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Barclaycard Launches Cashback Card For Small Businesses
April 28, 2021

With small businesses reportedly optimistic in the face of loosened pandemic restrictions, Barclaycard has introduced a credit card designed to help them. The British credit card provider said Wednesday (April 28) its Payments Select Cashback card is designed to reward businesses for spending as the...

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Community Banks Prep For Credit Rebound, Seek Agent Bank Alternative
April 28, 2021

What do Tesla and incumbent OEMs have in common with FinTechs, community banks and legacy credit platforms? It may not seem to be a reasonable comparison at first, but Tesla saw a market opportunity, applied new technology and opened new distribution channels to deliver a...

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Petal Launches Prism Data To Offer Its Credit Technology To Other Firms
April 27, 2021

Financial Technology (FinTech) company Petal — a startup that aims to shake up the world of credit cards — has launched a new company called Prism Data, which offers a “cash flow-based underwriting technology.” Prism Data will mean that Petal’s technology will be available to...

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Goldman In Talks To Take Over JetBlue’s Credit Card Program
March 18, 2021

In the newest potential move from Goldman Sachs Group Inc. to extend farther into consumer finance, the bank is in discussions with JetBlue Airways Corp. in regard to taking charge of the air carrier’s credit card program, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing unnamed sources....

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Wells Fargo Opts To Stay In Private-Label Card Business
February 09, 2021

Wells Fargo has decided to keep its private-label credit card business after testing the market for a possible sale, Bloomberg reported. The decision follows a series of moves by CEO Charles Scharf who, in a little more than a year on the job, already oversaw...

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New Study: Credit Cards Lose None Of Their Luster Despite Debit’s Drive
February 02, 2021

For all the harm caused by the COVID crisis, one clear winner to emerge from the mess is debit. Consumers have turned to debit in battalions as fear of accruing debt in a time of severe economic uncertainty caused a drop in credit card usage....

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New Data: Twice As Many Online Shoppers Believe Credit Cards Are More Secure Than Debit...
January 28, 2021

It is well known that shoppers tend to behave differently online than they do in brick-and-mortar stores — and this extends to how they choose to pay at checkout. One of the more notable differences is their tendency to favor credit cards online and other options...

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AmEx Faces Fed Inquiry On Business Card Sales Tactics
January 07, 2021

Officials at the Federal Reserve, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) and the Treasury Department are looking to see if American Express Co. (AmEx) harnessed strong and deceptive sales practices for card sales to business owners and if clients experienced negative effects, The Wall Street...

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NEW DATA: The Impact Of Transaction Declines And Disputes On The Consumer-Merchant Relationship
October 20, 2020

Consumers love how easy it is to use credit cards to make purchases, but hate how hard it can be to dispute a transaction. In the Credit Card Frictions Report, PYMNTS surveyed over 2,000 consumers to examine how frictions such as card disputes and declines...