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NOVEMBER 18, 2020

In the fourth quarter, the two companies aim to work with "business and corporate cards, travel cards, fleet cards and procurement cards, among other corporate payment solutions" to aid businesses of varying sizes and sectors to move cashless payments.

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CFPB Monitor

AUGUST 27, 2020

The CFPB has issued a new request for information about the credit card market that seeks comment on two related, but separate, reviews. The RFI includes citations to each of the CARD Act rules and further information about their content.). (The CARD Act Review. Section 610 Review. Debt relief and settlement.

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Bank Innovation

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

EXCLUSIVE- Is the prepaid card market saturated? Not quite, based on insights Sue Brown, director of prepaid debit advisory service at Mercator Advisory Group shared with Bank Innovation. “In In 2018, we will likely see fewer cards, but an increase in dollar loads,” Brown told Bank Innovation.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

Ripple , the blockchain startup, is heading up a new cryptocurrency lobbying group called Securing America’s Internet of Value Coalition. Coindesk noted that most of the members of the new lobbying group have ties to Ripple. Meanwhile, Hard Yaka is developing a prepaid card that lets users spend Ripple balances on the spot.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Digital banking and payments firm i2c is partnering with FinTech healthcare credit card SmartHealth PayCard , i2c announced on Tuesday (Feb. SmartHealth PayCard is enabled with the agile processing of i2c and is offering the first healthcare-only credit card.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2020

Commercial cards remain only a fraction of the B2B payments space, but FinTech firms, banks and other financial service providers continue to develop new solutions aimed at boosting adoption. For companies like SmartEquip and Unified Payments Group , that means introducing new ways to lift the burden of suppliers accepting cards.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Not every product launches smoothly (RIP Fire Phone ), not every new endeavor delivers (Amazon’s flirtations with offering a travel platform ended abruptly) and not every new market immediately yields. By and large, Italian consumers first encountered Amazon as a group that firmly preferred shopping in person and paying in cash.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 24, 2020

Brex, a corporate card and financial product startup that has raised $315 million in equity and reached a reported valuation of $2.6 billion since its 2017 founding, is optimistic about venture capital funding for tech companies, despite current market volatility.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 10, 2019

China payment card issuer UnionPay is stepping into the market with prepaid cards for corporates and consumers, the company announced this week. 9) that payment service provider Moorwand , a principal member of UnionPay, will launch the first UnionPay prepaid cards in the U.K. Banking Tech reported on Wednesday (Jan.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

to offer a jointly developed credit card with Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and not with Synchrony Financial, MoffettNathanson analyst Lisa Ellis said, since Synchrony dominates the market for co-brand offerings. It would be “odd” for Apple Inc. Goldman must be offering Apple a very good deal,” Ellis said by email.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Mobile Cards: Make or Break? One way that banks or ambitious social media platforms will win this combat for customers is through the use of mobile credit and debit cards, with a highly configurable nature and full range of card and spend management controls to please the most vacillating of customers.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 15, 2020

While small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) continue to hustle to secure portions of various federal coronavirus relief funding, the commercial card industry is finding itself in a position to support SMBs and their cash flow needs, too. Boost Finds A Surge In Corporate Card Interest. Visa Fuels Supplier Card Acceptance.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

In today’s top payments news around the world, PayPal and Mastercard are adding more European Union (EU) countries to a debit card offering, while European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde has called for a digital euro. Plus, the State Administration for Market Regulation in China has fined Luckin Coffee and other firms.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 10, 2020

The BlackRock-led group is injecting capital into Trustly at a time when the company is building out its network, which enables merchants to accept bank transfers with the same ease as they now take credit card payments. “At Citigroup Global Markets Limited also took part in the transaction, acting as a financial advisor.

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PYMNTS

MAY 13, 2020

EedenBull , a Norwegian FinTech, has rolled out its new commercial card platform to banks to take advantage of better B2B payment capabilities, according to a press release. The cards will allow a full range of capabilities for small businesses to larger corporate entities and have the ability to handle all B2B processes, the release states.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Many companies are becoming interested in replacing paper check payments with those conducted via virtual cards or other means, according to Meitra Aycock , senior vice president of corporate payment operations at B2B payments solutions provider Comdata. How Virtual Cards Help Build Better Construction Pr ocurement.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 25, 2019

After posting better-than-expected fourth-quarter earnings results, commercial payments firm WEX announced plans to acquire the fuel card assets of EG Group, Go Fuel Card. In a press release on Monday (March 25), WEX said it will acquire Go Fuel Card, the fuel card operations of the European fuel station EG Group.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 27, 2020

In a recent report, CrunchBase looked back at how VC investors reacted to the market downturn over a decade ago. companies, including $75 million landing at one FinTech looking to bolster small business credit card payment adoption. FInTech that raised $75 million in Series D funding for its small business credit card technology.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 13, 2019

In early May, Mastercard , in partnership with SEDESSON, the Mexico state agency for social benefits, and Edenred Bank, announced a first-of-its-kind test in Mexico’s Sonora state – the first regional test of biometric card technology in national history. The Challenge of Building the Right Card for the Job. In the U.S.

