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Visa, Taulia Team on Embedded Finance as Credit Grows Scarce
Visa, Taulia Team on Embedded Finance as Credit Grows Scarce
March 12, 2024  |  Partnerships

Visa has launched a collaboration with SAP-owned working capital management solutions provider Taulia. The partnership, announced Tuesday (March 12), brings together Visa’s digital payments technology and Taulia Virtual Cards,...

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Mastercard Taps Ex-Ambassador Jon Huntsman to Lead Strategic Growth
Mastercard Taps Ex-Ambassador Jon Huntsman to Lead Strategic Growth
March 11, 2024  |  Personnel

Mastercard has named former ambassador Jon Huntsman, Jr. as its strategic growth president. “Jon’s unique experience spanning four decades in public and private sectors will be extremely valuable...

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Tokenized Credentials Accelerate Fraud Reduction and Get Higher Approval Rates
Tokenized Credentials Accelerate Fraud Reduction and Get Higher Approval Rates
March 11, 2024  |  Credit Cards

The holy grail of payments — for merchants, for consumers and financial institutions — has two essentials: Reduced friction, and reduced fraud. Individuals want to...

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Why the Credit Card Competition Act Won’t Lower Merchant Interchange Fees
Why the Credit Card Competition Act Won’t Lower Merchant Interchange Fees
March 11, 2024  |  Credit Cards

In 1955, the island nation of Borneo was in the throes of a serious malaria virus outbreak. It turned to The World Health Organization for...

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Fed’s Credit Data Signals Caution for Merchants
Fed’s Credit Data Signals Caution for Merchants
March 08, 2024  |  Economy

For merchants, reliant upon consumer spending — and credit as a way to enable that spending — the warning signals are flashing. The Fed’s latest...

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Acquirers Eye Expansion of Installment Payment Plans Amid Consumer Demand
Acquirers Eye Expansion of Installment Payment Plans Amid Consumer Demand
March 08, 2024  |  Payment Methods

Acquirers — the financial institutions that provide the infrastructure for merchants and businesses to accept card payments — operate behind the scenes but can play...

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CFPB Draws Fire at Hill Hearing on ‘Politicized’ Financial Regulation
CFPB Draws Fire at Hill Hearing on ‘Politicized’ Financial Regulation
March 07, 2024  |  CFPB

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) came under fire on Capitol Hill Thursday (March 7) from critics who charged that caps on credit card late...

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Report: JPMorgan Considered ‘Company-Changing’ Discover Deal
Report: JPMorgan Considered ‘Company-Changing’ Discover Deal
March 07, 2024  |  Acquisitions

Before Capital One acquired Discover Financial last month, J.P. Morgan Chase reportedly considered its own bid. The country’s largest bank spent roughly a year exploring...

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India to Banks: No More Exclusive Credit Card Agreements
India to Banks: No More Exclusive Credit Card Agreements
March 06, 2024  |  Bank Regulation

India wants its banks to stop forging exclusive arrangements with credit card networks. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) — the country’s central bank and bank regulator...

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