Daniel Wolfe is content director for payments and credit unions at American Banker. He was previously editor-in-chief of PaymentsSource, a sister publication that combined with American Banker in 2021. Prior to that, Daniel held roles at American Banker including tech and risk management editor; technology, cards and payments editor; and technology reporter. He has a master's degree in print journalism from Boston University's College of Communication and a bachelor's degree in English from SUNY Binghamton.
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From gold plating to silicon guts, the plastic card is not what it used to be. Here are some of the most ambitious attempts to make credit and debit cards relevant in a high-tech world.
August 4 -
The payments industry has come a long way with how it treats loyalty and rewards. Here are some of the more creative offerings to come about this year.
July 21 -
Welcome to the PaymentsSource Morning Briefing, delivered daily. The information you need to start your day, including top headlines from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Mastercard plans to buy AI company; Amazon broadens retail push; Swift invites more banks to KYC group; Revolut expands payroll tech; Max Baucus lauds China's payments tech.
July 18 -
Welcome to the PaymentsSource Morning Briefing, delivered daily. The information you need to start your day, including top headlines from PaymentsSource and around the Web: UnionPay gains ground; real-time payments in Europe; Amazon's payments exec gets a new role; and more.
July 17 -
The concept of digital payments doesn't often cross paths with the concept of robots moving autonomously through our world. But in a few cases, robots have been created to handle payments and deliver goods.
July 14 -
Welcome to the PaymentsSource Morning Briefing, delivered daily. The information you need to start your day, including top headlines from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Visa's digital incentive moves to the U.K.; Jet.com pursues the New York market; Digital boosts donations; Delivery robots; Refunds for late trains.
July 14 -
Consumers have accepted the use of fingerprint authentication for mobile payments. But will they be as welcoming of facial recognition? A few companies are testing the waters.
July 7 -
Wearables are a clear evolution of the mobile wallet, but companies are still experimenting with use cases. Here are a few of the latest concepts.
June 30 -
Amazon's $13.7 billion acquisition of Whole Foods will make it a force to be reckoned with in the grocery vertical, but its rivals have been preparing for this day for a long time. Here are some of the biggest competitive threats to Amazon's digital take on food sales.
June 23 -
Total System Services has extended a multi-year agreement to support Tesco Bank's credit card business in the U.K.
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