforts to remove first–use, PVC plastics from payment cards on its network by 2028. This move further “reinforces the company’s sustainability commitments and scales the accessibility of more sustainable card offerings for consumers seeking a way to reduce… Read More

Fintech Firm Neo Financial Launches Hybrid Neo Money Card as a Debit Card Alternative

Neo Financial is announcing the launch of the Neo Money card, expanding on the benefits of the high-interest Neo Money account with credit-like rewards when you spend. In 2022, Canadians “saw the largest increase in inflation since 1982 resulting in almost half (44%) of Canadians… Read More

Crypto Payments Platform Wirex, Novatti to Bring Multicurrency Card to Consumers in Australia

Wirex, a crypto payments platform, has partnered with card issuer, Novatti, to directly issue cards to Australians. The announcement has the potential “to allow over 20 million people to utilize their innovative multicurrency card every day.” Wirex claims that it “developed the world’s first crypto-enabled… Read More

Binance Introduces Prepaid Cryptocurrency Card in Colombia

Binance, which claims to be the world’s leading blockchain and cryptocurrency infrastructure provider, has announced the launch of Binance Card in Colombia. One of Binance‘s top markets boasting high levels of crypto adoption, Colombia becomes the third country in Latin America “to support the product,… Read More

European Payment Fintechs SumUp, Netcetera Team Up on ACS

As online purchases have soared in the last few years, so has the level of online fraud. In 2021, e-commerce fraud in the UK “jumped to GBP 1.3 billion.” As many merchants make the transition to online stores, “ensuring their transactions are protected is crucial.”… Read More

Credit Cards Expected to Account for Nearly $10 Trillion in Spend Globally by 2027: Report

Juniper Research defines credit cards as a payment instrument which allows consumers as well as cardholders “to borrow money to pay for products and services, and make deferred payments for their purchases in exchange of monthly interest based on the amount owed.” As noted in… Read More

Credit, Charge Card Payments in Hong Kong to Exceed $100B by 2026: Report

The Hong Kong credit and charge card payments market is set “to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 3.9% between 2022–2026 to reach HKD 831.9 billion ($106.7 billion) in 2026, driven by a significant shift in consumer preferences towards non-cash payment methods… Read More

Splitit, Alipay to Enable ‘Pay After Delivery’ Installments on AliExpress

Splitit Payments Limited (ASX:SPT), which claims to be the only white-label service allowing customers to pay by installments using their existing credit on their payment card at checkout, announced that Splitit and Alipay have formed a partnership “to power the ‘Pay After Delivery’ option for… Read More

Airwallex, American Express to Diversify Merchant Payments Acceptance Options

Global fintech Airwallex has announced the launch of a partnership with American Express, allowing Airwallex customers “to accept American Express Cards as a payment method.” Airwallex customers in Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore and the United Kingdom will now be able to “accept American Express Card… Read More

Huobi, Solaris to Introduce Crypto Debit Card in Europe

Huobi, which claims to be one of the world’s leading virtual asset exchanges, has announced a partnership with Solaris, in order “to deliver a crypto-to-fiat debit card that will enable Huobi users to spend digital assets at the point-of-sale globally.” The Visa-approved program will be… Read More

Fintech Firm Conotoxia Introduces Multi-Currency Card 2.0 for Relatives, Workers

Fintech firm Conotoxia has launched a multi-currency card 2.0. The new product makes it possible “to share cards with family members or company employees.” Users of the global fintech Conotoxia can now “order and share their cards with others.” Owners of the multi-currency 2.0 card… Read More

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