Kohl's boosts reward benefits for card members
Payments Dive
MAY 2, 2022
The Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin-based retail chain tested the program in eight markets over the past year and found an increase in Kohl's Card acquisitions and overall sales.
MetaBank, Fiserv To Issue Preloaded Visa Cards For Stimulus Payments
PYMNTS
APRIL 30, 2020
Treasury will allow two financial technology companies to issue prepaid Visa cards loaded with coronavirus stimulus payments. Reuters reported its sources confirmed MetaBank of South Dakota and Wisconsin-based Fiserv got the go-ahead following lobbying of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) by payment industry groups.
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Young Consumers Love to “Buy Now, Pay Later” – Here’s What to Know About the Explosive Fintech Trend
Perficient
JULY 11, 2022
Afterpay does not perform a hard credit check on users, but it can still affect credit if users have a credit card as the form of payment connected to their Afterpay account or if they fail to pay back their loans. Notable merchant partners include Best Buy, Home Depot, and Target.
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WCCU Taps PSCU For Credit Card Processing Support, Services
PYMNTS
MARCH 3, 2020
PSCU , a payments credit union service organization (CUSO), announced that Westby Co-Op Credit Union (WCCU) has become a part of the cooperative for credit card processing support and services. WCCU, which is based in Wisconsin, tapped PSCU after a comprehensive review process. “We
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Darden Cyberattack Puts 567K Cards At Risk
PYMNTS
AUGUST 23, 2018
Darden Restaurants announced Wednesday (August 23) that the data on 567,000 payment card numbers may have been exposed. The company said payment card information — including card numbers — from visitors who went to the restaurants from Nov. 3, 2017, through Jan. 2 2018 may have been affected.
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Charter Bank Offers Premier Rewards Checking In MN and WI
BankDeals
NOVEMBER 2, 2020
Charter Bank offers its Premier Rewards Checking to all residents of Minnesota and Wisconsin. It's a unique reward checking account with no debit card usage requirements.
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Grocery Roundup: New Amazon Fresh Store, SpartanNash Puts Incentives In ‘Fast Lane,' Walmart On Autonomous Delivery
PYMNTS
NOVEMBER 12, 2020
As it stands, 69 SpartanNash stores in Wisconsin, South Dakota, North Dakota, Nebraska, Minnesota and Michigan provide the Fast Lane offering. Fast Lane personal shoppers are also SpartanNash associates, and they follow “all company COVID-19 protocols” when packing orders, according to SpartanNash.
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Lease-To-Own Services Make A Comeback With Overstock.com
PYMNTS
SEPTEMBER 24, 2018
Overstock.com is no stranger to offering financial services — it already provides credit cards, lending, investments and insurance services to its customers. Marqeta is a card issuing and core processing platform, powering prepaid, debit and credit cards for commerce firms. Modern Takes On Lease-To-Own.
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USDA?s SNAP Benefits Can Used In 25 States, DC To Buy Groceries From Amazon
PYMNTS
MAY 28, 2020
As of this week, customers with SNAP in the states of Colorado, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wisconsin can now use their cards to buy groceries from the website’s services and have them delivered to the customers’ doors.
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Summit Credit Union Files Suit Against Equifax Over Leak
PYMNTS
SEPTEMBER 22, 2017
Founded in 1935, Summit operates 34 locations throughout the state of Wisconsin and has over 162,000 members. The Equifax breach also means offers for auto recapture loans, student loans and auto and credit card preapprovals may have been compromised. “As
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Restaurants Can Manage Orders Through Clover
PYMNTS
MAY 11, 2020
Global payments provider Fiserv has introduced a simple way to manage and fulfill online orders that promises to boost business, the Wisconsin-based company said in an announcement Monday (May 11). Customers can pay by debit or credit card or with mobile payment options such as Apple Pay, Samsung Pay and Google Pay.
