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Things worth reading: 3rd August 2020

Chris Skinner

Things we’re reading today include … Bakery manager sacked for using own bank card to help elderly customers blocked from paying with cash Lloyds bank manager ‘sacked for helping customer open mail’ Monzo’s losses double as popular UK digital bank warns of pandemic uncertainty Canary Wharf Group recalls staff to … The (..)

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Canadian neobank Koho to launch credit and savings products in 2020

Bank Innovation

Koho, a Toronto-based digital banking startup, is on track to expand its product suite to include credit and savings products in 2020, CEO Daniel Eberhard told Bank Innovation on Wednesday. In late November, the […].

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Mastercard On The ‘Digital-First’ Transformation Of Credit Cards Into Daily Money Management Tools

PYMNTS

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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Looking Beyond The Card To Drive Commercial Adoption

PYMNTS

The payments digitization push has ramped up for corporates in recent months, with growing corporate card adoption attributed to the pandemic, recent Mastercard data reveals. Lawmakers Eye Expanded Fleet Card Use. Fleet service cards act just like credit cards at a gas station," Rep. Lawmakers in the U.S.

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PSCU Expects To Issue More Than 3M Contactless Cards In 2020

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Payments credit union PSCU is prepared to handle what they predict will be a rush in 2020 to adopt contactless cards, the company said in a press release on Wednesday (Nov. In 2020, PSCU anticipates distribution of more than three million new contactless cards to 100-plus credit unions.

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AmEx Faces Fed Inquiry On Business Card Sales Tactics

PYMNTS

(AmEx) harnessed strong and deceptive sales practices for card sales to business owners and if clients experienced negative effects, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday (Jan. 7), citing unnamed sources. A representative for AmEx told WSJ, “We have robust compliance policies and controls in place, and do not tolerate misconduct.”

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2020 GonzoBanker Awards

Gonzobanker

This Year was brought to you by the number 2020 and the letters W, T and F” – Big Bird (more or less). Banks and credit unions had to fundamentally change their delivery, support and relationship management models at scopes and speeds that were unheard of. Most Oft-Heard Statements of 2020. ” – Hunter Thompson.

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