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JANUARY 23, 2020

The partnership starts with the SoFi Money debit card, an offering that will exist exclusively on the Mastercard network. SoFi’s card will provide an additional way for customers to spend with their SoFi Money cash management accounts. Mastercard will serve as the exclusive card network for SoFi’s soon-to-be-released credit card.

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APRIL 27, 2020

As consumers shop amid ongoing public health restrictions, they almost invariably reach for their credit cards — whether the physical varieties in their wallets or the digital versions stored on their browsers and mobile devices. More than ever, credit cards are becoming the coin of the realm in the global connected economy.

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MAY 8, 2020

Samsung Pay is launching a physical debit card and this summer will introduce a money management tool in partnership with SoFi. Samsung introduced its payments tool in 2015 with MST (Magnetic Secure Transmission) technology as well as Near Field Communication (NFC), a newer technology. has seen slow adoption compared to other regions.

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OCTOBER 1, 2020

The great digital shift is transforming credit cards into money management tools. Consumers want cards, and they want them quickly, and they want those cards [delivered] in a digital way," said Turner. The company said that through the expansion of its Digital-First Card Program, which was announced last Wednesday (Sept.

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Perficient

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Security/Biometric Payments With the widespread popularity of digital payments continuing to grow, security remains at the forefront of concern for payment companies and their vendor partners. Both Visa and Mastercard rolled out pilot biometric payment cards in 2022.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

In an announcement of completion of the deal, Visa said it will accelerate the global payments and credit card company’s “network of networks” strategy. Under that strategy, Visa is pushing to become a “single point of access for initiating multiple transaction types” while also laying the foundation for the “secure movement of money.”.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Bank of America is adding mobile wallet functionality to its suite of commercial card products, the bank said Wednesday (Sept. Support for a range of mobile wallets adds to Bank of America’s existing mobile corporate payment service capabilities, the FI noted. Last year, U.S.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 3, 2016

Google is risking the ire of Android Pay users who do not have credit cards in their mobile wallets that are issued by supporting banks. The company is tightening up its Android Pay services and has announced that “grandfathered cards” will no longer be supported, according to 9to5Google.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Visa has inked an agreement to acquire YellowPepper , which works with startups in the Caribbean and Latin America, according to an emailed press release. YellowPepper will help integrate more easily with Visa Direct, Visa's real-time push payments platform, Visa B2B Connect, its non-card-based B2B network and value-added services.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

EXCLUSIVE – Wells Fargo will not be joining some of the other big banks in banning its customers from purchasing cryptocurrency with their credit/debit cards, Bank Innovation has learned.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 5, 2018

Nippon Ichi Software announced news that its American division, NIS America, was the victim of a major data breach that exposed the personal and financial data of online customers. 26, we became aware of a malicious process that had attached itself to our checkout page,” NIS America said in the email. On the morning of Feb.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 12, 2018

12) in a blog post that it is making the signature an option — and no longer a requirement — for EMV chip-enabled merchants across North America. Those investments and focus, the company said, will help “define the future of payments security.”. Visa said today (Jan. million U.S. locations, according to the post. million U.S.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

In an effort to kill the check — where B2B payments are anything but efficient — might virtual cards be the answer? As ePayables have emerged as an option in the commercial realm, Yarbrough noted that a virtual card can solve problems for both buyers and suppliers.

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PYMNTS

MAY 16, 2020

Credit card giant Visa has filed an application for a U.S. 100 for User A in America, 200 pesos for User B in Mexico and so forth) in order to perform transactions in a secure, fast and reliable way.”. The system would then remove the paper currency from circulation. Embodiments may also allow for user anonymity.”.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

Corporate payments firm WEX is pushing virtual card technology within Latin America and has announced a new partner to help the cause. Argo will integrate WEX’s virtual card number (VCN) technology as an additional payment option for its corporate and travel agency clients.

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MARCH 19, 2019

Proceeds from the funding round are slated for expansion into Latin America, where the firm plans to open an office. The report noted the company is also nearing the launch of a prepaid debit card that it plans to issue to consumers in 25 countries. To date, the startup has raised $59.5 million, according to the report.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2016

growth rates also were positive in the all-important GBS segment, at 2 percent in Europe, though were up 12 percent in Latin America, buoyed by growth in Argentina and the Brazilian acquiring business. GFS, said management, saw strength in Latin America. Outside the U.S., Total North American accounts on file grew by 4 percent.

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JUNE 25, 2019

Bank of America (BofA) announced on Tuesday (June 25) that it’s launching a digital debit card, according to a release by the company. This digital debit card has the same protections and benefits of a physical debit card and is immediately available to use in the mobile app.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 18, 2020

That’s because things that seemed like add-ons when it came to digital banking even five years ago — card controls, instant virtual card issuance, self-service security, mobile deposit capture — are now table stakes. “In Cards — debit or credit — they say, are not really their core business. Finding The Right Advantages.