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Higher Learning, Hit By Payments Fraud
PYMNTS
MAY 30, 2018
In one bit of news from Madison.com , a former University of Wisconsin-Madison employee stole as much as $113,000 through fake companies and fraudulent checks, using those methods as means to make personal transactions over more than two years. The employee, Merlisha A.
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Best banks to work for in the U.S.
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NOVEMBER 14, 2014
Operating eight branches in east-central Wisconsin, 1st National Bank places importance on employee health. For maintaining their normal weight during the holiday season, employees are rewarded with healthy cookbooks and gift cards. 1st National Bank. Their wellness program brings the bank in at No. 3 on American Banker’s list.
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170 Wells Fargo’s Q3 Beats On Revenues, Falls Short On Earnings
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 12, 2018
At the same time, Wells Fargo CFO John Shrewsberry noted that the bank is seeing growth in credit and debit card usage, consumer checking and loan originations for small business and auto, among other products. The bank reported revenues of $21.9 billion and earnings per share of $1.16 compared to analyst estimates of $21.89
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Picking Up The Bill On Consumer Trust, Post-Data Breaches
PYMNTS
DECEMBER 5, 2017
Florida Senator Bill Nelson introduced the bill, which was co-sponsored by Connecticut Senator Richard Blumenthal and Wisconsin Senator Tammy Baldwin. million to settle claims related to its 2013 holiday season data breach, which compromised 40 million customers’ credit and debit cards. In May, Target paid $18.5
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Sears Offers Online ‘LEASE IT’ Financing Program
PYMNTS
MAY 4, 2018
The standard lease term is as short as five months, with an early purchase option at 30, 60 or 90 days (not available in New Jersey, Vermont, Wisconsin or West Virginia). Lease payments can be automatically deducted from a member’s bank account or credit card.
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The Best Credit Union Business Credit Cards in 2020
MyBankTracker
JULY 23, 2020
Much like personal credit cards, you can be stuck with a tough decision choosing a business credit card. You may have to consider the rewards program or the card’s perks that may help your business operations. credit card issuers and banks offer very attractive choices (not surprising). The major U.S.
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Who were ICBA’s Top Lenders of 2022?
Independent Banker
JUNE 30, 2022
Two years ago, Lead Bank and Self expanded the program to include a secured credit card. Since the successful Credit Builder Account participants end the program with $1,000 in the bank, they have the cash to secure the card. More than 500,000 customers have received secured cards through the program. Bank of Wisconsin Dells.
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Meal Subscription Services Take On The School Lunch
PYMNTS
APRIL 24, 2018
In addition to fully cooked meals, each box comes with activity sheets, collectible reward coins and trivia cards. For now, Wise Apple distributes its meals in the Midwest — in Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Iowa and St. The Road Ahead. But, as of now, “I think there’s a big business to had here in the Midwest,” Cooper said.
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Retail banking trends to look out for in 2023
Independent Banker
OCTOBER 31, 2022
It has introduced a plethora of new retail banking initiatives in the past couple of years, including online account opening for anyone in the state of Wisconsin. The incentives included one PTO day for the current year and every year that the colleague remains a client, as well as drawings for $100 gift cards. One such bank is $1.7
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Lexicon Bank: A bank that shows its hand
Independent Banker
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
When it comes to supporting outliers in the Las Vegas community, Lexicon Bank knows how to play its cards. Tom Groenfeldt is a writer in Wisconsin. Stacy Watkins (left), president and CEO, and Hilary Nelson (right), senior vice president and director of operations and compliance, at the Las Vegas Strip. Photo by Sammy Tillery.
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129 Wells Fargo’s Q2 Disappoints After Scandals
PYMNTS
JULY 13, 2018
Wells Fargo also announced plans to sell 52 branches in Indiana, Ohio, Michigan and parts of Wisconsin to Flagstar Bancorp. The San Francisco-based bank had a total of 5,751 retail branches by the end of the second quarter, citing 114 branch consolidations during the first half. The bank reported 5,977 retail branches in the year-ago quarter.
