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Mastercard’s bet on fintech pays off with higher card spending

Bank Innovation

s new initiative to team up with more startups on credit cards is starting to pay off. The company has been starting card programs for fintechs including Brex Inc., Mastercard Inc.’s Revolut Technologies Inc. and TransferWise Inc., and has unveiled programs designed to make it easier for startups to join Mastercard’s network.

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Inside The Royal Bank of Scotland’s Innovation Strategy

Bank Innovation

EXCLUSIVE – Traditional banks cannot afford to ignore fintechs. The impact of fintechs on how people bank has not gone unnoticed by The Royal Bank of Scotland, who over the past 18 months under […]. What started out as a nascent subsect of the broader financial space is now at the forefront of how people bank.

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Looking to beat Apple to the punch, digital competitors roll out cashback cards

Bank Innovation

While the jury is still out whether the Apple Card will be the disruptive force that Apple has claimed it will be, fintech firms and banks alike appear eager to beat the tech giant to the punch. Tuesday’s launch of Zerocard, a “debit-style” credit card from fintech firm Zero, in partnership with WebBank, Evolve Bank […].

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New Report: 100 CU Execs On The Impact Of The Pandemic On Their Payments Innovation Agenda

PYMNTS

So, how are CUs changing their card innovation plans to match their current members’ demands and attract new potential members? This is just one of many questions PYMNTS, in collaboration with PSCU , set out to answer in the Credit Union Innovation Playbook: Card Trends Edition. Moreover, 89.4

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Card-Issuing Bank Takes on Fintechs with Its Own BNPL Plan

The Financial Brand

Leading traditional credit card issuer crosses the line into merchant-supported buy now, pay later lending. The post Card-Issuing Bank Takes on Fintechs with Its Own BNPL Plan appeared first on The Financial Brand - Banking Trends, Analysis & Insights.

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Inside Marqeta, the payments engine behind the challenger banks

Bank Innovation

Card issuing and processing startup Marqeta may not have picked the sexiest part of the payments ecosystem to disrupt, but it’s looking to catch the same wave as challenger banks and fintech lenders that are raking in funds by the hundreds of millions as they expand into new geographies. Marqeta uses open APIs to allow […].

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Marqeta adds CMO and new tools to help clients expand

Bank Innovation

While large consumer-facing fintech companies like Square, Klarna, Affirm and others tout speed and efficiency of their user experiences, card issuing and processing startup Marqeta‘s technology supports their payment capabilities, with its APIs allowing […].

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