Card Issuers news and trends

Embedded Finance Propels Marqeta to Nearly $100 Billion in TPV
Earnings // November 05, 2025

Simply staying the course in today’s operating environment takes equal parts resilience and reinvention. That goes double for the FinTech sector, which is still recalibrating from its scale-chasing, zero-interest-rate years. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

The Data Divide in Card Issuing
Credit Cards // August 27, 2025

In today’s competitive card issuing market, sleek apps and fast approvals aren’t enough. The real advantage belongs to issuers that turn data into predictive insights and act on them in real time. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

Issuers Want Core Banking and Processing Relationships With a Single Provider
Payments Innovation // July 09, 2025

For card issuers seeking to modernize and digitize, there’s a strong preference to have a go-to provider as a single point of access for critical functions, PYMNTS Intelligence data show. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

FIS Says Risk Negotiation at the Point of Sale Is New Merchant-Issuer Model
Risk Management // June 09, 2025

Even with all the innovation seen lately in the banking, payments and digital economy sectors, new business models are hard to come by. Features and slight tweaks? The industry builds on them every day. That’s why when real-time data and cloud analytics are giving merchants...

Interviews & Exclusives
Top Performing Issuers Turn Data Into Their Biggest Competitive Advantage

November 26, 2025
What separates top card issuers from everyone else often comes down to one capability: the ability to use analytics to see the full value of a customer relationship. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to […]

The Data Divide in Card Issuing

August 27, 2025
In today’s competitive card issuing market, sleek apps and fast approvals aren’t enough. The real advantage belongs to issuers that turn data into predictive insights and act on them in...

Card Issuers Maximize Customer Lifetime Value by Expanding Product Mix

May 23, 2025
Forget complicated finance jargon. Whether it’s giant bank JPMorganChase or financial technology startup Stripe, offering shoppers the right mix of credit and debit cards and knowing how they use them...

Best-in-Class Issuers Say Processors Help Strengthen Customer Lifetime Value

May 08, 2025
All businesses want to increase the profitability of, and lengthen, the customer relationship — extending the customer lifetime value (CLTV). In doing so, they sidestep the expense, in time and...

Quick Reads
Shares of Credit Card Issuers and Lenders Rise After Election

November 08, 2024
Shares of credit card issuers and lenders have reportedly risen after the election of Donald Trump, with investors expecting the incoming Trump administration to deliver regulatory changes that are favorable to the industry. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional […]

Federal Reserve Extends Comment Period on Interchange Fee Proposal

January 23, 2024
The Federal Reserve Board has extended the comment period on its interchange fee proposal. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

Card-on-File Management Platform Knot Raises $10 Million to Expand Merchant Support

August 03, 2023
Knot has closed a $10 million Series A investment round to grow its application programming interface-based card-on-file management offering. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...