Debit cards

MagicCube’s i-Accept is a hardware-free option for accepting card and electronic payments that could appeal to cost-conscious small businesses and open up a new market for banks that provide them payments services.

Credit unions' credit and debit card portfolios could see a surge this week as the online retailer offers two days of deals, while the industry's regulator is set for a cybersecurity update.

Atlanta-based fintech Greenlight has raised $215 million in a Series C round and announced that it has achieved a valuation of $1.2 billion, giving it unicorn status.

PayPal is bringing its contactless Business Debit Mastercard rewards card into five additional European countries.

The fintech, which spent most of the last decade touting various alternative ACH-powered faster payments approaches, is adding the more mainstream option of debit push payments in its latest iteration.

Square is entering the earned wage access (EWA) fray, but it’s taking a tailored approach that aims to drive transaction volume within its Cash App.

With the increase in bank transfers and e-wallets, consumers' payment preferences are heading in this direction, particularly during economic crises, says PPRO's James Booth.

Part of the coronavirus’s economic story is the sudden boom in installment payment services — a sure sign of consumers and merchants wanting a haven from revolving debt. But the rush to simpler credit is also a reflection of how the crisis has changed the way people are living and managing their lives.

Consumers are reluctant to take on additional debt in the wake of the coronavirus, cutting into credit unions' revenue streams. That could spur more institutions to roll out rewards programs to promote debit card usage.

A new study from WalletHub finds nealry 40% of parents are planning to spend less in advance of the upcoming academic year.