Cards

When the payments industry's decision makers gathered in Los Angeles at SourceMedia's annual PayThink conference, certain topics dominated the discussion.

The guts behind the printer are the differentiator to produce new cards quickly and securely, says Matica's Paul Schwerdtfeger.

The prevalence of payment cards, against the growing awareness of climate change, is driving some card issuers and manufacturers to revisit the way they use plastic.

Annual fees aren’t scaring customers away from American Express Co.’s credit cards. Roughly 70% of cardholders the lender added in the second quarter have premium, fee-paying cards, Chief Financial Officer Jeff Campbell told investors at a conference Tuesday in New York.

MoneyGram has partnered with Visa to leverage debit push payments for P2P transfers in the U.S., with plans to eventually expand the service internationally.

The card builds on Mastercard’s goal of expanding products for underbanked consumers in sub-Saharan Africa.

Many futurists and pundits predicted email would be obsolete by 2020, replaced by a new, superior communication channel.

Softbank is following an investment in Wirecard by adding the company's services to Brightstar, a Softbank subsidiary that distributes and manages wireless devices.

The East Lansing, Mich.-based credit union exceeded its growth expectations for card performance during the annual e-commerce event.

It took a few years for mobile wallets to get past the aura of just a "cool technology" looking for a problem to solve, but Google Pay and its peers are clearly finding their niche as a way to embed payments with customer engagement tools.