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The Great Credit Card Program Outsourcing Debate

PYMNTS

Among the biggest debates is how to construct and operate the best card program possible – a decision that served as the foundation for a new PYMNTS interview with Jim Geeslin, head of strategy for Elan Financial Services , an agent credit card issuer. Do FIs want to navigate card programs through that?”. Near-Term Challenges.

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The Year In Data: Measuring 2020’s Payments Innovation

PYMNTS

Main Street SMBs: The 18-Month Outlook. Main Street small- to medium-sized businesses’ (SMBs’) confidence of survival has progressed as the pandemic has continued. percent fewer Main Street SMBs are hopeful of survival. percent of millennials believe it is “very” important to receive payments in real time. percent to 11.5

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FIs Most Underutilized Asset: Their Apps

PYMNTS

So what can financial institutions (FIs) do to improve their apps’ user experience (UX), and will making these changes help boost adoption and usage? Consumers who are dissatisfied with card controls, sending money to friends and relatives and paying bills are all more likely to cite this as their reason, with 24.1 percent, 25.5

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The Mobile Banking and Payments Summit – Impressions from Day 2

Celent Banking

The day focused mostly on mobile wallets, with a few main points shared below: Mobile wallets have been challenged by industry barriers : The old rule of thumb with a payments scheme is that it needs to please three parties: the merchant, the bank, and the consumer. I was only able to attend the final day, but it didn’t disappoint.

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Unleash your inner Bond with biometric authentication

ZootBlog

Biometrics technology creates a better user experience because authentication is faster and easier than remembering countless user names and passwords or going through the motions of answering KBA questions. The good news is that consumers are warming to the idea in other areas of their lives (i.e.

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Winning Customer Loyalty With Faster Reward Disbursements

PYMNTS

That’s the key takeaway from a recent survey of 1,271 credit card holders exploring consumers’ motivation for signing up for credit cards with rewards. More than 27 percent of respondents said a card’s cash back incentive was the “main reason” they signed up in the first place, followed by rewards for travel-related expenses (21.1

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Visa Launches Installment APIs For Issuers And Merchants

PYMNTS

The goal is to create a consistent and ubiquitous user experience across the channels they shop by leveraging the credit and debit relationships already in place with their banks. trillion market in 2017 growing at twice the rate of credit cards. It’s not that consumers aren’t interested: Around 74 percent of U.S.

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