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Chase To Debut New Freedom Flex With Mastercard, Upgrades To Freedom Unlimited Card

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Chase has introduced a new credit card and improved the cash incentives for another. 15 , the Wilmington, Delaware-based financial institution will introduce the Freedom Flex card and will upgrade the cash-back offerings for its existing Freedom Unlimited card. Starting Sept. issuers at Mastercard, in a statement.

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Barclays US Taps Ex-Capital One Exec To Lead Cards And Payments Business

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Barclays announced that it has appointed Shane Holdaway as the company’s CEO of its cards and payments division in the U.S. For the past five years, Holdaway was the president of Capital One’s Canadian division, and played a leading role in the company becoming the exclusive credit card issuer for Costco Wholesale Canada.

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 Ransomware Gains Traction, UK BEC Fraud Spikes

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Gary Robinson, who serves as head of DCPCU, said that online conduits are gaining favor from fraudsters to further their schemes. “We Separately, a federal grand jury has indicted a Maryland woman for allegedly bilking a Newark, Delaware medical practice of more than $320,000 through the use of a corporate credit card.

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Barclays Eyes US Expansion

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credit card operations. Since then, it launched an online lender in Delaware, which collects term deposits to fund its large U.S. credit card business. billion of deposits to its Delaware operation. Other possibilities include rolling out its U.K. payments platform in the states, as well as building a U.S.

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Holiday Season Brings Corporate Payments Fraud Spike

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the FBI recently issued a warning for holiday shoppers of a new scam called eSkimming , in which cyber criminals hack into legitimate online retailer websites to steal shoppers’ credit and debit card details. million was allegedly stolen from a Pennsylvania municipality via an AP and payroll fraud , Delaware Online reported recently.

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PayPal Teams With ebizmarts To Integrate With Magento

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According to news from Mobile Payments Today , under the partnership, PayPal’s mobile card product will be combined with ebizmart’s mobile app Magento. PayPal said when combined, the technology can help retailers synchronize online inventory with products in stores.

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Bitcoin Daily: Crypto Phone Coming Soon, South Korean Lawmakers Draft Crypto Rules

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In other news , Pundi X Labs is encouraging people to pay with crypto at four restaurants in Hong Kong by preloading X PASS cards with BTC (Pundi X’s NPXS token and ADI). Those who are attending a tech conference in Hong Kong will receive the cards at no charge. million home in Delaware was purchased with bitcoin, Bitconist reported.

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