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PYMNTS

JULY 8, 2019

In a move that extends payroll card portfolios to serve small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), global business payments company FLEETCOR Technologies, Inc. has acquired payroll card provider SOLE Financial. Nomura Securities International, Inc. served as financial advisor and Ater Wynne LLP served as legal advisor to SOLE.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Visa and banking-as-a-service platform NovoPayment are expanding their strategic partnership to advance the deployment of digital solutions in Latin America and the Caribbean, Visa said in a press release on Tuesday (Dec. Visa has also made a strategic investment in NovoPayment.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 1, 2019

Cybersecurity returned to the top of the B2B startup investment list as three companies in the enterprise security realm landed nearly half of the $246 million in B2B venture capital this week. Cequence Security. Also operating in the enterprise security space is Cequence Security, based in California. Contrast Security.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 18, 2018

17) that it will enable tokenization services on all cards by 2020, as part of its Digital Commerce Solutions, a suite of offerings geared toward making online transactions speedier and more secure. The company is also working with issuers, including Citi and Fifth Third Bank, to convert cards on file into tokens.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 20, 2018

Bank of America announced news on Tuesday (March 20) that customers can now add multiple credit and debit cards to their PayPal account without having to use a laptop or desktop computer. The ability to add cards within PayPal will come later this year, the company said.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

But among the most greenfield markets are those found in Latin America, where mobile devices may have high penetration, but traditional banking services do not. Consider the fact that the World Bank has estimated only 55 percent of adults in the Latin America and Caribbean regions have access to bank accounts.

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Bank Innovation

JUNE 26, 2019

For customers who lose their debit cards, a visit to a nearby branch is often the quickest way to resolve the situation. The challenge is banks are less likely to do this anymore (JPMorgan Chase, for example, stopped issuing debit cards in branches two years ago, citing a fraud risk), and customers often have to […].

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Accenture

AUGUST 20, 2019

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. Key themes. Notable happenings. New partnerships.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Securities and Exchange Commission issues a dire fraud warning. Securities and Exchange Commission in October alone as the SEC warns that cyberattacks against corporations are on the rise. 155 percent more cases of invoice and payment fraud hit organizations from Q2 to Q3 , the latest analysis from Abnormal Security has found.

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JANUARY 28, 2021

Resolved: The highest priorities for banks and credit card companies in today’s payments landscape are cross-border payments, relationships with FinTechs and cloud-based technology. 27) that they have formed a global partnership that will deploy and expand TransferWise’s multi-currency debit cards and mark the first use of Visa Cloud Connect.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 1, 2020

A Mastercard survey revealed 76 percent of small businesses in North America said the pandemic prompted them to become more digital. Last week, Mastercard expanded its Digital-First Card Program to access card data in a speedy, secure manner.

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JANUARY 19, 2021

That’s especially urgent, he said, given the increased eCommerce Scalefast is seeing in corridors connecting firms and customers in North America and Europe, in Latin America and the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region. And everyone, he said, wants to crack the Chinese market.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

18), a San Francisco startup launched by sending roughly 60,000 credit cards to consumers living in northern California. This startup was a bank, and its innovation was a single card that could be used by consumers to purchase things on credit from many different merchants. Sixty years ago today (Sept. The startup was Visa , of course.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 12, 2018

Bank is mobilizing Mastercard commercial card products, the financial institution (FI) announced on Wednesday (April 11). Bank Corporate Travel Card said it will now support mobile payments for corporate customers using business travel cards that run on the Mastercard network. In a press release , U.S. According to U.S.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

With a focus on optimizing cash flow for merchant customers, EVO Payments has announced a new feature that enables businesses to access funds from card transactions in real time. The company is using Visa 's Visa Direct solution, which wields Visa's card rails to push funds to debit cards. BitPay Secures Wyre Integration.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

retailers instantaneously get funds for card transactions with actual fund availability depending on receiving bank and geographic area, according to a Thursday (Sept. Tansill , EVO’s President in the Americas, said in the announcement. To help merchants receive faster access to funds, EVO Payments Inc. The offering lets eligible U.S.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2020

To get a sense of the new frontiers in cybercrime, and how cryptocurrency helps fraudsters cover their tracks or finance their schemes … look, perhaps, to Latin America. Carding” is also a fraudster favorite, according to the report. This practice involves the use of stolen credit cards to make fraudulent purchases.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2018

As new payment experiences proliferate, we are helping our partners assure their customers that their transaction has been quickly and securely completed, no matter how they prefer to pay.”. Separately, Visa announced that it has launched pilots with Mountain America Credit Union and Bank of Cyprus of a new EMV dual-interface payment card.

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