Cards

The Justice Department has already successfully intervened to break up Visa's deal to buy Plaid. Merchants welcome reports that it is looking at Visa's routing practices.

Mobile banking platform provider N26 is expanding its rewards program through a partnership with card-linked offer platform provider Dosh, enabling customers to earn cash back when using an N26 debit card.

The growing pressure on app stores to allow multiple payment methods may prove to be as disruptive as the Durbin amendment was to debit card payments.

With mobile payments and banking apps on the rise, biometric authentication is now increasingly common in consumer finance, says Fingerprints' Michel Roig.

The buy now/pay later pioneer's new card does not require sellers to opt in if they already accept debit cards.

The buy now/pay later pioneer's new card does not require sellers to opt in if they already accept debit cards.

Prepaid customers’ COVID relief spending boosted the bank’s bottom line in 2020, but executives don't count on a repeat performance.

Prepaid customers’ COVID relief spending boosted the bank’s bottom line in 2020, but executives don't count on a repeat performance.

Marqeta reached a $4 billion valuation over the last decade focusing only on prepaid and debit card issuing, and now it’s retooled its digital platform to issue credit cards, too.

I2c and Unifimoney change incentives to fit market conditions, rather than focusing primarily on boosting consumer spending.

Mastercard and MetaBank are helping the earned wage access provider Clair overhaul its technology platform and service offering.

Mastercard is helping earned wage access provider Clair overhaul its technology platform and service offering.

A showdown between megabanks such as JPMorgan Chase and the likes of Apple and PayPal could be the prelude to a broader fight.

COVID-19 has taken a great deal away from us in the past 12 months, but from a digital payments perspective, it has also opened the doors for new innovation and activity, says Cognizant Softvision's Karla Ch'ien.

American Express is tweaking the rewards on its Gold card as the credit card company strives to hold onto affluent customers.

MoneyGram International is expanding its use of Visa Direct across Europe, allowing its customers to use the company website or mobile app to send money in near-real time to Visa debit card holders in various parts of 25 countries in Europe.

European digital investment platform Bitpanda is launching its first plastic product, a Visa debit card that combines currency, cryptocurrency and precious metal assets into one card.

Smaller institutions are relying on an issuing system that gives away control over card programs, says Corserv's David Luther.

Fake card numbers are 'tested' at online sites for validity, producing real and dangerous results, says Acqra Limited's Jessica Lenung.

The online lender founded by Renaud Laplanche is now a full-fledged challenger bank that can offer generous checking terms because, it says, it can count on its loans for profits.