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Consumers Love Rewards-Driven Payment Methods — and Will Switch to Get Better Ones
Consumers Love Rewards-Driven Payment Methods — and Will Switch to Get Better Ones
April 11, 2023  |  Loyalty & Rewards

Whether paying with a traditional credit card, stored payment credentials or cold hard cash, consumers love points and rewards. Points and rewards programs connected to...

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Consumers May Pull In Spending as Outlook for Credit Access Dims
Consumers May Pull In Spending as Outlook for Credit Access Dims
April 10, 2023  |  Consumer Finance

Credit is harder to come by. And that means a lifeline for consumers — and the businesses reliant upon them — is not as dependable...

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38% of Consumers Used Debit for Their Last In-Store Purchase; Just 23% Did So Online
38% of Consumers Used Debit for Their Last In-Store Purchase; Just 23% Did So Online
April 06, 2023  |  Consumer Payments

Payment card preferences continue to align with earnings, determining which kind of plastic millions of consumers reach for when making retail purchases. PYMNTS explored the...

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CardX Lets Mastercard Users ‘Click-to-Pay’
CardX Lets Mastercard Users ‘Click-to-Pay’
April 05, 2023  |  Credit Cards

Surcharge compliance firm CardX has added Mastercard’s Click to Pay to its payment platform. The feature is now available for all card-not-present merchants using CardX’s...

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Mastercard Pledges to Use All Recycled Cards by 2028
Mastercard Pledges to Use All Recycled Cards by 2028
April 05, 2023  |  Mastercard

Mastercard says its days of using new plastic to make cards is near an end. The company announced in a Wednesday (April 5) press release...

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FormFree and GetAugie Integrate Consumer Credit-Building Solutions
FormFree and GetAugie Integrate Consumer Credit-Building Solutions
April 04, 2023  |  Credit Cards

Users of FormFree’s Passport app can now apply for GetAugie’s Augie Card through the app. The companies have partnered to enable automated identity verification to...

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Splitit: Standardization of Credit Reporting and Consumer Protection Will Help BNPL Scale
Splitit: Standardization of Credit Reporting and Consumer Protection Will Help BNPL Scale
March 22, 2023  |  Buy Now Pay Later

The exploding use of buy now, pay later (BNPL) needs to have some oversight governing that growth, Omri Flicker, chief legal and risk officer at...

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Aggregators Like DoorDash Lure High Earners With Creative Offers
Aggregators Like DoorDash Lure High Earners With Creative Offers
March 21, 2023  |  Aggregators

In a year where consumers are cutting costs at every corner, it may have been reasonable to assume that food-focused aggregators have seen their heyday....

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Banks Reportedly Further Reduce Offering of Leveraged Loans
Banks Reportedly Further Reduce Offering of Leveraged Loans
March 21, 2023  |  Banking

American and European banks are reportedly reducing their already low offering of leveraged loans. This move follows the recent takeover of Credit Suisse Group and...

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