Watch more: The Digital Shift With Thales’ Arjen Hollander Digital payments innovation rarely advances in lockstep, and the divergence is becoming more pronounced as regulation, technological readiness and consumer habits pull markets along distinct trajectories. Speaking with PYMNTS TV, Arjen Hollander, VP of Strategic Partnerships...
Consumer credit is entering a new phase—one shaped by rising demand for flexibility, personalization and real-time control. As installment plans and hybrid repayment models become more common, issuers are seeing renewed momentum. However, the ability to capture that growth increasingly depends on whether the underlying...
Card issuing and embedded finance framed Marqeta’s fourth-quarter earnings call on Tuesday (Feb. 24). Operationally, Marqeta delivered another quarter defined by scale milestones. Total processing volume reached $109 billion, marking the first time the company crossed the $100 billion threshold within a single quarter. Growth...
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. Research from PYMNTS Intelligence and Visa DPS shows that the issuers with the highest customer lifetime values...
March 13, 2026
Watch more: The Digital Shift With Thales’ Arjen Hollander Digital payments innovation rarely advances in lockstep, and the divergence is becoming more pronounced as regulation, technological readiness and consumer habits pull markets along distinct trajectories. Speaking with PYMNTS TV, Arjen Hollander, VP of Strategic Partnerships at Thales, described a global payments landscape defined by local […]
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. Research from...
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...
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...
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. Collectively, S&P 500 banks have seen their stocks gain about 7% so far this week, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Friday (Nov. 8). […]
January 23, 2024
The Federal Reserve Board has extended the comment period on its interchange fee proposal. Originally set to end on Feb. 12, the comment period is now open until May 12,...
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. The funding will enable Knot to expand its merchant support and continue scaling...
