Tuesday , March 18, 2025

Debit Cards

FIS Logs a Flat Quarter And Avoids a Question Regarding Credit Card Routing

As FIS Inc. prepares to dispose of a majority interest in its merchant-acquiring unit, the big processor confronts other key questions regarding potentially favorable developments in the payments business. Still, its top brass proved reluctant early Wednesday to discuss those questions, one of which touched on opportunities the proposed Credit …

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Consumers Are Turning to Gift Cards As a Way To Manage Inflation

Consumers plan to increase the number of gift cards they purchase this year by 12%, compared to 2022, and increase the value loaded on those cards by 7%, according to research from card platform Blackhawk Inc. released Tuesday. Blackhawk’s survey found that 37% of respondents have purchased more gift cards …

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The Bancorp Reports Prepaid And Debit Volume Growth Above 15%

Gross dollar volume on prepaid and other debit cards issued by The Bancorp Bank grew 15% year-over-year in the second quarter, and the bank expects volume growth will exceed that rate in 2024 as it expands existing programs and books new partners. Dollar volume hit $32.8 billion for the quarter, …

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Mastercard Is ‘Ready To Compete’ for Online Debit Volume, Says CEO Miebach

With payments-industry competition rapidly getting more intense, long-established players such as Mastercard Inc. could lose out if they don’t change with the times. But Mastercard’s chief executive signaled Thursday that change is just what his company is doing. “We stand ready to compete,” declared Michael Miebach during Mastercard’s second-quarter earnings …

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Tap to Pay in North America And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 7/27/23

Payments-technology provider Aevi said it is working with contactless-technology firm Bleu to offer tap-to-pay functionality in North America and Europe on both Android and iPhone devices. Cross River Bank said it will enable an expanded menu of payment options through open-banking platform Plaid, including instant transfers for payroll and other applications. Payments provider Lightspeed …

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POS Technology Helps Deliver Double-Digit Growth for Fiserv’s Acquiring Unit

The merchant-acquiring business helped deliver a strong quarter for Fiserv Inc. as the big processor reported Wednesday its ninth consecutive period of organic revenue growth, or growth stemming from existing rather than recently acquired businesses. The Brookfield, Wis.-based company singled out its Clover point-of-sale technology for special mention as a …

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Visa’s CEO Delicately Fields Questions About the Company’s Merchant Relations

Visa Inc.’s top brass, during the company’s quarterly earnings conference call Tuesday afternoon, preferred to talk about fast-growing newer lines of business such as value-added services and transaction sources apart from traditional plastic credit and debit cards. But stock analysts on the call had questions about some sensitive merchant-relations issues, …

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For ISOs And Other Acquirers, Picking a Sponsor Bank Entails Understanding Banks

Independent sales organizations can’t do much without a sponsor bank, also known as an acquiring bank, to get them access to the payment card networks. As with most business endeavors, the complexity of finding a sponsor bank has increased. It’s a challenge that attendees at the 2023 Midwest Acquirers Association …

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Finzly and Other Providers Add FedNow Support And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 7/21/23

Service provider Finzly said it supports the FedNow real-time payments service that launched Thursday. Other providers— Jack Henry & Associates Inc. and Pidgin—also support the instant payment service. Fiserv Inc. said two of its clients are live on FedNow and nearly 100 others anticipate doing so in coming months. Banking services provider CSI said it offers FedNow access and noted …

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Feedzai Launches Railgun, an AI-Based Fraud-Detection Engine

Risk-management technology provider Feedzai has harnessed artificial intelligence with the introduction of Railgun, its latest fraud-detection engine. What differentiates Railgun, according to Feedzai, is that it taps real-time data such as customer behavior patterns and the use of specific cards across merchant networks over longer periods of time. As a …

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