Tagged: Payment Cards

August 26, 2023 @ 7:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Maybank introduced the myimpact credit card, in efforts “to empower its customers towards making better sustainable life choices which will impact the next generation.” The credit card, which is “made from bio-sourced polylactic acid, features a ground-breaking initiative deemed first-of-its-kind in the country, provides mechanisms… Read More

August 25, 2023 @ 11:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

International card networks, including Visa, Mastercard, JCB, and Discover Global Network, are launching a major campaign with Alipay, the digital payment and lifestyle service platform in China, “to further enhance international visitors’ mobile payment and travel experience in the country on the 30-day countdown to… Read More

August 25, 2023 @ 8:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Mastercard (NYSE: MA) and digital currency exchange Binance will reportedly be terminating their four cryptocurrency card programs in the South American countries of Argentina, Brazil, and Colombia as well as Bahrain. This will be effective as of September 22, 2023, according to a representative for Mastercard… Read More

August 24, 2023 @ 10:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Mastercard (NYSE:RSKD), a global technology company, is partnering with UAE-founded spend management fintech company Qashio in order “to launch corporate credit cards, while enabling them with virtual issuance capabilities across the region.” The strategic partnership aims “to make the future of expense management cashless, transparent… Read More

August 5, 2023 @ 10:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In a move to further reduce its impact on the environment, Thames Technology is planning to eliminate “the use of virgin PVC from all its card production.” Thames Technology has already “been manufacturing 100% of its non-financial cards such as gift, loyalty and membership cards… Read More

June 30, 2023 @ 6:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Texas Capital Bank is on a mission “to harness innovation and help clients thrive. Amid an ongoing transformation in support of those goals, the firm is partnering with Extend to give clients a modern spend management platform with the power of virtual cards – all… Read More

June 19, 2023 @ 11:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Mastercard (NYSE: MA) is partnering with Bankiom, a UAE-based lifestyle banking app, to introduce digital payment cards across the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, and Oman. This partnership marks “a significant stride in Mastercard‘s ongoing commitment to advancing digitalization in the payments landscape throughout the… Read More

June 14, 2023 @ 7:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Westpac recently revealed that its new cards will be making payments more accessible for customers. Westpac has announced it is rolling out “a suite of new card designs to help make payments more accessible for blind or low vision customers.” The credit, debit and pre-paid… Read More

June 10, 2023 @ 12:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Netherlands has recently completed the launch of a contactless transit payments system nationwide, “simplifying access and allowing travelers to tap-in and tap-out with their debit card, credit card or digital wallet.” All public transport across the country – “including trains, buses, metros, and trams… Read More

May 31, 2023 @ 11:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The European Central Bank (ECB) has published its card fraud report, which is “based on information provided by 20 card payment scheme operators.” Card fraud in 2021 “continued its downward trend, falling to its lowest level since data collection began.” It reportedly “constituted 0.028% of… Read More

May 29, 2023 @ 3:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Pesto announces the launch of its first product, Pesto Mastercard issued by Continental Bank, the first credit card that enables customers to use valuables as collateral to secure a credit card. Activant Capital, Plural, and others invested in Pesto “to build a solution for Americans that… Read More

May 27, 2023 @ 4:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Paysend, the global card-to-card transfers pioneer and global payments platform, is announcing today a new partnership with global payroll platform Ontop, “enabling employers to make faster and more cost-effective salary payments to workers and contractors.” Paysend will power Ontop’s new payout-to-cards capability “for employee and… Read More

May 27, 2023 @ 8:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

JCB International Co., Ltd., the international operations subsidiary of JCB Co., Ltd.,  announced its partnership with global financial technology company SumUp, “to enable acceptance of JCB Cards across SumUp’s European merchant network.” With the return of international travel, the collaboration will “provide new opportunities of… Read More

May 21, 2023 @ 10:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Splitit (ASX:SPT), the white-label service allowing customers to pay by installments using their existing credit on their payment card, and Atlantic-Pacific Processing Systems NV, Corp. (APPS), a North American payment solutions provider, announced they have partnered to deliver an integrated card-based installment payments solution. The… Read More

May 18, 2023 @ 6:46 am By Omar Faridi  |  

IDEX Biometrics is expanding biometric payment card programs in Turkey with a fourth issuer. This fast growing bank challenger “represents a customer portfolio of more than 10 million customers.” The biometric payment cards from this issuer are “expected to be in consumers’ hands by the… Read More

May 2, 2023 @ 11:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Chase, the U.S. consumer and commercial banking business of JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM), and Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) recently announced new benefits and features on the Amazon Visa card portfolio, “providing cardmembers with increased opportunity to earn cash back on purchases made with their card… Read More

May 2, 2023 @ 3:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Splitit (ASX: SPT), which claims to be the “only” white-label service allowing customers to pay by installments using their existing credit on their payment card at checkout, has announced a new super-fast white-label payment experience, SplititExpress. This experience “enables checkout in under 2-seconds and also… Read More

April 30, 2023 @ 5:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

AMC Theatres (NYSE: AMC and APE), which claims to be the largest theatrical exhibitor in the United States and the world, announced it has officially launched the AMC Entertainment Visa Card. AMC Stubs members can now “apply for the AMC Entertainment Visa Card to earn… Read More

April 8, 2023 @ 11:46 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Mastercard (NYSE: MA) announced it is accelerating efforts to remove first–use, PVC plastics from payment cards on its network by 2028. This move further “reinforces the company’s sustainability commitments and scales the accessibility of more sustainable card offerings for consumers seeking a way to reduce… Read More

March 31, 2023 @ 6:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Neo Financial is announcing the launch of the Neo Money card, expanding on the benefits of the high-interest Neo Money account with credit-like rewards when you spend. In 2022, Canadians “saw the largest increase in inflation since 1982 resulting in almost half (44%) of Canadians… Read More