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JUNE 17, 2022

"The Visa-Mastercard duopoly controls about 80% of the market share, allowing them to raise fees indiscriminately and with no formidable opposition," contends Doug Kantor, general counsel for the National Association of Convenience Stores.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2018

First National Bank of Omaha announced that it is not renewing a contract with the National Rifle Association (NRA) to offer customers an NRA-branded Visa card. First National Bank of Omaha offered two NRA cards with a $40 bonus and promoted it as “enough to reimburse your one-year NRA membership!”

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Payments Dive

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

The bank, between 2015 and 2021, denied certain credit card products to applicants with surnames ending in “ian” and “yan,” suffixes that Citi employees associated with Armenian national origin, the CFPB said.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Gift card giant Blackhawk Network this week announced it is selling charity-branded gift cards that will trigger contributions to those charities when loaded. Recipients of what are being called “Giving Good” cards will be able to use them at any of a number of retail and dining locations.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2020

You're not dealing with two-day settlement,” he stated, adding that interoperability also has the ability to foster sticky relationships between merchants and consumers, especially consumers who want perks and high reward cards or coupons. But a national charter would allow for a uniformity of presence and market scope.

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JANUARY 20, 2021

Other than small things like a pen or providing staff with free coffee, anything given to employees that has a clear cash value attached to it is considered taxable by the IRS, said Nat Salvione , chief commercial officer of Tango Card. He cited the National Retail Federation , which found gift cards have been a top gift for over a decade. “If

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JULY 22, 2020

has introduced a sustainable credit card to consumers in more than a dozen countries made from recyclable, bio-sourced, chlorine-free, degradable and ocean plastics. The New York-based, multinational financial services (FI) company said six billion cards are produced annually from PVC. Santander plans to issue its cards shortly.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2018

government over the use of nationalism by the government in India to promote a domestic payments network there. ” Modi has said that using RuPay is akin to offering a service to the nation, given the fees associated with the use stay in India. Mastercard reportedly has lodged a protest with the U.S.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Those efforts culminated with the National Credit Union Foundation’s recent launch of the CUAid Disaster Recovery App , in collaboration with PSCU. If you look at the national banks, they have that distribution of locations and contact centers. But Fagan said that’s a particular challenge given many credit unions’ hyperlocal nature.

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Banking Exchange

AUGUST 23, 2021

Study finds that midsize credit card issuers report greater drop in customer satisfaction levels compared to national counterparts Retail Banking Financial Trends Feature Feature3 Financial Research Cards Payments.

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JANUARY 31, 2018

Following a malware attack that allowed “unauthorized parties” to access customer credit card information, off-price retailer National Stores is seeking to prevent fraudulent activity and improve the security of its point-of-sale (POS) systems, the company said in an announcement. “We 11 may be involved in the breach.

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Payments Source

MARCH 1, 2019

Through its acquisition of digital payments and fundraising provider Benefit Mobile, the National Gift Card company is positioning itself to help charitable organizations grow and to strengthen the mobile offerings of retail merchants.

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The Paypers

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

IDEMIA Secure Transactions has partnered with the Arab National Bank to launch a card developed with Braille printing technology in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

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APRIL 8, 2019

The world of payments has provided a new leader to the National Urban League. Tim Murphy, general counsel for Mastercard , has become the 22nd chairman of the civil rights and urban advocacy group, according to a statement from the payment card network. Mastercard hired Murphy in 2000. which focuses on managed healthcare.

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CFPB Monitor

MAY 24, 2021

We are pleased to announce that Ballard Spahr’s Consumer Financial Services Group has once again received the highest national ranking from Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business. We are proud to report that the Group also received the highest national ranking in this new third category.

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DECEMBER 17, 2020

Citi has rolled out its new Citi Fleet Card in Europe and the United Kingdom, with a new solution that brings together a contactless-enabled card with a mobile program. In that case, every fuel card could be used at only one brand. Kao EMEA's U.K. 17) announcement.

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OCTOBER 6, 2020

New payment rails are again in the spotlight, with commercial card and contactless payments emerging as the top focuses for innovators. To provide commercial card issuers, cardholders and vendors with further automation and flexibility, Boost Payment Solutions is teaming with Visa. merchants accept touch-free payments.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Fleet payments company FLEETCOR is facing criticism over fees associated with its fleet cards, according to reports in Bloomberg last week, which small businesses (SMBs) say are too high. The issue mirrors the debate over payroll card fees, and raises new concerns over fees linked to card products for businesses, including interchange fees.

