Pulse news and trends

PULSE and FICO Extend Partnership to Deliver Fraud-Detection Technology
Security & Fraud // August 09, 2023

PULSE, a Discover company, has extended its partnership with FICO to deliver fraud-detection technology to financial institutions. This collaboration permits PULSE’s continued enhancements of its DebitProtect suite of fraud-mitigation solutions, which are powered by FICO’s Falcon Fraud Manager and use learnings from its network of participating...

Credit Card Competition Act Puts Merchants, Not Consumers, in Charge of Card Rewards and Payments...
Regulation // June 07, 2023

If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. That seems to be the prevailing sentiment Wednesday (June 7) when it was announced that the Credit Card Competition Act legislation is being reintroduced on Capitol Hill.   This time around, there will be more sponsors across the...

Discover Says Debit’s Resilience Drives New Payments Opportunities
Payment Methods // February 03, 2023

“Consumer behavior has a tendency to be very durable.” David Schneider, president of PULSE®, part of Discover® Global Network, acknowledged to Karen Webster that we’ve all gone online in the past three years to use digital payments — if we hadn’t been doing so already....

TikTok Debuts ‘Pulse’ Ad Program for Top Content
Mobile Commerce // May 05, 2022

TikTok has debuted a new service called Pulse, which a company blog post says will add more advertising options for brands to get more in touch with cultural issues and events. The blog says Pulse is a “contextual advertising solution” and will let advertisers put...

Interviews & Exclusives
Credit Card Competition Act Puts Merchants, Not Consumers, in Charge of Card Rewards and Payments Security Decisions

June 07, 2023
If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. That seems to be the prevailing sentiment Wednesday (June 7) when it was announced that the Credit Card Competition Act legislation is being reintroduced on Capitol Hill.   This time around, there will be more sponsors across the aisles, as reports came that U.S. Sens. Dick Durbin (Democrat […]

Discover Says Debit’s Resilience Drives New Payments Opportunities

February 03, 2023
“Consumer behavior has a tendency to be very durable.” David Schneider, president of PULSE®, part of Discover® Global Network, acknowledged to Karen Webster that we’ve all gone online in the...

Decoupled Debit Turns Foreign Exchange Fees Into Donations for Frequent Travelers

January 27, 2022
Consumers are becoming more comfortable using emerging technologies to make payments as these tools become more trustworthy and convenient. The desire for contactless payment options and potential cost savings leads...

Peet’s Coffee Says Debit Cards in Mobile Wallet Offers Choice, Boosts Loyalty

November 02, 2021
Concerns of virus transmission during the pandemic and a general shift in consumer spending habits online have led to a significant increase in how shoppers spend their money, and specifically...

Quick Reads
Discover’s Pulse Network Settles Antitrust Suit Against Visa

June 16, 2024
Discover’s Pulse Network has settled a 10-year-old antitrust suit against Visa. Pulse had accused Visa of preventing competition in the debit card network services market, thus raising fees for merchants. The two companies revealed their agreement in a court filing Friday (June 14), flagged in a report by Reuters.  Pulse said the case was dismissed […]

PULSE and FICO Extend Partnership to Deliver Fraud-Detection Technology

August 09, 2023
PULSE, a Discover company, has extended its partnership with FICO to deliver fraud-detection technology to financial institutions. This collaboration permits PULSE’s continued enhancements of its DebitProtect suite of fraud-mitigation solutions, which...

TikTok Debuts ‘Pulse’ Ad Program for Top Content

May 05, 2022
TikTok has debuted a new service called Pulse, which a company blog post says will add more advertising options for brands to get more in touch with cultural issues and...

Afterpay Creates Incentives For Users To Pay On Time

July 23, 2020
Payments company Afterpay, which works in the buy now, pay later (BNPL) space, is rolling out a new feature called Pulse to help reward those who make payments on time,...