Cards

Google Wallet is making a significant change in how it handles funds, in the latest of a series of moves that gives Google a stronger footing against Apple Pay's rising tide.

Several issuers use card controls to soothe consumer fears, and Discover is building on this foundation to engage consumers at the network level and encourage more frequent and sophisticated use of mobile devices.

MetaBank has teamed up with Univision Communications, a media company serving Hispanic Americans, to become another issuer of its prepaid card.

Two companies are working to make gift cards not only interactive, but almost self-aware.

Executives at card networks and issuers are concluding that tried-and-true marketing methods can still expand card acceptance in an increasingly digital world.

Mobile wallet developers need only look to the prepaid card business to find a suitable partner, one that has already been down a path mobile has just started.

Despite the criticism, prepaid cards are hooked on celebrity branding, with marijuana icon Tommy Chong being the latest to lend his name to a card designed for legal marijuana purchases.

Convinced that consumers know the Brink's name and associate it with strong security, prepaid card provider NetSpend has launched a Brink's-branded prepaid card.

Millennials are leading the rest of the country in their use of prepaid cards, according to a new study from TD Bank.

Consumers could decide for themselves whether to use an EMV-chip card with a signature or PIN if the card is coded to accept such a change. But the technology to support PIN reset will be spotty at first.

Merchants are making a new argument in their years-long battle with banks over swipe fees, saying Apple Pay has locked them out of additional routing options mandated by Dodd-Frank.

Fees for prepaid debit cards have shifted in the last year, with some transaction charges becoming less common while automated-teller-machine fees rose, according to a new study.

Brightwell is attempting to carve out a niche in the crowded prepaid card market by focusing on reducing the amount of cash carried at sea by ships' crew members.

BMO is adding 400 automated teller machines at Shell locations in Canada.

CardFlight has released a new reader for its SwipeSimple mobile point of sale offering to accept EMV-chip cards.

Bento for Business has launched a prepaid commercial debit service for small-business owners to control how much money their employees spend on supplies or services.

More companies are testing ways to turn unwanted gift cards into valued forms of payment.

Everlink Payment Services has created a prototype wearable payment device that works with Interac Flash.

TD Bank is expanding its prepaid offerings to meet higher demand from upmarket consumers and to counter competition from rival issuers.