Debit Cards

Despite the number of data breaches during the third-quarter of 2024 declining 8% from the previous quarter, criminals are better armed than ever for carrying out these nefarious attacks, according to the Identity Theft Resource Center. One factor making it easier for criminals to initiate a data breach is the emergence …

Visa Inc. has restructured its money movement services under the Visa Direct portfolio, which now includes Visa B2B Connect, Currencycloud, Yellowpepper, and Visa Direct. Cash App, the peer-to-peer payment service and wallet from Square, said Lyft ride-share users can now pay for fares with Cash App. Truist Financial Corp. launched its Electronic …

More than a year after proposing a click-to-cancel rule for subscriptions and recurring transactions, the Federal Trade Commission released a final version of the measure, officially called the Negative Option Rule. Announced Wednesday, the rule’s five primary elements call for important subscription information to be truthful, clear, and easy to …

With several factors at play, CPI Card Group Inc. is launching fresh card technology that reduces the amount of first-use plastics while providing issuers new formats and shapes for their credit, debit, and prepaid cards. Announced Wednesday, the All-in-One technology using the Secora Pay Green technology has been developed in …

Plaintiffs in the lawsuit seeking to overturn the Illinois Interchange Fee Prohibition Act filed a motion late Friday requesting the court deny a request from several merchant organizations to join the Illinois Attorney General as defendants in the suit. At the heart of the plaintiffs’ argument is that the Illinois …

Payments revenue, which grew at a healthy clip through last year, is going to see a drastically slower growth rate over the next five years, argues the Boston Consulting Group in a report issued early Monday. Worldwide payments revenues, which totaled $1.8 trillion last year, will increase at a compound …

Mastercard Inc. and Citi announced they are working on a service to offer cross-border payments to Mastercard debit cards in 14 markets, including the United States. Cardholders in these markets will be able to receive payments from Citi clients in near-instant transaction times. Citi is using Mastercard Move, the card brand’s …

With the national spotlight now shining on the Illinois Interchange Fee Prohibition Act, questions are being raised regarding merchants’ ability to comply with the law. The biggest challenge facing merchants will be separating tax and tips on credit or debit card transactions submitted to their card processor so they can …

Illinois Senator Dick Durbin is refuting claims by plaintiffs in the Illinois interchange lawsuit that federal banking laws, such as the Durbin Amendment, supersede state laws. The latest back-and-forth is part of an unfolding lawsuit challenging the Illinois Interchange Fee Prohibition Act. In an amicus brief filed late Friday, Durbin …

The national legal battle over an Illinois interchange law continues to broaden in scope. Several national organizations representing merchants are expected to file amicus briefs with the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Friday in support of the Illinois Interchange Fee Prohibition Act. The briefs are …