Michael Moeser is an Austin, Texas-based senior content strategist for Arizent. He has over 25 years of payments and consulting industry experience working in executive roles at Visa, Capital One, McKinsey, Javelin Strategy, and Ondot Systems. He has an MBA in Entrepreneurship from DePaul University’s Kellstadt Graduate School of Business and a BBA in Finance from University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business.
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Most consumers expect to be offered a variety of digital payment options in stores in a post-COVID-19 world, and small and midsize business believe that change will be permanent, a Visa study finds.
January 14 -
U.K. fintech Rapyd, backed by Stripe, has raised $300 million in a Series D round to fuel its growth through acquisitions in payment processing, card issuing and disbursements.
January 13 -
Michael Moeser, senior analyst at PaymentsSource, talks to Matt Oppenheimer, co-founder and CEO of Remitly, about how the remittance market has handled the coronavirus pandemic, and what will happen going forward.
January 12 -
In a bid to expand contactless card acceptance, Mastercard is testing its Cloud Tap on Phone tech with Napa, Calif.-based IT services provider Computer Engineering Group (CEG).
January 11 -
The Treasury Department and IRS are sending out approximately 8 million Visa prepaid cards to deliver a second round of Economic Impact Payments (EIPs) to consumers.
January 8 -
The COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 saw some businesses become big winners — such as Zoom, Home Depot and payments companies like PayPal — while other businesses suffered heavily, most notably the travel and hospitality industries. Credit card issuers also suffered, as demand lagged heavily for new cards and their overall spending dropped considerably during the year.
January 8 -
In launching its new challenger bank brand, GO2bank, to take on Chime and others, Green Dot has taken the opportunity to lower the barrier to obtaining a secured card for the underserved.
January 6 -
PayPal’s Venmo has launched a new “Cash a Check” feature on its mobile app to some customers. The offering is made in partnership with Ingo Money and its parent, First Century Bank.
January 4 -
Michael Moeser, senior analyst at PaymentsSource, talks to Jennifer Philo, group vice president of U.S. commerce at Blackhawk Network, about the ways the global pandemic has transformed the use cases for gift cards, prepaid cards and loyalty products the company supports.
December 29 -
While there has been a general trend of paying people faster for work already performed, starting with gig workers, COVID-19 has created (or exposed) many issues that are fueling the shift toward on-demand pay, especially for hourly workers.
December 23