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Bridging The Blockchain Comprehension Gap
PYMNTS
JUNE 27, 2017
This is about more than the payment — though buyers and suppliers want paying a vendor in Hong Kong to be as easy as paying a vendor in Wisconsin. A few years ago, that was limited to the check, ACH and virtual cards.”. But this is also about the information transmitted between a buyer and a supplier.”.
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When Mobility Helps You Park
PYMNTS
JUNE 10, 2016
Currently, Passport accepts all major card types, including Visa and MasterCard, as well as PayPal. So the inability for parking and transit to provide an easier experience for transactions like cash or credit card [steers users toward the app].”. “We do have parking lots out there that are mobile-only.
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Capstone Conference
Independent Banker
AUGUST 25, 2016
Wisconsin bank uses LEAD FWD Summit as a development resource. Those projects made recommendations that revamped the bank’s deposit-account-opening procedures, improved its credit card approval process and helped select new interactive teller machines to buy. By Tim Cook. Young employees at the community bank in Madison, Wis.,
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Data Dive Christmas Carol Edition: Bills, Bitcoin And Banks
PYMNTS
DECEMBER 11, 2017
The law was introduced by Florida Senator Bill Nelson, and co-sponsored by Senator Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut and Wisconsin Senator Tammy Baldwin. So far, most people think about cybercrime in terms of having a credit card stolen,” said Stuart Madnick, a professor of information technologies at the MIT Sloan School of Management.
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Uber Of X: Shovler, The Uber Of Snow Shoveling
PYMNTS
DECEMBER 14, 2016
Then, you hit continue, you post your job and you type in your credit card information, and the job is posted. But we’re keeping the app open, so if there is an entrepreneur in Wisconsin who wants to sign up and someone logs on needing a snow shoveler, they’ll get an alert. PYMNTS: Where is the business based, and how far is the reach?
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Acima Credit Review: Lease-to-Purchase Retail Financing
MyBankTracker
AUGUST 11, 2020
This lease-purchase option (or rental purchase) is an alternative to using a credit card or getting a personal loan. This can include a driver’s license, state-approved ID card, military ID, or passport. But the process is slightly different compared to applying for a credit card or a personal loan.
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Oportun Personal Loans Review: For Borrowers With No Credit
MyBankTracker
MAY 22, 2020
To apply, you must live in one of the following states : Arizona California Florida Illinois New Jersey New Mexico Nevada Texas Utah Idaho (online only) Missouri (online only) Wisconsin (online only) Currently, you can only apply if you receive an offer code in the mail, but the company plans to open applications to the public in the near future.
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Opploans Personal Loans Review: For Borrowers With Bad or No Credit
MyBankTracker
MAY 23, 2020
In the short-term, you can give your score a small boost by reducing your credit card debt and avoiding applying for credit cards in the months before you submit an important application. The best way to reduce this ratio is to pay off existing debts, like credit card debt. Reduce your debt-to-income ratio.
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#TheresNeverBeenABetterTime…to Love Credit Unions: Happy Valentine’s Day!
Filene
FEBRUARY 13, 2017
Love it or hate it, the time of the year filled with long-stemmed roses, heart-shaped chocolates and cheesy Valentine's Day card puns is here. Fun fact about me-- I grew up on a dairy farm in Southern Wisconsin and was known to occasionally play my recorder for our cows. Yes, it's true. You're tops to us!
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LendUp Personal Loan Review: Payday Loan Alternative
MyBankTracker
SEPTEMBER 28, 2020
These loans are currently only available in seven states: California Louisiana Mississippi Missouri Tennessee Texas Wisconsin 1. Unfortunately, you cannot use a savings account or a prepaid debit card when applying for this loan. You can, however, use a debit card, MoneyGram, or check when repaying your balance early.
