Card Issuing news and trends

Marqeta and OakNorth Team to Offer SMBs Commercial Cards
SMBs // April 24, 2024

Card issuing platform Marqeta has launched a partnership with U.K.-based, entrepreneur-focused digital bank OakNorth. The collaboration will see Marqeta offer a commercial card for OakNorth’s business banking clients, with the Marqeta platform giving these customers a better view of the finances, the companies said in a news release Wednesday (April...

Thredd Enters US Card Issuing Market With B4B Partnership
Partnerships // March 19, 2024

Payments processor Thredd has entered the U.S. debit and prepaid card issuing market. The company announced this milestone Tuesday (March 19), saying it was happening via an extension of its partnership with B4B Payments. “Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) provider, B4B, who has operated in the U.S. since...

Marqeta and AffiniPay Team on Law Firm Spend Management 
Partnerships // February 28, 2024

Card issuing platform Marqeta has launched a partnership with payments firm Affinipay. The collaboration, announced Wednesday (Feb. 28), will see Marqeta power the pending launch of MyCase Smart Spend — a spend management solution powered by a LawPay Visa SMB credit card embedded within the MyCase platform — which helps...

BILL Taps Adyen for Acquiring and Card Issuing Services
Partnerships // February 01, 2024

FinTech platform Adyen has launched a partnership with small business-focused financial operations platform BILL. The collaboration, announced Thursday (Feb. 1), will see Adyen deliver “acquiring and issuing experiences” for BILL’s accounts payable (AP) and accounts receivable (AR) solutions.  “The partnership started with Adyen for Platforms’ card acquiring and has...

Quick Reads
Mastercard Debuts Enhancements to FinTech Express and Engage Programs

April 25, 2024
Mastercard is introducing a card issuance function for its FinTech Express platform.  The payments giant made that announcement Thursday (April 25) as part of a broader rollout of enhancements to FinTech Express and its Engage program.  The idea, the company said in a news release, is to make “it even easier for FinTechs and enablers to […]

Marqeta and OakNorth Team to Offer SMBs Commercial Cards

April 24, 2024
Card issuing platform Marqeta has launched a partnership with U.K.-based, entrepreneur-focused digital bank OakNorth. The collaboration will see Marqeta offer a commercial card for OakNorth’s business banking clients, with the Marqeta platform giving these customers...

Thredd Enters US Card Issuing Market With B4B Partnership

March 19, 2024
Payments processor Thredd has entered the U.S. debit and prepaid card issuing market. The company announced this milestone Tuesday (March 19), saying it was happening via an extension of its...

Marqeta and AffiniPay Team on Law Firm Spend Management 

February 28, 2024
Card issuing platform Marqeta has launched a partnership with payments firm Affinipay. The collaboration, announced Wednesday (Feb. 28), will see Marqeta power the pending launch of MyCase Smart Spend — a spend management...