incentives

From BNPL To Wallets, Rising Payment Options Create Clutter, Add Friction
From BNPL To Wallets, Rising Payment Options Create Clutter, Add Friction
June 03, 2021  |  Payment Methods

Payments have long been the conduit for new and different experiences in commerce. Look no further than the past year as proof as contactless payments,...

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Will Credits Keep Travelers in the Air, on Deck … and Spending?
Will Credits Keep Travelers in the Air, on Deck … and Spending?
March 13, 2020  |  Travel Payments

March 8 will mark a watershed day in the travel industry — when the U.S. state department said that citizens should not take cruises. As Bloomberg reported...

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Mastercard, SoFi Team Up On Debit Card, Payment Products
Mastercard, SoFi Team Up On Debit Card, Payment Products
January 23, 2020  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Mastercard and digital personal finance company SoFi have teamed up on a suite of products and experiences to benefit SoFi’s nearly one million customers, the...

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Amex Offers Big Cash Incentives To Businesses To Boost Acceptance
Amex Offers Big Cash Incentives To Businesses To Boost Acceptance
November 18, 2019  |  Payment Methods

American Express, which has long lagged behind rivals like Visa and Mastercard in terms of business acceptance, has been aggressively pushing to close the gap,...

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Building A Challenger Bank That Actually Challenges Traditional Banking
Building A Challenger Bank That Actually Challenges Traditional Banking
November 06, 2019  |  Banking

There are several reasons why consumers might complain about the services provided by their traditional banks. Perhaps the worst, HM Bradley CEO Zach Bruhnke told...

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Citi: Scaling Open Banking Starts With Incentives And API Aggregation
Citi: Scaling Open Banking Starts With Incentives And API Aggregation
June 17, 2019  |  Digital Banking

Open banking is nothing if not a lot of moving parts and complications. But could merchant incentives help fuel this ongoing effort at digital payments...

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Citi Lures Depositors With Credit Card-Like Perks
Citi Lures Depositors With Credit Card-Like Perks
May 07, 2019  |  Banking

Citigroup is the world’s largest credit-card issuer, with about 28 million customers, but the gap between its credit business and retail banking has grown larger....

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Max Levchin: What’s Missing From Today’s Financial Literacy Initiatives
Max Levchin: What’s Missing From Today’s Financial Literacy Initiatives
April 29, 2019  |  Alternative Finances

By the numbers, Americans are not a very financially literate people.  According to a Standard & Poor’s Global Financial Literacy survey only about 57 percent...

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Amazon HQ2 Secures $51M Funding Vote In VA
Amazon HQ2 Secures $51M Funding Vote In VA
March 18, 2019  |  Amazon

Amazon.com’s plans to open its HQ2 in Virginia got the support of local officials who approved a financial package valued at $51 million over the weekend....

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