For decades, loyalty followed a familiar rhythm: Consumers earned points on credit card purchases and redeemed them later, often after months of accumulation. That structure...
Card spending continued to climb in Mastercard’s fourth quarter, as the payments giant laid out a roadmap that reaches beyond plastic and taps agentic commerce...
Payments and financial services company Fiserv has launched a partnership with pay-over-time provider Affirm. This collaboration is designed to bring buy now, pay later (BNPL) capabilities to the...
Visa, Mastercard and Revolut lost a fight over a proposed transaction fee cap in the United Kingdom. The High Court in London ruled Thursday (Jan....
Forget “access denied.” “Payment declined” is Gen Z’s new refrain. Whether it’s at Dollar General, Whole Foods or somewhere in between, most Americans don’t experience...
One of the U.S. payments industry’s unfulfilled promises is that bank-to-bank transfers would one day loosen the grip of cards. The logic is straightforward: Moving...
Card programs have become tools in modern payments, enabling banks, FinTechs and non-financial brands to extend financial services, deepen customer relationships and unlock new revenue...
Consumers continue to spend more on their debit cards, although the rate of growth has slowed. Total debit card transaction volume and value both grew...