Credit cards
Credit cards
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Credit union share of the credit card market is at a record high but there are concerns that this debt could begin to sour if the economy turns.
April 25 -
Mastercard is expanding its Girls4Tech education outreach program with new partnerships, and tightening the focus on subjects broadly in demand in the payments industry.
April 23 -
Change in strategy to lure new customers; new FHFA director wants to make Fannie, Freddie “stronger, healthier."
April 23 -
JCPenney ended support for Apple Pay in its stores and also removed the mobile payment option from its app, a surprising reversal for a brand that offered Apple Pay in 2015, within a year of its rollout. There are multiple factors in play here.
April 22 -
Banks say easing rules on people with some criminal records will diversify the applicant pool; deal with Synchrony may be near.
April 22 -
Measures of loan performance were generally better than expected at Ally, American Express, Synchrony and Sallie Mae. Their 1Q reports suggest that consumers remain able to meet their obligations despite a long run-up in debt.
April 18 -
Retail stars in bank earnings season as investment banking and capital markets sag; Dutch bank may be waiting in the wings if Deutsche can't close the deal.
April 17 -
Two months after Mastercard lawyers urged an English appeals court to follow the lead of antitrust judges that had tossed out a multi-billion pound class action lawsuit from U.K. consumers over credit card charges, that appeals court has ruled against the credit card giant.
April 16 -
By Mastercard’s own reckoning, the point-of-sale financing space is a $1.8 trillion market in the U.S. alone, making its Vyze acquisition a natural way to pursue an opportunity that’s being gobbled up by fintechs and card alternatives.
April 16 -
Mastercard’s real-time incentive marketing initiative is an acknowledgement that requiring consumers to take action to seize a special deal won’t work as well in the mobile age.
April 16 -
More consumers were late in paying two major types of loans in the latest figures from the American Bankers Association, but it appears to be a relatively isolated problem.
April 11 -
Mastercard has joined forces with Microsoft, Workday and the nonprofit Partnership for Public Service to recruit younger prospects to work with the CIA, the FBI, the DoD and the EPA battling global cyberattacks.
April 9 -
As if they needed another reminder that their business models might not have a place in the modern payments landscape, independent sales organizations are left wondering what role — if any — they will have in launching the Apple Card.
April 4 -
Wells Fargo & Co. has committed to converting all of its payment cards to contactless technology, beginning with credit cards and adding contactless debit cards this summer.
April 2 -
Business payments software provider Bill.com will offer Mastercard virtual cards as part of its automated accounts payable platform for small and midsize businesses.
April 2 -
Serving the small-business market requires more than just rebranding a plastic card. There are certain functions related to expense tracking, for example, that don't come up in a typical consumer relationship.
April 2 -
On Sep. 30, 2018. Dollars in thousands.
April 2 -
Some fintechs have figured out how to provide international students and immigrants with credit cards and loans. Machine learning makes the underwriting possible.
March 31 -
StreetShares will add to its line of financing products with a credit card specifically for small-business owners with a military background.
March 28 -
A new feature from the microinvesting app Stash allows users to accumulate free stock in the companies where they spend money.
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