Merchant

Expect to see other credit card companies join the race to customize rewards to customers to maximize appeal and customer lifetime value, says RevTrax's Jonathan Treiber.

The bank is scaling back how it distributes research to clients, part of a push to simplify operations and lower headcount, according to people familiar with the matter.

Even as consumers shift more spending away from cash and the market for personal travel picks up, the coronavirus pandemic is still exerting a heavy toll on Mastercard's consumer and corporate spending.

A 2019 decision by Amy Coney Barrett, then a 7th Circuit judge, cited an earlier Supreme Court ruling suggesting a high bar for plaintiffs to claim harm. But other jurists have favored a less onerous standard.

The global bank, which has already closed more than 30% of its U.S. branches this year, indicated that the pandemic is prompting it to adjust its plans on the fly.

Michael Moeser, senior analyst at PaymentsSource, talks to Chris Lybeer, chief strategy officer at Revel, about the trends driving digital payments in the restaurant industry.

Mastercard and PayPal have added to an existing partnership by using Mastercard Send to support immediate access for debit transfers via PayPal's mobile in nine European markets.

Amy Coney Barrett will assume a lifetime appointment on the Supreme Court, just as it prepares to hear a case on the Affordable Care Act that could toss years of advancement in health care payments into disarray.

Businesses that received Paycheck Protection Program loans and Economic Injury Disaster advances discovered later they can't get full forgiveness. Lenders want the rules changed.

A California startup and a century-old Missouri bank, which began using The ClearingHouse's real-time payments network this summer, say businesses have embraced the technology to pay suppliers and gig-economy workers and quickly close real estate deals.