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RISE Credit Personal Loans Review: Alternative to Expensive Payday Loans
MyBankTracker
MAY 30, 2020
Every time you pay a credit card or loan bill by the due date, it helps you build a good payment history. Only borrow money when you need to and avoid maxing out your credit cards and it can help your score. Best Banks for Personal Loans in Wisconsin for 2020. The most important part of your credit score is your payment history.
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Can You Take Out a Personal Loan for Closing Costs?
MyBankTracker
DECEMBER 2, 2020
Additionally, pay off some of your credit card debt. Balance Transfer Credit Card vs. Personal Loan for Debt Consolidation. Best Banks for Personal Loans in Wisconsin for 2020. Credit report mistakes can hurt your score, resulting in credit denials and higher interest rates. first appeared on MyBankTracker. Related Articles.
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Fintech Fundings: 26 Companies Raised $270 Million Week Ending May 6
Fintech Labs Insights
MAY 26, 2016
Prepaid debit card. HQ: Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Tags: SMB, merchants, payments, point-of-sale, mobile, credit/debit card aquiring mobile, APIs, developers. HQ: San Francisco, California. Source: Crunchbase , WSJ. Payments technology. Latest round: $24 million. Total raised: $40.5 HQ: Kefar Sava, Israel. Source: Finovate.
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20 Fiserv Buys ACI Worldwide’s Community Financial Services Division for $200 Million
Fintech Labs Insights
JANUARY 21, 2016
Wisconsin-based Fiserv recently debuted its Mobiliti Enterprise at FinovateFall 2015. In the demo, the company showed how a user can withdraw cash from an ATM without a card by using wearable devices connected with iBeacons inside the ATM. ACI Defense Services.
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FinovateFall: Mapping the Future of Fintech Today
Fintech Labs Insights
SEPTEMBER 6, 2016
Three companies scheduled to demonstrate their latest technologies live on the Finovate stage this week hail from Texas, two from Florida, and five from the Great Lakes region of Wisconsin and Michigan. are sharing space with Nigeria and Cyprus, countries that are relative newcomers to the global fintech scene.
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Fintech Fundings: 102 Companies Raise $2.0 Billion in July
Fintech Labs Insights
AUGUST 23, 2016
HQ: Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Tags: SMB, debit card, deposits, checking/current account, accounting, spending tracking. Source: FT Partners. Qwikcilver. Stored value technology. Latest round: $10 million. Total raised: $20 million. HQ: Bangalore, India. Source: Crunchbase. Hepan Finance. Latest round: $9.9 million Series A. Nextmarkets.
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32 Corporate Innovation Labs In Retail
CB Insights
JANUARY 6, 2019
The Innovation Center is the newest addition to Kohl’s Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin corporate campus. ” Notable Projects: The GameStop app allows consumers to shop for games and chose delivery methods, track the estimated credit for game trade-ins, receive special offers and coupons, and act as a digital rewards card.
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24 Industries & Technologies That Will Shape The Post-Virus World
CB Insights
JUNE 17, 2020
While 40% of small businesses remained nonoperational due to the pandemic, 27% of those that continued to accept on-premise payments reported an increase in contactless payments made through smartphones and contactless cards.
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101 Facebook Reportedly Asks Banks To Share Customer Data
PYMNTS
AUGUST 6, 2018
In an effort to provide more services to its users, Facebook has reportedly asked banks to share customer information, such as checking account balances and card transactions, the Wall Street Journal reported. The effort comes as Facebook seeks to become a place for commerce — not just a platform to interact with friends.
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What Do Hillbillies Have To Do With Payments Innovation?
PYMNTS
JANUARY 23, 2017
While Hillary Clinton won the popular vote by a margin of 3 million, it was the collective votes of the roughly 110,000 people in the working class counties in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin who turned those blue states, red — and put President Donald J. Trump into the White House. WHAT’S AN ELEGY, ANYWAY?
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