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SVB Collapse Creates Question Mark for Venture Debt

April 10, 2023
Silicon Valley Bank
Banks Find Item-Level Receipt Data Key to Fighting Friendly Fraud
Data // March 20, 2023

With privacy top of mind for most consumers, opting into using receipt data may require collection transparency. Item-level receipt data integration has gained increasing attention. Through analyzing consumer information gathered from consumer-shared receipts and card transactions, financial institutions (FIs) and FinTechs can personalize and therefore...

Investec Launches First Day-to-Day Business Account
B2B Payments // July 14, 2021

The banking and wealth management group Investec has launched its first day-to-day business banking account in, what a Wednesday (July 14) Reuters article calls, “a push to attract customers among South Africa’s more than 100,000 mid-sized firms.” The company said Wednesday it was offering this...

Walmart’s MoneyCard Users Get DDA-Like Services Powered By Green Dot Digital Banking Platform
Walmart // June 24, 2021

Walmart’s MoneyCard, issued by Green Dot Bank, is now being offered as a debit card linked to a demand deposit account (DDA) instead of being a prepaid card, per a Thursday (June 24) press release. Walmart Vice President of Financial Services Julia Unger said that...

NEW DATA: The Impact Of Transaction Declines And Disputes On The Consumer-Merchant Relationship
Credit Cards // October 20, 2020

Consumers love how easy it is to use credit cards to make purchases, but hate how hard it can be to dispute a transaction. In the Credit Card Frictions Report, PYMNTS surveyed over 2,000 consumers to examine how frictions such as card disputes and declines...

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NEW DATA: The Impact Of Transaction Declines And Disputes On The Consumer-Merchant Relationship

October 20, 2020
Consumers love how easy it is to use credit cards to make purchases, but hate how hard it can be to dispute a transaction. In the Credit Card Frictions Report, PYMNTS surveyed over 2,000 consumers to examine how frictions such as card disputes and declines affect users’ perceptions of merchants, issuers and networks — in ways both good and bad.

New Report: Why Bank of America Says AP Automation Is About Making, Not Breaking The...

June 19, 2020
Businesses that have stuck with paper-based accounts payable (AP) processes are feeling the heat as the COVID-19 pandemic makes it unsafe for staff to conduct manual invoice and payment processing...

Wells Fargo: Using APIs To Cut Corporate Cash Flow Confusion

January 13, 2020
Banks need strong application programming interface (API) strategies if they want to retain their business clients. Business to business (B2B) APIs enable financial institutions (FIs) to give their business customers...

What Lies Beneath: FIs’ Biggest Cyberthreat

January 03, 2019
Well, let’s start with the bad news first, even at the risk of robbing some of the joy and optimism that comes with the new year. As bad as one...

Quick Reads
SVB Collapse Creates Question Mark for Venture Debt

April 10, 2023
What does the downfall of Silicon Valley Bank mean for the venture debt sector? It’s a question asked by a Monday (April 10) report in The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) report, which noted that SVB had helped pioneer the crucial-for-startups venture debt field. When the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation took over SVB last month, it […]

Walmart’s MoneyCard Users Get DDA-Like Services Powered By Green Dot Digital Banking Platform

June 24, 2021
Walmart’s MoneyCard, issued by Green Dot Bank, is now being offered as a debit card linked to a demand deposit account (DDA) instead of being a prepaid card, per a...

Study: US, EU Banks Could Take $880B COVID-Related Loan Loss Hit

July 29, 2020
U.S. bank profits are at double the risk for loan losses than their European counterparts, according to the Financial Times on Tuesday (July 28). According to consultants with Accenture, European...

Brazil Regulator Lifts Suspension Of WhatsApp’s Pair-Up With Cielo

July 01, 2020
Cade, the Brazilian antitrust watchdog, announced it would be reversing its decision to suspend the WhatsApp payment services partnership between Facebook and Brazilian card operator Cielo, Reuters reported. According to...