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Study: Issuers Improve Returns by Solving the Next Customer Friction
Study: Issuers Improve Returns by Solving the Next Customer Friction
July 17, 2026  |  Credit Cards

The operating assumption in card issuing is that better technology should produce better economics. Card issuers have largely won the technology-access battle. Instant issuance, mobile...

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Credit Cards Start Picking Up the AI Tab
Credit Cards Start Picking Up the AI Tab
July 16, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Credit card rewards have always tracked what consumers value most. Airline miles arrived when business travel was the aspiration. Cash back followed when simplicity beat...

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46% of Small Businesses Would Pay for Better Digital Tools
46% of Small Businesses Would Pay for Better Digital Tools
July 16, 2026  |  SMBs

Small businesses want tools that give them more control over when money moves, how spending gets tracked and what happens when a payment goes wrong....

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44 Million Subprime Consumers Create a New Market for Payments Providers
44 Million Subprime Consumers Create a New Market for Payments Providers
July 15, 2026  |  Consumer Insights

For young subprime consumers, the clearest sign of financial pressure may show up not at the checkout counter, but at the doctor’s office. The PYMNTS...

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Smaller Card Issuers Can Out-Compete the Giants, New Study Finds
Smaller Card Issuers Can Out-Compete the Giants, New Study Finds
July 13, 2026  |  Credit Cards

Customer lifetime value has long been treated as an output metric, a way to judge whether a card portfolio performed well after the fact. Increasingly,...

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CFPB Readies New Probe Into Credit Card Late Fees
CFPB Readies New Probe Into Credit Card Late Fees
July 09, 2026  |  Legal & Regulation

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has submitted a request for information regarding credit card late fees and late payments, according to a Pending EO...

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The New Competition in Card Rewards Is Over Rules, Data and Money
The New Competition in Card Rewards Is Over Rules, Data and Money
July 08, 2026  |  Loyalty & Rewards

Credit card rewards were built for a world where the issuer set the terms, the consumer spent and the value arrived later. But as payments...

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South African FinTech Float Launches Card-Linked Installments in UK
South African FinTech Float Launches Card-Linked Installments in UK
July 07, 2026  |  BNPL

Float, which has offered credit card-linked installment payment options in South Africa since 2021, expanded to the United Kingdom, Motor Trade News reported Tuesday (July...

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Credit Card Payments Outpace Debit for First Time Since 2000
Credit Card Payments Outpace Debit for First Time Since 2000
July 01, 2026  |  Payment Methods

Cards continued to account for the greatest number of noncash payments in the United States in 2024, while ACH payments continued to account for the...

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