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PYMNTS

JULY 2, 2019

Commercial card solutions provider WEX has announced the completed takeover of Go Fuel Card, first revealed earlier this year. Go Fuel Card operates its proprietary card network, with cards accepted at several thousand retail locations in the region. Europe and Australia,” he continued.

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Payments Source

APRIL 15, 2020

While the primary focus for most credit card providers in March was on emphasizing fee forgiveness and payment deferral support, moving forward issuers need to focus on a mix of strategies to retain their cardholders' share of spend, says The Futurist Group's Demitry Estrin.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Kroger , one of America’s largest supermarket chains, is introducing a new mobile payment option and a loyalty rewards card, according to reports. At the terminal, shoppers can either use biometrics, enter a custom code or take advantage of the app’s QR code functionality to provide payment and loyalty card info. ” .

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

The European Union is examining the creation of a single data market that would reportedly challenge tech firms such as Google and Facebook, as Reuters reported. The creation of a “single European data space, a genuine single market for data” would include new rules governing cross-border use and data interoperability, among other tenets.

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PYMNTS

MAY 25, 2017

Discover Global Network, the unit of Discover Financial Services, announced Wednesday (May 24) it has entered into an agreement with Desjardins Group, the cooperative financial group in Canada, through its Monetico payment solutions to expand acceptance in Canada.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Payment processing company Worldpay and enterprise software firm Sage Group are teaming up to expand corporate card payment capabilities for joint business clients. market’s struggles with late invoice payments, citing Sage research that found 17 percent of all invoices issued from small and medium-sized businesses in the U.K.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 10, 2019

The cloud storage subscription market is expected to increase at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 24.8 Cryptocurrency And Credit Cards. Many customers are more traditional, however, and he noted that credit card payments are likely to stick around. I think credit cards will be on the market for a long time.”.

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PYMNTS

MAY 29, 2019

A group of investors has acquired Sureswipe , a South African payments company, for an undisclosed amount. Although the three strong brands have been consolidated under one entity, they will continue to operate independently within their distinctive markets,” said Sureswipe MD Paul Kent, according to IT Web. “We

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

card company interchange fees reached new levels earlier this year when the European Commission (EC) issued a $648.3 Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) continue their probes into competition of the card-acquiring space, with Mastercard and Visa offering late last year to cut swipe fees on tourist cards to help end the EC’s investigation.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Visa and its India FinTech partner, Open , are rolling out their joint credit card product for small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs). 11) that Open, which operates a small business banking and financial services platform, announced the Founder’s Card, the result of its existing partnership with Visa. billion worth of transactions.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 9, 2020

FinTech Revolut has introduced its Pockets tool, while Robinhood Markets is reportedly working with Goldman Sachs for its public offering preparations. Robinhood Markets is reportedly working with Goldman Sachs for its initial public offering (IPO) preparations. In today’s top news in digital-first banking, U.K.

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PYMNTS

MAY 13, 2019

The estimated value of the global intelligent vending machine market by 2025 is $15 billion. The wall-mounted machine also has a 21-inch screen for consumer interaction, and comes ready to accept near-field communication (NFC) contactless and card payments. The expected CAGR of the global parking meter market from 2018 to 2025 is 6.97

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PYMNTS

JUNE 2, 2020

Together, we are united in a shared vision of disrupting the outdated credit card sector with digital, fairer alternatives,” said Zip CEO and Managing Director Larry Diamond in a statement. competitors in the booming consumer finance market. It comes as younger shoppers seek easy alternatives to interest-charging credit cards.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2019

Coverage includes the launch of Wirecard and Ctrip ’s multi-currency Visa cards for customers in China. fashion retailer Missguided is offering a pay later option through Klarna , and Nordic payments company Nets A/S and merchant payment service provider Concardis Payment Group said they have completed their merger. In addition, U.K.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 12, 2020

And according to Jennifer Schroeder, executive vice president of product management at PULSE, prepaid and payroll cards are proving increasingly popular among forward-thinking employers. A tight labor market means employers must be cognizant of what their workers want.

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Bank Innovation

JULY 1, 2019

Capital One is contemplating how it can use data management technology, the cloud, APIs and artificial intelligence to meet the needs of middle-market businesses that increasingly are turning away from paper checks toward digital payments.

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CFPB Monitor

AUGUST 22, 2022

The CFPB is seeking comments on changes to its semi-annual Terms of Credit Card Plans (TCCP) Survey. Amendments to the Truth in Lending Act made in 1988 by the Fair Credit and Charge Card Disclosure Act require the CFPB to conduct the TCCP Survey. Collecting information on credit cards available to specific communities or groups.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Cloud software company Blackbaud is rolling out purchasing cards and expense management services for its corporate customers, the company said Tuesday (Feb. Blackbaud Purchase Cards are designed for “social good organizations” to digitize their accounts payable processes and enhance spend management for employees.

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