Plastic Cards news and trends

Chase Card Services President On Why It’s Time For Cards To Tap And Go
Payment Methods // November 15, 2018

How to speed the checkout process? To echo an old Dustin Hoffman film, the answer may lie with one word: plastic. To that end, Chase, the largest card issuer in the U.S., said Wednesday (Nov. 14) that it’s rolling out tap-to-pay functionality across its Chase...

Mastercard Tackles ‘Greening’ Plastic Cards
Mastercard // October 26, 2018

The world has a plastic problems — a fact illustrated earlier this week when researchers from the Environment Agency Austria and the Medical University of Vienna jointly presented evidence that there is so much plastic in the environment that we’ve actually begun to inadvertently eat it....

American Express To Roll Out Credit Card Made From Recovered Plastics
Partnerships / Acquisitions // June 11, 2018

American Express and Parley, an organization focused on combating marine plastic pollution, are teaming up to raise awareness about the issue. The payments company is planning to launch the first Amex card made from plastics recovered from the oceans and coasts. In a press release...

PayPal Stops Promoting Card, Focuses on Creating New Payment Options
Mobile // May 08, 2014

Even thought there is a lack of promotion, the company still continues to find new ways for consumers to make payments.

Interviews & Exclusives
Why Card Replacement Is Every Bank’s ‘Moment Of Truth’

April 09, 2019
It happens. An issuer suspects a card has been compromised, or a consumer remembers that their debit card is in their jacket pocket only after leaving it at the cleaners. Either way, a card is cancelled and replaced with a new one. That’s when the veritable banquet of friction points begin for the consumer — […]

Chase Card Services President On Why It’s Time For Cards To Tap And Go

November 15, 2018
How to speed the checkout process? To echo an old Dustin Hoffman film, the answer may lie with one word: plastic. To that end, Chase, the largest card issuer in...

Mastercard Tackles ‘Greening’ Plastic Cards

October 26, 2018
The world has a plastic problems — a fact illustrated earlier this week when researchers from the Environment Agency Austria and the Medical University of Vienna jointly presented evidence that...

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American Express To Roll Out Credit Card Made From Recovered Plastics

June 11, 2018
American Express and Parley, an organization focused on combating marine plastic pollution, are teaming up to raise awareness about the issue. The payments company is planning to launch the first Amex card made from plastics recovered from the oceans and coasts. In a press release last week, Amex said it is also committing to reduce […]