Verizon launches family money app and prepaid debit card for children
US comms network Verizon has launched a new family money app and prepaid debit card designed for children aged eight to 17. Verizon Family Money aims to help children become...
Canadian prepaid card sector posts 21% y-o-y growth
Jennifer Tramontana, co-founder and executive director of the Canadian Prepaid Providers Organisation tells Douglas Blakey that prepaid is driving innovation...
How Merchants Utilise Blockchain-Based Payments Tech to Boost Revenue
"90% of what we see today won’t exist in ten years’ time, but 10% of it will change the world,"...
“Revenge travel” is now trending, Discover survey
After a year stuck at home, the majority of US consumers, 70%, say they want to start traveling again, with...
Mastercard offers SMEs digital cash-flow solutions via strategic partnerships
Mastercard has announced new support for small and medium sized business in partnership with fintech platform upSWOT and travel booking...
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livi bank integrates Mastercard’s tokenisation tech into debit cards
Virtual lender livi bank has introduced Mastercard Token Connect in Hong Kong, becoming the first bank in the city to…
Zwipe strikes biometric payment card partnership in Bangladesh
Biometric technology company Zwipe has collaborated with Silkways Card & Printing (Silkcard) to offer biometric payment cards in Bangladesh. The…
Visa launches Tap to Phone pilot in the US
Visa has started its first Tap to Phone mobile point-of-sale (PoS) pilot in the US, starting with Washington, D.C. The…
Teampay unveils corporate card in partnership with Mastercard
Teampay, a distributed spend management platform, has rolled out digital corporate card Catalyst by Teampay in alliance with Mastercard. Catalyst…
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Optimism over global economic recovery hits a low as May ends: Poll analysis
The global economic growth in 2020 has been eclipsed since the Covid-19 pandemic outbreak causing fears of looming unemployment and recession in a number of...
Revolution Payments launches Level III credit card processing solution within NetSuite
Revolution Payments has launched a Level III credit card processing solution that can effectively operate within NetSuite to improve work-flow, streamline payments, and reduce double...
Shinhan Card secures patent for blockchain-based payment system
South Korean credit card company Shinhan Card has reportedly received a patent for an indigenously developed blockchain payment system. The Korea Times reported that the...
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View MoreMir payment service is rapidly eroding Mastercard and Visa duopoly
The launch of the Mir payment service in Russia managed to break Mastercard’s and Visa’s long-established duopoly in the debit card market. Mir’s government mandate-driven dominance will continue going forward…
Biometric cards unlikely to take off due to growth of digital wallets
Biometric cards represent the next generation of contactless card payments, but with the growing adoption of non-card-based digital payments, it is unlikely that they will be adopted. One of the…
Credit cards face further threat as retailers focus on tailored rewards schemes
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Indian consumers switch to credit cards in the wake of Covid-19
GlobalData’s Covid-19 Tracker Consumer Survey has shown that the preferences of Indian consumers are beginning to shift in relation to credit card versus cash usage since March 2020. Those who…