Debit news and trends

Wells Fargo Mobile App Can Personalize Debit Card With Photo
Mobile // October 06, 2026

Wells Fargo says customers can now personalize debit cards within its mobile banking app. The Mobile Card Design Studio lets customers upload personal photos from their phone to create personalized cards, the bank said in a Tuesday (Oct. 6) news release. “For many customers, a...

FIS Teams With Spade to Bring Clarity to Debit Transactions
Partnerships // September 28, 2026

FIS says it has a new way to offer debit-issuing clients better merchant data. That’s possible due to a new integration marrying Spade’s real-time enrichment technology into FIS’ debit processing platform, the company announced Monday (Sept. 28). “The integration is designed to give FIS debit...

Debit Dominates as Low-Income Consumers Guard Cash Flow
Economy // September 03, 2026

For merchants selling to low-wage consumers, the competition isn’t simply over who offers the lowest price. It’s over whether the purchase can clear a tight household budget in the first place. The PYMNTS Intelligence report “The Labor Economy Follows a Different Consumer Playbook,” found in...

WorkWhile CEO Wants Earning Power to Become Finance’s Fourth Rail
Gig Economy // August 24, 2026

Watch more: Monday Conversation With WorkWhile’s Simon Khalaf For a worker paid by the shift, $200 arriving tomorrow can outweigh an annual income figure that looks healthy on paper. That’s an authentic test of financial health and the one PYMNTS CEO Karen Webster put to...

Interviews & Exclusives
Debit Dominates as Low-Income Consumers Guard Cash Flow

September 03, 2026
For merchants selling to low-wage consumers, the competition isn’t simply over who offers the lowest price. It’s over whether the purchase can clear a tight household budget in the first place. The PYMNTS Intelligence report “The Labor Economy Follows a Different Consumer Playbook,” found in July that 37% of Labor Economy consumers, defined as workers […]

WorkWhile CEO Wants Earning Power to Become Finance’s Fourth Rail

August 24, 2026
Watch more: Monday Conversation With WorkWhile’s Simon Khalaf For a worker paid by the shift, $200 arriving tomorrow can outweigh an annual income figure that looks healthy on paper. That’s...

Debit Data Shows Which Banks Get Everyday Payments Right

July 30, 2026
Watch more: Need to Know With Justin Monk of FIS Debit cards are used several times a day without attracting much attention until the moment something goes wrong. A declined...

Banks Find Debit’s Real Cost in False Declines and Manual Fixes

July 07, 2026
For many financial institutions, the biggest opportunity in debit is hiding in plain sight. “The Hidden P&L of Legacy Debit,” the latest edition of PYMNTS Intelligence and Galileo’s Hidden Finance...

Quick Reads
Finsei Picks Thredd to Help Launch New Debit Offering

October 20, 2026
London-based payments firm Finsei has picked issuer processing platform Thredd to power its new Mastercard debit offering. “The partnership reflects a shared focus on simplifying an increasingly complex payments environment,” Thredd said in a Tuesday (Oct. 20) news release. “Businesses operating across markets often rely on multiple providers to manage accounts, payments, foreign exchange, cards and expenses.” Finsei aims to bring those […]

Wells Fargo Mobile App Can Personalize Debit Card With Photo

October 06, 2026
Wells Fargo says customers can now personalize debit cards within its mobile banking app. The Mobile Card Design Studio lets customers upload personal photos from their phone to create personalized...

FIS Teams With Spade to Bring Clarity to Debit Transactions

September 28, 2026
FIS says it has a new way to offer debit-issuing clients better merchant data. That’s possible due to a new integration marrying Spade’s real-time enrichment technology into FIS’ debit processing...

Average Value of Card-Not-Present Debit Transactions Dips, Fed Says

December 23, 2025
Consumers continue to spend more on their debit cards, although the rate of growth has slowed. Total debit card transaction volume and value both grew at an average rate of...