Card Networks news and trends

Transaction Services and Silverflow Collaborate on Customer Payments Management
Payment Methods // October 19, 2023

Transaction Services, a leader in payment processing, has partnered with Silverflow, a cloud-based payment processing platform, to enhance the management of customer payments, the companies announced Thursday (Oct. 19). The partnership aims to provide current and new clients with more capabilities and efficiency in payment...

Deep Dive: How Payment Card Networks Win Merchants Over
Next-Gen Debit // April 01, 2020

U.S. shoppers made 72.7 billion non-prepaid debit card transactions in 2018, solidifying debit as a staple payment type. Consumers only see a small part of what is involved in using this method, however. They insert or swipe their debit cards at stores’ point-of-sale (POS) devices...

Welcome To The Connected Economy
Payments Innovation // January 01, 2020

Making predictions is simply irresistible at this time of the year – this year in particular. Tuesday marked not only the end of a year, but the end of a decade. Not just any decade, but one that has seen unprecedented levels of innovation touch...

Why The SAFE Banking Act Won’t Solve All Cannabis’ Payment Problems
Regulation // October 07, 2019

One down, two more steps to go: That’s the situation with the federal SAFE Banking Act, which recently won approval by the U.S House of Representatives. The bill promises to open up cashless payments for the growing retail cannabis industry. If the bill were to...

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Why The SAFE Banking Act Won’t Solve All Cannabis’ Payment Problems

October 07, 2019
One down, two more steps to go: That’s the situation with the federal SAFE Banking Act, which recently won approval by the U.S House of Representatives. The bill promises to open up cashless payments for the growing retail cannabis industry. If the bill were to win approval by the U.S. Senate, then President Trump, it […]

Quick Reads
Thredd Teams With Discover to Help Expand Card Networks

June 05, 2024
Global payments platform Thredd has launched a partnership with Discover® Global Network. The collaboration, announced Wednesday (June 5), is in response to demand from Thredd customers seeking flexibility when creating new card programs, especially those who need the option for cross-border card issuance. “Our recent integration into the Discover Global Network will allow us to […]

Transaction Services and Silverflow Collaborate on Customer Payments Management

October 19, 2023
Transaction Services, a leader in payment processing, has partnered with Silverflow, a cloud-based payment processing platform, to enhance the management of customer payments, the companies announced Thursday (Oct. 19). The...

Card Networks Mull Fee Increase

February 15, 2019
The costs of using some cards is going on the incline, as news is breaking that the nation’s two largest card networks, Visa and Mastercard, are preparing to up the fees charged...

China Officially Allows US Card Network Access

June 08, 2016
It’s been a long time coming for major U.S. payments networks, like Visa and MasterCard, but yesterday (June 7), China’s government officially lifted the hurdle for foreign payment card companies...