Chris Skinner

MARCH 26, 2018

Things we’re reading today include … Credit card debt growth at 12-year high Europe’s costly financial shake-up may yet benefit a post-Brexit UK Billion euro cyber-suspect arrested in Spain Senior banker quits Queen’s lender Coutts after harassment complaints London should team up with Zurich in push for open European markets, … (..)

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Chris Skinner

APRIL 8, 2018

Things we’re reading today include … China is at risk of a banking crisis, the Bank of International Settlements has found How crooks are using a legal app to steal your bank card details in under one SECOND UK challenger bank gives up banking licence to focus on fintech Nationwide … The post Things worth reading: 9th April 2018 appeared (..)

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Chris Skinner

JULY 29, 2018

Things we’re reading today include … Jack Ma’s Giant Financial Startup Is Shaking the Chinese Banking System Sainsbury’s Bank customers facing long call centre waits following credit card statement delays TSB: three months on, the bank is still failing customers South Africa’s Biggest Bank Heist Leaves Trail of Destruction British (..)

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Chris Skinner

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

Things we’re reading today include … Bitcoin bombs below US$7,000 as sell-off accelerates amid bank bans and regulation concerns A Tiny Canadian Bank Is Building a Vault for Crytpocurrencies EU risks ‘serious’ impact on financial markets without trade deal, watchdog warns Lloyds Bank bans Bitcoin purchases on its credit cards (..)

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Accenture

APRIL 7, 2020

Purchase volume YoY growth of 7% in Q4 is lower in comparison to Q3 YoY growth by ~100 bps, and lower than Q4 2018 YoY growth by ~130 bps. The post Q4 2019: US credit card issuer snapshot appeared first on Accenture Banking Blog. Key themes Receivables growth of 4% YoY in Q4, slightly above the 3.5% YoY growth in Q3.

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Chris Skinner

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Visa, Mastercard offer to cap tourist card fees to end EU probe Mervyn King: Theresa May’s … The post Things worth reading: 5th December 2018 appeared first on Chris Skinner's blog.

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Chris Skinner

JUNE 17, 2018

Things we’re reading today include … Bitcoin Could Break the Internet, Central Bank Overseer Says The bigger Cryptocurrencies get, the worse they perform: BIS End of the great card payment rip-off?

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 25, 2018

EXCLUSIVE — It’s not even a month into 2018 and already so much has changed. The cryptocurrency bitcoin, which shocked everyone by surpassing $17K, further shocked everyone by dropping below $10K. Then of course there are various other events sweeping the financial services space, from new tax laws in the U.S., to the rise of […].

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Chris Skinner

MAY 31, 2018

Things we’re reading today include … Lawsuit Reveals Deutsche Bank Probe of Ties to Russian Ministers ANZ, Deutsche Bank and Citigroup face ‘criminal cartel’ charges Credit cards are not dead – consumer debt slump was just a blip Crackdown on high-interest lending announced by FCA ‘I bought my mum a … The post Things (..)

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 19, 2019

With the ongoing decline of checks, the growth of payments by debit and credit cards continued to speed up from 2015 to 2018, per Federal Reserve U.S. percent per year between 2015 and 2018. Total card payments increased to 131.2 Total card payments increased to 131.2 Card payments climbed at the faster rate of 8.6

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Chris Skinner

AUGUST 14, 2018

Things we’re reading today include … Global ATM hack could see millions withdrawn warns FBI Esure founder to stay on ‘until they think I’m past it’ after £1.2bn sale Lord Thomas of Macclesfield obituary Sir Peter Wood makes £360m from esure sale Card payment problems at Marks & Spencer Goldman … The post Things (..)

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Chris Skinner

JULY 30, 2018

Things we’re reading today include … Credit card lending continues to rise as Bank of England gears up for interest rate hike Economists split as monetary policymakers set out into the unknown Summer Camp for the Ultra-Wealthy Teaches Kids How to Stay Rich Tycoon’s Sputtering Italian Bank Investment Draws Angst … The post Things (..)

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Chris Skinner

AUGUST 16, 2018

Trillion in Credit Card Secrets Research suggests bigger banks are worse for customers TSB online banking goes down again as customers complain after another outage Seven out of 10 people in … The post Things worth reading: 17th August 2018 appeared first on Chris Skinner's blog.

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Chris Skinner

JULY 22, 2018

Things we’re reading today include … Hackers net almost $1m in Russian bank raid India needs a strategy to get the government out of banking Mortgage, Groupon and card debt: how the bottom half bolsters U.S.

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Chris Skinner

APRIL 3, 2018

Things we’re reading today include … Jeweler to the Stars Flees as India Seethes Over Bank Fraud A Top JPMorgan Blockchain Executive Is Leaving the Bank Canada’s TD Bank Wants US Patent for Blockchain Point-of-Sale System Commonwealth Bank online glitch wipes ‘credit card balances’ Bank of America says Facebook is … The (..)

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Chris Skinner

MAY 1, 2018

Things we’re reading today include … TSB customers stopped from switching after it told banks to suspend transfers Santander strikes debit card deal with MasterCard From the Lake District to east London: which areas have local currencies?

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Chris Skinner

JUNE 18, 2018

Things we’re reading today include … Clydesdale and Yorkshire bank brands to go in takeover of Virgin Money Virgin Money bought by CYBG for £1.7bn UK debit cards transactions overtake cash for the first time No surprise who is the clear winner of £1.7bn Virgin Money takeover | Nils Pratley … The post Things worth reading: 19th (..)

