Card issuing platform Marqeta touted its upcoming collaborations — including a launch with VisaFlex Credential this week — during its third-quarter earnings call on Monday (Nov. 4). The company missed analysts’ expectations, and Wall Street punished its stock, dropping the price almost 32% in trading...
From touchless digital payments experiences to connected vehicles, technology provides opportunities for innovation and collaboration across many industries, including payments. Connected devices offer consumers the ability to quickly adopt digital payments. For instance, during the pandemic, consumer behavior started to shift the expectation of integrated...
The avalanche of earnings reports continued this past week, driving the CE 100 Index 2.1% higher. Porch Group shares surged nearly 73% and drove the Live segment ahead by 7.6%. The company said this week that the Texas Department of Insurance has approved its application...
As platform businesses strive to maintain a competitive edge, the readiness to harness data effectively is a factor driving success. Given the world’s digital landscape, the ability to analyze and interpret data in real time allows businesses to respond quickly to market demands and customer...
November 04, 2024
From touchless digital payments experiences to connected vehicles, technology provides opportunities for innovation and collaboration across many industries, including payments. Connected devices offer consumers the ability to quickly adopt digital payments. For instance, during the pandemic, consumer behavior started to shift the expectation of integrated experiences. Julius Alexander III, head of emerging payments at Discover® […]
October 31, 2024
As platform businesses strive to maintain a competitive edge, the readiness to harness data effectively is a factor driving success. Given the world’s digital landscape, the ability to analyze and...
October 28, 2024
And now earnings season is here, in full swing, and a series of double-digit advances and declines among our CE 100 population wound up sending the overall Index 1.4% lower....
October 21, 2024
Embedded finance, and in particular lending, is finding its way into various URL, app and brick-and-mortar settings these days, and is also rendered at the point of sale, giving an...
November 06, 2024
Visa is injecting fresh funding into four startups that graduated from the first batch of its Visa Africa Fintech Accelerator program. The investments highlight Visa’s dedication to driving digital innovation within Africa, according to a Wednesday (Nov. 6) news release emailed to PYMNTS. In doing so, the payments giant aims to foster the development of […]
November 05, 2024
Card issuing platform Marqeta touted its upcoming collaborations — including a launch with VisaFlex Credential this week — during its third-quarter earnings call on Monday (Nov. 4). The company missed...
October 27, 2024
The assets of bankrupt Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) provider Synapse are going up for sale next month. B Riley Advisory Services, the group handling the sale, announced Friday (Oct. 25) a pair...
October 22, 2024
Thunes launched a payments tool to help travelers doing business in China. The company’s new QR Code Payments solution enables foreign mobile wallets and financial institutions to directly access China’s...
