PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Marqeta , the global card issuing platform, debuted its new Tokenization-as-a-Service (TaaS) product, which allows card issuers to access its tokenization technology, the Oakland, California-based company announced on Tuesday (Sept. It is used to instantly provision cards into a mobile wallet.

Card Issuer

PYMNTS

MAY 13, 2019

The proposed credit card interest rate cap legislation , courtesy of Democratic presidential hopeful Senator Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is in serious need of an almost half-century-old refresher course in the unintended consequences of price caps on the American consumer. Here’s why. A 46-Year-Old History Lesson.

Consumer

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Safety-minded consumers the world over can now be seen tapping contactless cards, scanning QR codes or utilizing voice ordering technologies to make purchases without potentially putting themselves or others at risk of contracting the virus. The Beyond The Card: Toward The Cardless And Contactless Future report, a PYMNTS and i2c Inc.

Innovation

PYMNTS

JUNE 11, 2020

As consumers have been hit hard by the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, card issuers have seen a sharp impact to their business. In the immediate aftermath of the pandemic that pushed workers into indefinite furloughs and unemployment, credit card transaction volumes plunged by 30 percent.

Card Issuer

Stax

DECEMBER 6, 2023

In an era defined by digital transactions and cashless payments, the process of paying for goods and services is more convenient, and increasingly reliant on credit card transactions. However, as the popularity of credit cards and digital wallet payments continues to surge, the costs associated with accepting them also do.

Consumer

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

In Beyond the Card: Toward the Cardless and Contactless Future , a PYMNTS and i2c Inc. collaboration, both roadblocks and workarounds are detailed for issuers and partners navigating untrodden pathways of consumer preference and next-gen commerce. Touchless is here to stay. Flexible Infrastructures, A Breezy CX. told PYMNTS.

Issuers

PYMNTS

JANUARY 20, 2020

What reports indicate so far is that the eCommerce giant is developing technology that will allow consumers to link their card data/Amazon Pay mobile wallet to their palm print alongside payment terminals that will be able to scan that palm print and allow them to make purchases without ever having to pull out a card or phone.

Payments

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Innovating on the point of sale (POS) for consumers isn’t a one-shot deal. Visa North America Senior Vice President and Head of Product Brian Cole told Karen Webster that when the topic is POS innovation in late 2020, innovation spans an entire continuum from card-not-present to card-present transactions and everyplace in between.

Innovation

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

In B2B payments, the commercial card has experienced a dramatic spike in adoption this year as organizations accelerated their digital transformations and, unable to physically enter the office, began to rely on electronic payments to conduct their business. Winter Blues. Spring’s SMB Support. Spring began in dramatic fashion.

Commercial Card

The Payments Association

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

In today’s competitive landscape, implementing a card product can be a powerful addition for businesses looking to enhance customer loyalty, streamline expenses, or broaden their financial offerings. Designing and launching a debit or credit card product requires navigating a complex web of stakeholders and intricate processes.

Product

PYMNTS

JULY 2, 2020

Leavitt , founder and CEO of Boost Payment Solutions , said commercial card programs are now coming to the forefront of AP departments’ priority lists when delaying payments is no longer the most viable, or effective, cash management option. Optimizing Card Spend. “We’re seeing a lot more of that mentality.”

Commercial Card

PYMNTS

JANUARY 29, 2020

Virtual cards have been spreading across the B2B payment space because of their cost-saving benefits for both companies and suppliers. These cards’ account numbers correspond with certain vendors, and have predetermined spending limits, enabling accounts payable (AP) professionals to better manage expenses, control cash flow and fight fraud.

Consumer

PYMNTS

MAY 5, 2017

Visa , the credit card issuer, announced Thursday (May 4) that it will help its financial institution partners create customized digital card management services for their customers. To help give consumers more visibility and control, Visa is creating capabilities that will complement several existing Visa functionalities.

Card Services

PYMNTS

JULY 6, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed how consumers buy goods, and some of these new payment behaviors could continue well after the crisis ends. Consumers’ concerns about visiting stores and touching POS terminals have generated interest in touchless methods, as have merchants’ worries about risking potential virus exposure when handling cash.

Transactions

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 24, 2018

Fewer consumers use physical currency when making purchases, and are instead turning to more modern, digital methods of payment, particularly when making purchases online with debit cards. This pushed Bonkowski and his team to explore digital authentication solutions to protect its global user base. Onboarding Global Consumers.

Authentication

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 30, 2020

consumer purchases made with cash. It cannot be overstated how integral non-cash payments are to the global economy, with the United States processing more than 174.2 billion of these payments in 2018 alone for a total of $97.04 Cash payments are quickly falling to the wayside, with only 26 percent of all U.S. Automating Dispute Resolutions.

Automation

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Loyalty has come a long way in the payments realm, from the days when strict terms of rewards programs were more frustrating than enticing for consumers. For many consumers, perks are a key driver of their credit card choice, whether it’s airline miles, cash-back or points that can be redeemed for a variety of items.

Issuers

PYMNTS

JUNE 6, 2019

don’t rely on swiping or chip card readers. cards use chip-and-signature and chip-and-PIN methods. Card issuers have been slow to release contactless cards due to limited acceptance at the point of sale. JPMorgan Chase will roll out new Visa-branded contactless EMV cards this year. However, the U.S.

