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BBVA Streamlines Expense Management For Card Purchases

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Spanish financial firm BBVA has created a Global Commercial Cards product that lets firms have more control over the utilization of business cards by staffers. The new offering is designed to assist business customers in streamlining and optimizing costs paid through the bank’s commercial cards, according to a Monday (Nov.

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Samsung Pay Launches Debit Card, Money Management

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Samsung Pay is launching a physical debit card and this summer will introduce a money management tool in partnership with SoFi. Ahn added that over the summer months, Samsung Pay will introduce a tool to help people better manage their financial lives. NFC works with digital wallets and powers contactless payments.

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Mastercard Grows Its Digital-First Card Program In North America

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As demand increases for digitally-driven money management solutions, Mastercard has expanded its Digital-First Card Program in North America. Consumers also have fast digital access to card information, including the 16-digit number, CVC2, expiration date and customer service information.

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Bank Of America Says Consumer Spending Is Up, Card And Mortgage Delinquencies Down

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Bank of America (BofA) said on Wednesday (Oct. 14) that it is seeing a full restoration of customer spending, along with declines in delinquencies on credit cards, car loans and mortgages, even as the pandemic rages on. Credit Card Spending Rebounding. All told, Bank of America reported Q3 net income of $4.9

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

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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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Bank of America, Citi, Wells Earnings Point To Uptick In Consumer Card Spend

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But bank earnings are showing that loan loss reserves were more conservative than needed (at least for now) and that in some cases, consumer spending and card activity might be emerging from the most recent depths spurred by the pandemic. At least in terms of third-quarter results that gave insight into card spending and charge-offs.

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MercadoLibre: The ‘Amazon Of Latin America’ Spreads Its Wings

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In Latin America, such a company exists in the form of MercadoLibre , a triple-threat regional financial powerhouse based in Argentina. MercadoLibre is an eCommerce platform similar to Amazon , with its own payments infrastructure that has grown into credit, mobile payments and asset management capabilities.

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