Cards

Virtual cards are starting to gain ground, and WEX sees a big opportunity in hotel chains' need to beef up security.

Mastercard has promoted longtime executive Ed McLaughlin to president of operations and technology, where he will oversee all of the card network’s technology functions.

The widespread use of fingerprint authentication in mobile devices has made many consumers comfortable with the technology. So is Mastercard's test of a biometric payment card a case of plastic catching up to a modern tech trend, or is it instead dragging biometrics back in time?

The payments processing and technology giant should add more merchant services and marketing to its Star network to overcome competitive and regulatory pressure, writes Eric Grover, a principal at Intrepid Ventures.

Walmart adjusted two of its long-standing, in-house offerings this week, saying it was lowering the rates for its domestic Walmart2Walmart money transfer service and adding a digital money transfer service with Bluebird2Walmart.

The North American subsidiary of Germany’s Wirecard AG is providing the technology behind a prepaid Visa card that distributes cash rewards to blood donors.

Two years after launching Bento for Business, a prepaid Mastercard enabling small businesses to manage employee expenses, Bento has announced it’s adopting i2c’s Inc.’s global platform and adding new features.

As the smartphones become ATM cards, a new set of security risks emerges. Thorough ID protection is necessary to keep no-card ATMs secure.

The fight over a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule adding new restrictions to prepaid cards is intensifying as some Republicans hope to overturn it before a looming deadline expires.

Readers sound off an attempt to block prepaid regulations, threats to consumer privacy, FSOC’s political bent, the proper use for SARs, and more.