Contactless Payments

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Criminals are not the only security threats financial institutions (FIs) and their merchant clients face — these entities often need to defend themselves against consumers as well. Chargebacks are intended to safeguard consumers from thieves or malicious merchants, but the feature can be abused in certain instances.

AI

FICO

OCTOBER 16, 2020

This means that for online purchases we’re more likely to see authentication requests, and to meet the requirements this authentication must come from two different categories from the below: For card transactions, the onus to manage this authentication doesn’t lie with the merchant, the merchant acquirer or the card scheme.

Authentication

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 7, 2016

Long before American Express was a credit card issuer and a closed loop payments network, it was in the business of moving mail (and other things) quickly from one coast to the other. And it’s that push toward forward evolution that leads to this week’s big news — American Express has acquired InAuth, Inc.

Acquirers

PYMNTS

JULY 7, 2020

Using credit cards (aka spending the bank’s money instead of your own) seemed so cool — until it suddenly wasn’t nearly as cool anymore. consumers to shift as much as $100 billion in annual spending from credit to debit cards.”. This trend is significant — one financial services company expects U.S. My Money, My Way.

Credit Cards

Stax

JANUARY 31, 2024

If your company accepts credit card payments ( which it should ), chances are, you’re going to be affected by Visa’s interchange rates. cards currently in use. So it’s virtually impossible for a business to not accept Visa cards. TL;DR Interchange rates are the fees charged by credit card networks.

Credit Cards

PYMNTS

MARCH 1, 2019

Some things are instant hits — smartphones, television and voice-controlled personal assistants are all good examples of technologies that more or less hit the ground running and were popular as soon as marketing people were done explaining the concept to consumers. Other innovations are late bloomers.

Finance

CB Insights

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Instead, Amazon has taken the core components of a modern banking experience and tweaked them to suit Amazon customers (both merchants and consumers). Based on our findings, it’s hard to claim that Amazon is building the next-generation bank. Increase the number of customers on Amazon, and enable each customer to spend more. Amazon Payments.

Online and Mobile Banking

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

FIs handling chargeback claims must do their best to protect consumers and merchant customers, but this can be a difficult undertaking,” per the new Playbook. FIs that firmly understand customers’ card-purchasing histories and patterns can better assess whether contested transactions match their typical behaviors,” per the Playbook.

AI

PYMNTS

JULY 16, 2018

Employers are increasingly moving away from depositing paychecks into employees’ bank accounts, offering instead to add them to payroll cards. Payroll cards work like debit cards, allowing employees to purchase goods and services or make cash withdrawals from ATMs. These cards offer myriad advantages to both parties, too.

Payroll

PYMNTS

AUGUST 9, 2019

Online retailers are unsure which version of 3D Secure (3DS) they are supposed to use or how to authenticate consumers who do not have mobile phones, given that 2FA is now a requirement. This and other problems are pushing retailers to ask more questions. Their views weren’t taken into account.

Consumer

FICO

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

New rules from the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority could require new forms of communications aimed at raising awareness with consumers, increasing transparency and tackle the issue of persistent debt across the UK. From July 2018 issuers will need to prompt their cardholders if their expenditure surpasses pre-defined thresholds.

Rules

FICO

MARCH 9, 2022

The last few years have thrown up many challenges for banks and card providers as everything has shifted online, one of the primary challenges being fraud scams. Recent research we undertook looked at the connection between customer experience and fraud controls from a consumer perspective.

Fraud Prevention

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 13, 2017

Payments provider Elan Financial Services announced that along with Ondot Systems , the leading provider of mobile-based card services, they have enhanced the My Mobile Money app so that it now offers two-way fraud alerts for Elan processed debit cards.

Debit Card

FICO

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

For all the talk in the UK about disruptors and fintechs and new entrants to the credit market, and about how banks and card issuers need to manage customers in arrears, there’s one group that seems strangely absent from this focus: retailers. It is estimated over £200 billion of UK household debt is in unsecured retail credit.

Push-to-Card

Electronic Payments Coalition

OCTOBER 16, 2023

The Electronic Payments Coalition (EPC) released a new explainer document highlighting why retailers and their trade associations have historically pushed for greater usage of credit cards. Despite a recent campaign from some of the loudest voices in retail, credit cards have increasingly become the preferred option of commerce.

Credit Cards

Stax

JANUARY 15, 2024

Are you struggling with resource constraints caused by soaring credit card processing costs? Credit card surcharging can help offset these expenses, but it can be tricky. TL;DR Credit card surcharging involves adding a fee to transactions with credit card payments, offsetting processing costs. No surprise there.

Credit Cards

FICO

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

But this year’s rise seems to also have been driven by inflation, pushing the amount of average credit card spend in the UK to the highest level since our UK Risk Benchmarking records began in 2006. This rise occurred in a month when UK retail sales volumes were widely reported as being down relative to past years.

Credit Cards

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

Our investments in technologies like biometrics, tokens, encryption and artificial intelligence are redefining the way both consumers and transactions are protected.” billion Mastercard and Maestro-branded cards worldwide. Consumer sentiment is favorable.”. Security, Partnerships And Pushing For A More Digital World.

Visa

FICO

JANUARY 22, 2021

But despite the COVID pandemic having effected massive changes in the ways consumers transact, credit card fraud is still a “thing,” and a big, ever-changing thing at that. Exactly how big credit card fraud is depends on where you look. Credit card fraud was the FTC’s second most-reported fraud type in 2019.

Credit Cards