PYMNTS

JANUARY 20, 2021

Other than small things like a pen or providing staff with free coffee, anything given to employees that has a clear cash value attached to it is considered taxable by the IRS, said Nat Salvione , chief commercial officer of Tango Card. He cited the National Retail Federation , which found gift cards have been a top gift for over a decade. “If

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Payments Dive

MARCH 1, 2023

The card company isn’t shying away from countries in which the governments are taking a more insular approach to building their payments systems.

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PYMNTS

JULY 22, 2020

has introduced a sustainable credit card to consumers in more than a dozen countries made from recyclable, bio-sourced, chlorine-free, degradable and ocean plastics. The New York-based, multinational financial services (FI) company said six billion cards are produced annually from PVC. Santander plans to issue its cards shortly.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

You're not dealing with two-day settlement,” he stated, adding that interoperability also has the ability to foster sticky relationships between merchants and consumers, especially consumers who want perks and high reward cards or coupons. But a national charter would allow for a uniformity of presence and market scope.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 6, 2020

New payment rails are again in the spotlight, with commercial card and contactless payments emerging as the top focuses for innovators. To provide commercial card issuers, cardholders and vendors with further automation and flexibility, Boost Payment Solutions is teaming with Visa. merchants accept touch-free payments.

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Abrigo

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Critical practices for individuals and organizations to protect their data The National Public Data breach serves as a reminder to all of us that proactive measures are necessary to safeguard our personal information. DOWNLOAD Takeaway 1 The National Public Data breach exposed over 2.7

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Abrigo

MARCH 18, 2025

checks, debit/credit cards, wire transfers, digital wallets) Clearing and settlement mechanisms for processing transactions accurately and securely Payment systems are critical to the nations financial infrastructure and are vital to the financial stability of the U.S. Payment card networks in the U.S. accounts reached 387.7

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2021

According to Experian’s 2020 Consumer Credit Review , the national average FICO score increased by 7 points last year, to a record 710, a rating that is considered “good” within a 5-tiered scoring system that ranges from 300 to 850, ranking scores from “very poor” to “excellent.”. Still Heavily Indebted. Scoring The Scorekeepers.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Citi has rolled out its new Citi Fleet Card in Europe and the United Kingdom, with a new solution that brings together a contactless-enabled card with a mobile program. In that case, every fuel card could be used at only one brand. Kao EMEA's U.K. 17) announcement.

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Chris Skinner

JULY 5, 2017

If nothing else, I love Turkey for their cheesy adverts: In this latest update BKM, the ACH for most of the retail banks, provides the story of Troy, the first and only national payments scheme of Turkey. Fifteen years ago, only 9 per cent of total household consumption was through cards. million POS machines in the market.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 23, 2019

However, according to Ondot Systems CEO Bharghavan Vaduvur (BV) in a recent conversation with PYMNTS’ Karen Webster, win or lose, Apple will change the conversation about how we pay by spurring existing stakeholders — especially card issuers — to examine how they come to market. The digital card will be linked to Apple Pay.

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Banking Exchange

AUGUST 23, 2021

Study finds that midsize credit card issuers report greater drop in customer satisfaction levels compared to national counterparts Retail Banking Financial Trends Feature Feature3 Financial Research Cards Payments.

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Payments Dive

AUGUST 6, 2024

Fidelity National Information Services is starting to recharge its card payments business in the wake of selling Worldpay, the company’s CEO said.

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PYMNTS

MAY 12, 2020

There was a time when consumers did not require much more from their local bank than a checking account, savings account and an ATM card. Consumers are paying with credit and debit cards more than ever before, and they are increasingly looking to their smartphones to gain greater control over how they spend and manage their money.

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CFPB Monitor

MAY 24, 2021

We are pleased to announce that Ballard Spahr’s Consumer Financial Services Group has once again received the highest national ranking from Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business. We are proud to report that the Group also received the highest national ranking in this new third category.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

In today’s top payments news around the world, PayPal and Mastercard are adding more European Union (EU) countries to a debit card offering, while European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde has called for a digital euro. PayPal, Mastercard Add 5 EU Countries To Debit Card Offering. Germany and the United Kingdom.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 4, 2019

Amid collaborative efforts between traditional payment players and some smaller tech-nimble upstarts, the card giants are boosting their efforts to help FinTech firms bring new products to market. has three new features, including Global Reach, billed as a new card-issuing “territory expansion service.”.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Such factors could drive companies worldwide to seek the utility and flexibility of delivering payroll via prepaid cards, and this month’s Deep Dive examines companies’ growing interest in these tools. . It found that just 2 percent of respondents offered payroll cards in 2014, but that this figure had risen to 28.5

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Visa will be working with Access Bank on a new debit card for small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in Nigeria, according to a Vanguard Media Limited report. Access Bank will offer Google Ad credits for free for the first SMB entrepreneurs to sign up for a card.

