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Givingli Taps Blackhawk Network For eGift Technology
January 14, 2021

Digital greeting card and gifting company Givingli has chosen Blackhawk Network to provide its app users with digital gift card selections. Givingli is an app that brings together greetings created by indie artists, customization functionalities, and gifts from brands, according to a Thursday (Jan. 14)...

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Checkout Conversion Upgrades Beat COVID Chaos For Many In 2020
January 12, 2021

We needn’t recap the worst of 2020 again. Suffice to say it was bad. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS...

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London FinTech Curve Notches $95 Million Series C For US Expansion
January 12, 2021

London-based FinTech startup Curve has raised $95 million in Series C funding led by IDC Ventures, Fuel Venture Capital, and the investment division of Vulcan Capital, launched from the estate of Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Paul G. Allen. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

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Digital Shift Leads Mastercard To Take Contactless Payments To The Cloud
January 12, 2021

If the sky’s the limit for contactless payments, which the pandemic has certainly shown, and if the technology is deployed across mobile devices … then it makes sense to move to the cloud. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

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Identifying And Reducing Payments Friction, One Vertical At A Time
January 08, 2021

Legendary mid-20th-century management consultant W. Edwards Deming once said, “Inspection to improve quality is too late, ineffective, costly. Quality comes not from inspection, but from the improvement of the production process.” Things change, but Deming’s point is relevant. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

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New Year’s Resolution: The Clearing House Urges Banks To Become 24/7 Operations
January 08, 2021

Whether it was helping small businesses get their PPP payments or convert to eCommerce, getting cash in the hands of workers delivering food, or accommodating digitized mortgage closing and escrow activity, the coronavirus has foisted a lot of change on the financial services industry in...

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China’s CBDC ‘Dress Rehearsal’ Sets Stage for Other Central Banks
January 04, 2021

For digital currencies, as goes China, so will go the world? Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By completing...

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Synchrony Bank Lands CFPB OK For Dual Secured, Unsecured Credit Cards
December 31, 2020

Synchrony Bank will be able to offer a combination secured/unsecured credit card under a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau order posted Wednesday (Dec. 30). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...

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Virtual Cards and Straight-Through Processing Set To Level B2B Playing Field
December 30, 2020

Virtual cards and straight-through processing (STP) are poised to get more attention from buyers and suppliers as the pandemic recedes. As Nick Reid, director of B2B Partner Development at Conferma Pay, told PYMNTS, though not new, STP — which routes card payments and data automatically to suppliers...