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Payment Processor Platform Marqeta to Launch in Canada Next Month

Bank Innovation

EXCLUSIVE -Payment card issuing platform Marqeta will be launched in Canada next month and Europe in 2018, Marqeta’s CEO, Jason Gardner told Bank Innovation. Based in Oakland, Calif., Marqeta uses open API technology to process payment cards, virtual cards and mobile authorization products.

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Marqeta Introduces Tokenization-as-a-Service For Card Issuers

PYMNTS

Marqeta , the global card issuing platform, debuted its new Tokenization-as-a-Service (TaaS) product, which allows card issuers to access its tokenization technology, the Oakland, California-based company announced on Tuesday (Sept. This new offering is available for any card type, including cards not issued on the Marqeta platform.

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The Metal Shopping Cart’s High Tech Makeover

PYMNTS

Groundbreaking, innovative, trailblazing — these aren’t the type of adjectives you would think of to describe the typical shopping cart that gets pushed around physical stores. Microsoft, for instance, did try to bring technology to the shopping carts back in 2008. Microsoft’s innovation failed to take off, however.

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How A Bank And A FinTechs Are Jointly Cracking The Code On Financial Inclusion

PYMNTS

The teams at FinTech startup LendUp and Oakland-based Beneficial State Bank think very differently about that relationship. I love good banks, and I love good bankers, but we are not the likely source of innovation in financial services,” Taylor noted. “It The mission-driven business vision that we share motivates starting the project.

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10 Early-Stage eSports Startups To Watch

CB Insights

We used the CB Insights platform to surface 10 notable, early-stage eSports startups developing technologies related to competitive gaming facilitated by electronic systems, particularly video games played on computers or consoles by professional gamers (though many do it as a hobby or pastime). Headquarters: Oakland, California.

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Top 5 Fraud Posts for 2022: Scams, Contactless and Money Mules

FICO

As criminals seek new paths to vulnerable customers and safeguards, fraud professionals are constantly alert to new patterns and always responding with new technology. Innovative Customer Communications for Fraud. In Oakland, one convenience store customer recently found a card skimmer. Read the full post.

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This Week In Insurance Tech: AIG Plans For Tech Investments, State Farm’s Smart Home Patent, Zesty.ai Opens AI Research Lab In Montreal

CB Insights

CoverWallet, which was acquired by AON in November, has recently built out its B2B capabilities, licensing its technology for other insurance companies and agents to build out their own digital agencies. Oakland-based Zesty.ai Cover Genius partners with auto dealer management system. PRODUCTS, PEOPLE, AND CUSTOMERS.