Chime Launches Credit Builder, a Credit Card That Acts Like a Debit Card
Leading digital bank Chime has launched an innovative new credit card called Credit Builder; surveys have shown that most millennials prefer debit cards to credit ...
What Happens if Mastercard and Visa Gobble up all the Data Aggregators?
In American Banker Penny Crosman considers Mastercard’s recent announcement of the acquisition of Finicity and Visa’s acquisition of Plaid; if these acquisitions are approved by ...
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An ‘overwhelming’ moment: Behind BofA’s $1B racial justice commitment PNC pledges $1 billion to fight racism ...
Visa Believes Consumer Behavior has Fundamentally Changed
Visa believes consumer behavior has fundamentally changed due to the current pandemic; Charlotte Hogg, EVP and CEO of Visa Europe, tells the Financial Times, ...
Facebook Launches WhatsApp Payments in Brazil
Facebook is launching a WhatsApp-based digital payments service for the messaging app’s 120m Brazilian users; users will be able to send money to other ...
The Pandemic Has Made a Digital Dollar Seem Inevitable
When Libra was announced last year it was met with significant pushback, particularly in Europe; today, the European Union has gone from vowing ...
Visa is Helping Drive the Shift to Digital
The future of payments and commerce is poised to become digital faster than we all previously thought due to the current pandemic; Visa ...
Visa’s Digital Dollar Could Help Push Central Bank Digital Currencies
The U.S. Patent Office published a Visa patent application from November that would create a gateway to allow for central bank currencies to ...
Visa’s Fast Track Program Provides Boost to Fintech Globally
Since expanding globally in 2019 Visa has grown their Fast Track program to include more than 140 fintech companies; the program allows companies ...
Stripe Announces Three Major Upgrades
Payments fintech Stripe announced three major upgrades to their payments platform to help users increase revenue, direct connectivity to major card networks and ...