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Chris Skinner

APRIL 11, 2018

Instead, the nations seem to be 100% cash-focused, as my credit cards … The post Mobile payments are on fire everywhere and, whilst some are just catching fire, others are burning appeared first on Chris Skinner's blog.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 2, 2020

The commercial credit card is increasingly viewed as a critical tool for these small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in need of fast access to credit, but many financial institutions are going further to nix fees on their card programs, including card products for small firms. Comdata Fuel Cards Facilitate Factoring.

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Abrigo

APRIL 2, 2025

Financial crime professionals have developed many best practices for detecting and preventing payment fraud committed using traditional payment methods such as Automated Clearing House (ACH) transactions, checks, wire transfers, and card networks. However, with faster payments comes greater fraud risk. consumers lost over $12.5

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PYMNTS

JULY 1, 2020

PEPSI promises to rival not only the two credit card giants, but also other financial technology companies including Google , Apple , Alipay and WeChat Pay. . In 2011, PYMNTS reported on the Monnet Project , where two dozen European banks from seven countries considered starting a new European card system.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 7, 2020

India has seen a steady stream of digital payments since it locked down to prevent the spread of COVID-19 , but the nation of 1.3 To remedy the problem, the Reserve Bank of India supports an option for offline payments through cards, wallets and mobile devices. In July, the National Payments Corp.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Kroger customers can now expediently and simply order gift cards for curbside pickup in addition to their supermarket items at 1,900 of the chain’s locations throughout the nation, according to a Monday (Dec. 21) announcement from Blackhawk Network.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

The company, which launched its products nationally Wednesday, is coming into the market as fintech startups like Wealthfront, Betterment and Varo are touting high-yield savings accounts to vie for market share. Level is also offering 1% debit card rewards and paycheck deposits two days early to sweeten the deal for customers.

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Payments Dive

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

The card company has locked arms with the local digital payments player to accelerate its growth in China, the world’s second most populous nation.

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Bank Innovation

DECEMBER 13, 2017

The round was led by venture capital firm Dawn and The Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund. Established in 2011, iZettle enables small business merchants across Europe and Latin America to accept card payments. Swedish payment company iZettle today announced it raised €40 million ($47.05 million) in funding to accelerate growth.

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Perficient

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

I eventually got headhunted to work for City National Bank in Los Angeles. MM: So, you started at City National Bank, and was the bank online before you got there? MM: You played a variety of roles at City National Bank. I have a lot of experience with core systems, credit cards, and rewards programs. BB: 19 years.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Today in B2B payments, Visa teams up with Razorpay to debut a small business commercial card solution, while Nets is working with Yoba Smart Money to develop small business payment tools. Razorpay, Visa Team for SMB Corporate Cards. Emirates NBD Debuts Omnichannel Corporate Banking Program.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

From commercial card misuse to invoice fraud, internal employees can be the bad actors, too. Reports said the person served as a bookkeeper at the trucking company and misused company credit cards to pay for hundreds of thousands of luxury goods over two years.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 30, 2020

As nations put limitations into place to support social distancing in February and March, Mastercard reported that a significant share of consumers tapped into contactless payments for purchases. Contactless offers consumers a safer, cleaner way to pay, speed at checkout, and more control over physical proximity at this critical time.”.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

The costs of using some cards is going on the incline, as news is breaking that the nation’s two largest card networks, Visa and Mastercard, are preparing to up the fees charged to merchants to accept network-branded cards.

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Payments Dive

JULY 19, 2023

Opponents of the Credit Card Competition Act proposal are gearing up to fight the bill as an attachment to the National Defense Authorization Act.

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Chris Skinner

JULY 13, 2017

I knew exactly what he was getting at, as the banks I deal with in USA, UK, France, Germany and other European nations are always fretting over the challenge with their old systems. The main reason is that China was not a card-based economy. He asked me: “why is it that the Western banks are always talking about legacy?”

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South State Correspondent

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Payments are such a central part to banking and are now undergoing such a radical change that all banks have an opportunity to reclaim transaction market share back from the card networks, card processors and even national banks. Below, we highlight our ten considerations when developing a payments strategy.

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PYMNTS

JULY 2, 2020

Financial institutions (FIs) are therefore expected to offer more contactless cards this year and some are also unveiling services intended to help consumers easily add cards to their digital wallets. consumers to shift as much as $100 billion in annual spending from credit to debit cards. Around the Next-Gen Debit World.

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