Payment Cards

Payment cards are part of a payment system issued by financial institutions, such as a bank, to a customer that enables its owner to access the funds in the customer's designated bank accounts, or through a credit account and make payments by electronic funds transfer and access automated teller machines.

(source: en.wikipedia.org)

Mastercard President On How And When Payments Caught Fire
Mastercard President On How And When Payments Caught Fire
November 20, 2018  |  Mastercard

His thinking began to change as eCommerce began to gain ground. David Yates was working at First Data, running its international business, and online retail,...

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Mastercard Tackles ‘Greening’ Plastic Cards
Mastercard Tackles ‘Greening’ Plastic Cards
October 26, 2018  |  Mastercard

The world has a plastic problems — a fact illustrated earlier this week when researchers from the Environment Agency Austria and the Medical University of...

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Grab, Mastercard Bring Prepaid Cards To Southeast Asia
Grab, Mastercard Bring Prepaid Cards To Southeast Asia
October 24, 2018  |  Payment Methods

Grab, the ride-hailing company out of Southeast Asia, and Mastercard, the payment company, announced on Wednesday (Oct. 24) a partnership to issue prepaid cards tailored...

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Five At Five: Walmart Ups Shipping And Returns Game
Five At Five: Walmart Ups Shipping And Returns Game
October 23, 2018  |  News

Welcome to Five at Five, your late look at the day’s payments and commerce news. Today’s coverage includes the latest move by Walmart to gain...

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Mega Millions Winning Ticket Could Come Via Payment Card
Mega Millions Winning Ticket Could Come Via Payment Card
October 23, 2018  |  Retail

Payment cards could play a role in making somebody, or a group of people, insanely wealthy tonight via the $1.6 billion Mega Millions drawing scheduled...

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Equipping Disaster Workers With Card-Based Financial Tools
Equipping Disaster Workers With Card-Based Financial Tools
June 14, 2018  |  Spend Management

When disaster strikes, relief workers mobilize. But rebuilding wrecked homes and opening shelters takes time and involves unexpected expenses. Carrying cash is risky, and getting...

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UK Retailer Dixons Carphone Hit With Cyber Breach
UK Retailer Dixons Carphone Hit With Cyber Breach
June 13, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

British mobile phone and electrical retailer Dixons Carphone announced that its payment card data had been illegally accessed. “We have taken action to close off...

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Today In Data: Holiday Weekend Sales And SMB Lending
Today In Data: Holiday Weekend Sales And SMB Lending
November 27, 2017  |  Today In Data

With the holiday shopping season comes a lot of other factors: purchases made, money spent, items gathered and bills paid off. The Thanksgiving, Black Friday,...

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FLEETCOR Gets Earnings Boost With Walmart Partnership
FLEETCOR Gets Earnings Boost With Walmart Partnership
November 02, 2017  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

FLEETCOR Technologies, the provider of commercial payment solutions, saw its stock jump in after-hours trading action on Wednesday (Nov. 1) after announcing it inked an...

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