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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.