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Capital One Sees Domestic Card Purchase Volumes Surge 11 Pct

Capital One Sees Domestic Card Purchase Volumes Surge 11 Pct
Capital One Sees Domestic Card Purchase Volumes Surge 11 Pct
January 21, 2020  |  Earnings

Amid the spate of financial institutions reporting results that show increased traction in consumer spending — especially across credit cards — add Capital One Financial...

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Manufacturing, Big Tech And Valuations Among Davos Day One Focus
Manufacturing, Big Tech And Valuations Among Davos Day One Focus
January 21, 2020  |  Cross-border Payments

The first day of Davos — the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum held in Switzerland — featured panels and commentary about business and...

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Travel Stocks Drop Amid Coronavirus Concerns
Travel Stocks Drop Amid Coronavirus Concerns
January 21, 2020  |  Cross-border Payments

Less than a month ago, the outbreak of a new virus in the city of Wuhan centered on a cluster of consumers who had been...

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Uber Makes Last-Ditch Effort To Stay In Colombia
Uber Makes Last-Ditch Effort To Stay In Colombia
January 21, 2020  |  Ridesharing

After a ruling by a location regulator that the firm wasn’t fairly engaged in competition, Uber Technologies Inc. is asking for the Colombian government to put emergency...

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Vodafone Bails On Libra
Vodafone Bails On Libra
January 21, 2020  |  Facebook / Meta

Another company has left the Libra Association, a conglomerate of companies meant to help get Facebook’s cryptocurrency off the ground and handle regulatory initiatives and...

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JPMorgan Targets Smaller Companies In Japan
JPMorgan Targets Smaller Companies In Japan
January 21, 2020  |  B2B Payments

JPMorgan Chase is introducing a new initiative in Japan, where it is actively vying for business from mid-sized companies, according to a report in the...

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Zall Enters Crowded Competition For Singapore Digital Banking License
Zall Enters Crowded Competition For Singapore Digital Banking License
January 21, 2020  |  Banking

As it joins the competition to bring change to the financial space in Singapore, Chinese eCommerce firm Zall Smart Commerce Group said it is part...

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Startup Expend Intros SME FinTech Marketplace
Startup Expend Intros SME FinTech Marketplace
January 21, 2020  |  B2B Payments

London-based expense management startup Expend is introducing a FinTech marketplace to support small to-medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), the company announced on Tuesday (Jan. 21). Get the...

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