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Canadian Businesses Swap Checks for Commercial Cards
B2B Payments // December 20, 2022

Checks remain a key B2B payment method in Canada, but commercial cards are changing that. A driving force behind this is the partnership of New York-based Boost Payment Solutions and Toronto-based payment processor Moneris, as the latter is bringing more of Boost’s commercial card and...

EU Digital Wallets Take On Global Card Networks, Strive for Interoperability
Banking // September 05, 2022

Interoperability has long been a guiding principle for the European payments ecosystem. A kind of mantra that has weathered the rollercoaster of European political (dis)integration, payment systems interoperability promises to deliver smoother cross-border trade and a more frictionless experience for consumers as they travel around...

Thought Machine Partners with Mastercard for Cloud-Native Cards
Banking // June 07, 2022

Banking technology platform Thought Machine is launching cloud-native cards and payments processing on the Mastercard network.  Built from the ground up, Thought Machine’s Vault Payments is a cloud-native payments processing platform that is scalable, configurable and operates in real-time, according to a press release on...

Credit Card Apps Ranking Leader Ups Its Score to 100
Credit Cards // May 26, 2022

After taking a hard look at publicly available information plus app usage data to which we have access, PYMNTS assigns a score to each app. This is done each month, and then we release the Provider Ranking of Credit Card Apps.  This time, the leader...

Interviews & Exclusives
Canadian Businesses Swap Checks for Commercial Cards

December 20, 2022
Checks remain a key B2B payment method in Canada, but commercial cards are changing that. A driving force behind this is the partnership of New York-based Boost Payment Solutions and Toronto-based payment processor Moneris, as the latter is bringing more of Boost’s commercial card and straight-through processing (STP) capabilities to Canadian businesses. In a recent […]

How Brick-and-Mortar Banks Can Seize The Digital Moment

May 12, 2020
There was a time when consumers did not require much more from their local bank than a checking account, savings account and an ATM card. This has changed dramatically in...

Quick Reads
Zilch Partners With Visa to Launch Physical Payments Card

June 02, 2025
London-based Zilch, an ad-enabled payments technology company that provides virtual payment cards to one in seven U.K. working adults, is set to launch its first physical payments card in September. The launch of the physical card is enabled by Zilch’s new strategic multi-year partnership with Visa, which the companies announced in a Monday (June 2) press release […]

Thought Machine Partners with Mastercard for Cloud-Native Cards

June 07, 2022
Banking technology platform Thought Machine is launching cloud-native cards and payments processing on the Mastercard network.  Built from the ground up, Thought Machine’s Vault Payments is a cloud-native payments processing...

Discover To Start Phased Contactless Launch

November 04, 2019
Discover has announced it will start issuing contactless cards over the next several months. “Contactless technology has become increasingly popular with our cardmembers and more accepted by merchants worldwide, and...

North Loop Banking Service Caters To International Students

August 23, 2019
A new bank account designed for international students was launched in the U.S., FinTechFutures reported on Friday (Aug. 23). North Loop is offering checking accounts and debit cards with partner...