Consumers with PayPal Credit accounts soon will be eligible for a new Mastercard Inc. branded card to use in store with their accounts. Announced Tuesday, the new card taps consumer credit lines in their PayPal Credit accounts, which are issued by Synchrony Financial. PayPal Credit accounts have been most associated …
Read More »
Klarna AB has unveiled Klarna Card, a debit card offering the choice to pay immediately or later. The product incorporates the Visa Flexible Credential technology from Visa Inc. In other Visa news, the card network appointed Andrew Torre president of value-added services, replacing Antony Cahill, who has been appointed regional president and …
Read More »
Over the weekend, President Donald Trump withdrew the nomination of Jared Isaacman, Shift4 Payments Inc. founder and chief executive, as the nominee to lead NASA, the Associated Press reported. In a statement on Truth Social, Trump wrote, “After a thorough review of prior associations I am hereby withdrawing the nomination of Jared …
Read More »
Filled with ideas and enthusiasm, U.S. small businesses have the drive to grow their businesses, but a low availability of tools and resources may hamper some of that ambition. Mastercard Inc. says its new Small Business Navigator can help with that. The program offers education, insights, protection, and planning tools, …
Read More »
Flexa, a payments platform based on digital assets, said it is working with wallet provider Nexus Wallet to simplify payments via the cryptocurrency Litecoin. The partnership is active at 41,000 retail locations in North America, the parties say. Stablecoin-based payments platform Stable Sea launched Stable Sea Terminal, said to be capable of …
Read More »
Payment processor Network Merchants LLC, or NMI, on Thursday announced it is enabling tap to pay for iPhone. The move will enable merchants to accept contactless credit and debit cards, as well as Apple Pay and other digital wallets, through an iPhone and a supporting iOS app. iOS is Apple’s mobile …
Read More »
As the nascent artificial-intelligence field develops, financial institutions are readying to adopt AI in their fraud-prevention measures just as criminals are devising AI-enabled ways to make their schemes more harmful. Evidence of this is that 43% of financial institutions surveyed for the DataVisor “2025 Fraud and AML Executive Report” will …
Read More »
Bluevine, a banking platform for small businesses, launched Invoicing and Payment Links, aimed at allowing businesses to receive payments directly in bank accounts via a range of payment methods. The buy now, pay later platform Affirm Inc. said it is expanding its partnership with the merchant Williams-Sonoma Inc. to Canada. Besides Williams-Sonoma, …
Read More »
CardCash.com, a leading secondary gift card exchange operated by Giftify Inc., has partnered with buy now, pay later provider Zip Co. Ltd. to allow consumers to pay for gift card purchases in installments. The partnership is expected to help CardCash users better manage their cash flow while receiving the savings …
Read More »
The more than 7,000 U.S. travel agencies have another tool to help prevent fraud with a new service from Travel Industry Solutions. Meanwhile, chargeback-automation platform Chargeflow and Seon, a fraud-prevention and compliance provider, have integrated Chargeflow’s technology into the Seon platform. Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based TIS says its tool is the …
Read More »
Digital Transactions Authoritative, insightful and timely information for payments professionals
