Mastercard has selected five startups from around the world to participate in its Start Path Blockchain and Digital Assets program. This program is designed to connect Mastercard with industry experts and FinTechs so that they can work together to explore differentiated use cases in which...
Citi is enhancing its Premier credit card to offer new benefits and protections for travelers. The banking giant’s Strata Premier card, announced Monday (May 13), offers increased benefits and more opportunities to earn rewards, and comes amid a surge in spending on travel across age and income...
Among consumers turning to co-branded credit cards to maximize their rewards, the lion’s share want these perks from their favorite retailers, PYMNTS Intelligence research shows. By the Numbers The recent report “The Role of Strategic Partnerships in Consumer Credit Cards,” a PYMNTS Intelligence and Elan...
Wells Fargo has launched a business credit card designed to provide easy-to-understand cash rewards. The new Signify Business Cash Worldwide Elite Mastercard offers unlimited 2% cash rewards on business purchases, with no annual fee and no caps or categories to track, the financial services company said in a...
May 06, 2024
The CE 100 Index gained 0.7%, buoyed by continued earnings reports that boosted the fortunes of the Shop and Live pillars. Shares of Koninklijke Philips N.V. (Philips) were 27.6% higher, as the Live segment of the CE 100 Index was 4.2% higher. The company said comparable sales were 2% higher year over year, to 4.1 […]
May 02, 2024
Four years ago, the pandemic began to give wings to contactless payments. Now, as shown by earnings results from the likes of Mastercard and Visa, the payment methodology has taken flight. PYMNTS Intelligence data...
May 01, 2024
Scams, regrettably, are a feature — not a bug — of modern, digital payments and commerce. And in an era where technology has become increasingly sophisticated, so too have the...
April 23, 2024
Management guru Peter Drucker once said that “wherever you see a successful business, somebody made a courageous decision.” That’s the spirit behind the Certainty Project, a study from PYMNTS Intelligence highlighting...
May 16, 2024
Mastercard and Salesforce have announced an integration designed to reduce purchase disputes and chargebacks. “Disputes and chargebacks, where a consumer notices a transaction they don’t recognise and requests a chargeback from their bank, represent a significant challenge to the entire payments industry,” the companies said in a news release Thursday (May 16). “The integration will streamline the way issuers, […]
May 15, 2024
Mastercard has selected five startups from around the world to participate in its Start Path Blockchain and Digital Assets program. This program is designed to connect Mastercard with industry experts...
May 13, 2024
Citi is enhancing its Premier credit card to offer new benefits and protections for travelers. The banking giant’s Strata Premier card, announced Monday (May 13), offers increased benefits and more opportunities to...
May 10, 2024
Wells Fargo has launched a business credit card designed to provide easy-to-understand cash rewards. The new Signify Business Cash Worldwide Elite Mastercard offers unlimited 2% cash rewards on business purchases, with no annual...