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AUGUST 22, 2019

The Navajo Nation announced that it has settled its lawsuit against Wells Fargo & Co for $6.5 The Navajo Nation sued Wells Fargo in federal and tribal courts in 2017, claiming it targeted tribal members with “predatory sales tactics.”

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MAY 6, 2019

The news came Thursday (May 2) that, per a ruling in federal court in New York, the State Department of Financial Services can move forward with a suit that looks to derail national bank charters for FinTech companies. The national licenses would let FinTechs lend money and paychecks to consumers.

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BankInovation

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

First National Bank of Omaha (FNBO) has launched Bend by FNBO, a new credit card-as-a-service (CaaS) solution that allows companies to offer customized credit cards. The […].

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Payments Source

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Facing pressure to act on gun control laws, the bank said it would not "renew its contract with the National Rifle Association to issue the NRA Visa card.".

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CFPB Monitor

MAY 10, 2023

Auriemma Roundtables, a leading provider of business intelligence solutions to the consumer finance industry, together with First National Bank of Omaha and a group of several other premier consumer financial services firms, has filed a comment (the “Auriemma Roundtables Comment”) on the credit card penalty fees proposal (the “Proposed Rule”) issued (..)

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CFPB Monitor

JANUARY 26, 2023

In a letter to Director Chopra , five banking trade groups address the CFPB’s obligation to comply with the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996 (SBREFA) before proposing a rule on credit card late fees and late payments. Continue Reading

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MARCH 29, 2019

Payments company Square has partnered with the Washington Nationals and Levy Restaurants to let fans order concession menu items right from their seats, according to reports. The terminals allow customers to pay with credit or debit cards and digital wallet payment options like Apple Pay or Google Pay.

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Payments Dive

JULY 19, 2023

Opponents of the Credit Card Competition Act proposal are gearing up to fight the bill as an attachment to the National Defense Authorization Act.

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MARCH 6, 2018

Citigroup is gearing up to launch a digital consumer bank that will be national in scope and will arrive within the next three years. but has credit cards that are used around the country. I am not making an announcement right now, but I would be really disappointed if it was anything close to being three years away.”.

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MARCH 5, 2019

Credit card debt in the U.S. Bloomberg , citing data from the Federal Reserve, reported credit card balances in the third quarter were $26 billion less. According to the report, there are close to 480 million credit cards being used by U.S. Credit card debt stands as the fourth biggest portion of U.S.

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APRIL 2, 2020

The commercial credit card is increasingly viewed as a critical tool for these small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in need of fast access to credit, but many financial institutions are going further to nix fees on their card programs, including card products for small firms. Comdata Fuel Cards Facilitate Factoring.

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CFPB Monitor

JUNE 1, 2022

We are pleased to report that Ballard Spahr’s Consumer Financial Services Group has once again received the highest national ranking from Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business. The Group was ranked in the highest tier nationally in three categories: Compliance, Litigation, and Enforcement & Investigations.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Illinois-based daVinci Payments has announced it is releasing a Chinese Yuan (CNY) corporate-funded prepaid card for employees or customers of multi-national corporations. The company has partnered with UnionPay to provide virtual and physical cards that will be accepted at point-of-sale terminals in China. “The

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JUNE 1, 2018

Estonia has shelved plans to develop its own national cryptocurrency after the idea prompted criticism by banking authorities and Mario Draghi, the Italian economist and president of the European Central Bank. The e-residency program was launched in 2014.

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DECEMBER 14, 2020

Visa will be working with Access Bank on a new debit card for small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in Nigeria, according to a Vanguard Media Limited report. Access Bank will offer Google Ad credits for free for the first SMB entrepreneurs to sign up for a card.

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The Paypers

AUGUST 31, 2022

First National Bank of Omaha (FNBO) has announced a new credit card-as-a-service (CaaS) solution that aims to improve the bank’s ability to offer customised credit card issuance.

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DECEMBER 21, 2020

Kroger customers can now expediently and simply order gift cards for curbside pickup in addition to their supermarket items at 1,900 of the chain’s locations throughout the nation, according to a Monday (Dec. 21) announcement from Blackhawk Network.

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JUNE 13, 2019

is launching the Columbia National Credit program with its new CNC Card, according to a release by the company. Launch of the credit card comes after a successful test run in New York. This is the first time consumers in the United States can use a credit card to buy cannabis, the company said.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2017

As a nation of awake-earliers, up-very-laters, last-minute-crammers and entrepreneurs who simply never sleep at all, in this country, we like our coffee. Welcome To National (Free) Coffee Day. If you happened to have missed it, National Coffee Day was technically yesterday, Friday (Oct. National Taco day is next week (Oct.

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