Payment cards

San Diego-based CU is the first new owner of the CUSO in 2018.

In many instances, mass transit systems have proven to be catalysts for adoption of new payment technology, starting with the genesis of contactless cards for access to buses and trains in Hong Kong and Japan in the late 1990s.

The all-in-one card market is littered with the carcasses of unsuccessful ventures, but Curve's Shachar Bialick insists his initiative has a model and a headstart that will help it fight the market's considerable headwinds.

Even as more retailers dropped out of the Plenti multi-merchant loyalty program this month, the faltering American Express program does not represent a death blow for such collaborations.

Japanese card network JCB has expanded its acceptance to Belarus for the first time through an agreement with Belinvestbank.

Dynamics Inc. has been committed to bringing high-tech multi-account cards to market for years, but it's tough to sell banks on pricier plastic in the age of mobile wallets and e-commerce.

Gemalto's latest biometric payment card brings a fair amount of common sense into play. But is it enough to appeal to mainstream cardholders?

Capital One became the latest bank to feel customers' online wrath last week after reports that some customers were being charged twice for debit card activity. But it was hardly alone.

Companies like Visa and Mastercard make decisions about security in secrecy, without enough input from banks and merchants.

With most of the major card brands deciding to no longer require signature authorization on card transactions, merchants want to see more network rules go the way of the dinosaur.

Companies like Visa and Mastercard make decisions about security in secrecy, without enough input from banks and merchants.

The idea of consolidating multiple payment cards into one with smart technology has been attempted multiple times in recent years with little success, but a startup called Edge Mobile Payments is giving it a fresh try.

Nearly half of the cardholders in the U.S. have had at least one card reissued in the past year, with those experiencing fraud multiple times saying they have had nearly five cards reissued.

Technology has sped up the ability to issue new plastic and boost activation times, but that doesn't mean the service is right for every credit union.

Credit unions based in California, Michigan, Illinois and South Carolina have rejoined the CUSO’s fold.

Issuers have access to a treasure trove of helpful data about us, such as our payment habits, investment activities, purchases, and so on, writes Sanjay Bhakta, senior director of solutions for Ness Digital Engineering.

Most larger credit unions have reissued chip-enabled cards, but some small CUs have lagged — and it’s nearly impossible to get an industry-wide picture of where adoption stands.

Jeanne Tisinger spent three decades working at the CIA, where her most recent position was deputy director overseeing the agency’s physical and cybersecurity and information technology spanning more than 100 countries.

Now two years on from the U.S. EMV liability shift, chip cards are commonplace in American wallets. But the benefits of EMV cards — a longer five-year lifespan and a reduced need to reissue in the event of fraud — have muted the demand for new cards.

The industry has the opportunity to expedite gains in interoperability and realize significant cost savings and productivity gains for both the clinical and administrative sides of the industry, writes Chris Seib, chief technology officer and cofounder of InstaMed.