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Chris Skinner

AUGUST 13, 2018

Things we’re reading today include … Insurance baron Sir Peter Wood in line for giant windfall as Esure weighs £1.2bn takeover offer Citigroup shakes up consumer bank and card chief leaves Why is the Turkish lira dropping and what does it mean for the global economy?

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Chris Skinner

AUGUST 2, 2018

London Stock Exchange triggers plans for hard Brexit as Schwimmer takes the reins Holidaymakers’ NatWest debit cards declined New era for the … The post Things worth reading: 3rd August 2018 appeared first on Chris Skinner's blog.

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Chris Skinner

JULY 26, 2018

Things we’re reading today include … This Is the Bank with the Worst Reputation in America Metro Bank has a credibility problem Why bank mergers are always riskier than markets think Study Reveals Millennials Shun Banks with Poor Online Service Starling Bank card design reflects ‘how we actually use our … The post Things worth (..)

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Chris Skinner

MARCH 8, 2018

Shining a light on it is just the start | Nicky Morgan Tesco Bank cancels customers’ credit cards after suspected fraud – what to look out for ompanies with more female executives make more money, Bank of … The post Things worth reading: 9th March 2018 appeared first on Chris Skinner's blog.

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Chris Skinner

JANUARY 26, 2018

Things we’re reading today include … Mortgage approvals by UK banks ‘falling off a cliff’ World Bank chief economist Paul Romer steps down Bank of America, Citigroup reviewing the use of credit cards to buy bitcoin 50 Cent forgot he had a stash of Bitcoin now worth $8m Bank of … The post Things worth reading: 26th January (..)

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Bank Innovation

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

In addition to fireside chats, startup demos, and general sessions, Bank Innovation’s 2018 conference has added a pre-conference workshop on how to build an innovation team, added even more time […].

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 8, 2018

EXCLUSIVE—Card company Dynamics Inc. revealed its Wallet Card, described by the company as the “world’s first” connected payment card, at the CES conference currently taking place in Las Vegas, the company announced today.

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Chris Skinner

MARCH 10, 2018

Hashing data is taking the source information which may be your account details or card information and shortening it into a … The post The Finanser’s Week: 5th March 2017 – 11th March 2018 appeared first on Chris Skinner's blog.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Merchants saw a drop in card-present fraud due to the increased adoption of Europay, Mastercard and Visa (EMV) chip cards, Visa said. Merchants who have upgraded to chip technology saw a decrease of 80 percent in counterfeit fraud dollars in September of 2018 when compared to September of 2015. More than 3.1 million in Dec.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

They have paid down their credit cards. The main one centers on the drop in credit card spend. A new report from TransUnion shows that average consumer-level credit card balances have declined during the course of the COVID-19 pandemic and now stand at $5,075 as of Q3 2020, down from $5,668 in Q3 2019. Here’s the scenario.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 13, 2018

EXCLUSIVE – American Express will be investing in its networks as one of its four major strategic priorities for 2018 as a way for the credit card company to adapt to the growing prominence of digital payments. “As

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 12, 2020

Nium , the global FinTech platform, announced in a press release emailed to PYMNTS that users will be able to make payments through Google Pay with its company Visa cards. The Google Pay partnership lets those cards work through many more payment terminals and options.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Commercial and consumer cards issued in the U.S. trillion in spending for goods and services in 2018, The Nilson Report said in a press release Thursday (Sept. Commercial card spending is up 11.7 percent, compared to consumer card spending, which grew by 10.1 Commercial card spending was $1.39 generated $6.13

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 31, 2018

According to the report, cybercrime touched nearly every sector throughout 2018, including those that may seem less obvious, like education or manufacturing — and for one obvious reason: the money. Facebook’s 2018 regarding the stewardship of user data and privacy was one it would like to soon forget.

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Bank Innovation

JUNE 26, 2019

Money-transfer startup TransferWise is expanding the reach of its multi-currency debit card and, in doing so, wading into bank territory. The company's borderless account initially was made available to European customers in early 2018.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Checkbook has joined Visa 's FinTech Fast Track program and launched Virtual Cards , a program that will expand the reach of real-time payments, according to a press release. Virtual Cards were created by Checkbook to reduce the fear of losing a wallet or being a target of credit fraud, according to the release.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 15, 2020

To offer businesses a simple way for supervising expenditures, digital financial technology firm Wirecard is teaming with Payhawk to roll out a new Visa card, according to an announcement. The cards will come in both a digital and tangible medium, and managers can supervise budgets in real time. In March, Payhawk notched $3.35

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PYMNTS

MARCH 5, 2019

Credit card debt in the U.S. Bloomberg , citing data from the Federal Reserve, reported credit card balances in the third quarter were $26 billion less. According to the report, there are close to 480 million credit cards being used by U.S. Credit card debt stands as the fourth biggest portion of U.S.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

JPMorgan Chase had the highest "buzz ranking" among banks in 2018, according to YouGov's Brand Index, an annual poll measuring which brands are considered the best by consumers. Participants were asked, “If you’ve heard anything about the brand in the last two weeks, through advertising news or word of mouth, was it positive or negative?”

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 20, 2018

From cash to digital, from plastic cards to mobile wallets, from cash registers at the front of restaurants to tablets brought to tables (redefining the concept of “dine and dash”) — the way we pay shifts along with the availability of technology, and tech shifts as commerce demands new features.

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