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EU Banks Must be Able to Support Biometric Authentication by April 2019, Mastercard Says

Bank Innovation

Payments provider Mastercard has issued a deadline for the availability of biometric authentication across its cards, stating that all customers will be able to use fingerprints or facial recognition for verification by April 2019.

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Q1 2019: US credit card issuer snapshot

Accenture

Each quarter, Ryan Douglas from the Card Issuing group compiles key metrics on US consumer credit cards, tracking spend, receivables, loss rates and returns reported by the largest US banks. Credit card profitability remains attractive for banks with our ROA proxies increasing 43 bps YoY?. Issuer scorecard ($billions)—Q1 2019.

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Wells Fargo Seeks Bidders For Private-Label Credit Card Unit

PYMNTS

Wells Fargo & Co is seeking to sell its private-label credit card and point-of-sale (POS) financing unit as part of an ongoing strategic review of its businesses. Selling the private-label credit card unit would be a business reversal for the financial services group. percent in 2019 and its share of borrowings at 3.63

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Citi Teams With Grab On Co-Branded Credit Cards

PYMNTS

Citigroup is teaming up with Grab , the ride-hailing startup out of Singapore, to roll out co-branded credit cards. In May Citigroup launched a co-branded credit card with Paytm, the Indian digital payments company, and with Qantas a couple of years back.

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Q2 2019: US credit card issuer snapshot

Accenture

Each quarter, Ryan Douglas from the Card Issuing group compiles key metrics on US consumer credit cards, tracking spend, receivables, loss rates and returns reported by the largest US banks. Despite ongoing rewards competition, card profitability remains strong. Issuer scorecard ($billions)—Q2 2019. Key themes.

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Sensory Branding: Right Scent, Right Time?

PYMNTS

Sensory branding is having a moment. These are some admittedly “out there” examples of sensory branding, which is popular lately for several reasons. Supplementing the “sight” of marketing and branding with a taste or a sound creates an entirely new set of tools to attract consumers. Mastercard also has its own sound.

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Samsung Pay Launches Debit Card, Money Management

PYMNTS

Samsung Pay is launching a physical debit card and this summer will introduce a money management tool in partnership with SoFi. By early 2019, Samsung Pay’s international presence grew to six global regions. By year-end 2019, it expanded into several new countries. . has seen slow adoption compared to other regions.

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