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Fast and Flexible, Not Furious: How Top Card Issuers Win the Race

Fintech News

Card issuers need for speed exists on several levels, and we at OpenWay see this firsthand, since our Way4 card management software is used by top banks, processors and fintechs around the world. This flexibility allows issuers to quickly innovate a common product for a new business model. gaming) but accepted at approved merchants.

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Why Do Issuer Declines Happen?

Fi911

An issuer decline code is provided by an issuing bank to a merchant, indicating the rejection of a credit card transaction. This means that the issuer has halted or blocked the transaction. The specific code gives a brief reason for why the issuer turned down the purchase.

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1 In 4 US Cardholders Saw Credit Limit Cut Over The Last Month

PYMNTS

Nearly 50 million credit card customers in the U.S. said they have had their credit limit slashed or their card closed in the past month as lenders move to minimize their risk amid the COVID-19 shutdown, a new study revealed.

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How Credit Limit Increase Optimization Drives Portfolio Profit

FICO

Credit limit management is regarded as a key driver to profitable portfolios. But despite this, many issuers fail to apply advanced prescriptive analytics to a crucially important process, or if they have, it may often be without a framework or infrastructure to maximise the effectiveness of the insights it can bring.

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alt.bank Migrates Card Operations to Pismo

Fintech Finance

” novücard is the first card in Brazil to offer a dynamic credit limit that automatically increases month by month as bills are paid on time and in full. alt.bank is Brazil’s fastest growing direct credit card issuer and received more than $30 million in investment – led by New York-based Union Square Ventures.

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Partners Against Crime: Visa Leads Effort To Fight Fraud With New Dynamic CVV Codes

PYMNTS

Not having the use of their card for a period of time or access to their credit limits or access to their money — it's a big deal. And card issuers need to be able to quickly adopt a solution that can help in a big way.”. Fraud is more than just an inconvenience for cardholders at this moment.

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Turning Commercial Card Credit Lines Into SMB Cash Flow Lifelines

PYMNTS

When you talk about relevance, the fact still remains that there is a credit limit available on the company card product — it’s just not being used,” Razdan noted. In addition to heightened visibility and access to reconciliation data, corporate cards connect businesses to a valuable line of credit.