ekko Launches with Mastercard Making it Effortless For Consumers to Take Action on Climate Change
- 3 years 8 months ago
- Payments, Credit Cards
ekko, an innovative new app, debit card and ecosystem that turns the tide on climate change, has today launched in the UK with a strategic partnership with Mastercard. The launch comes as new research from Mastercard shows two in five Brits (43%) see reducing their carbon footprint more important now than pre-pandemic.
Nets and Gifted Partner Up to Develop New Digital Instant Prepaid Gift Card Solution in Europe
- 3 years 8 months ago
- Payments, Credit Cards
Nets, a leading European payment services provider and market leading digital gift card provider, Gifted, have entered into a new agreement to offer merchants an innovative digital solution across the Nordics and wider Europe, including DACH, Benelux and France.
Mastercard Credit Cardholders Now Enjoy SBI Card Pay Feature
- 3 years 8 months ago
- Payments, Credit Cards
SBI Card Pay, a payment feature based on Host Card Emulation (HCE) technology, which allows customers to create virtual version of their physical SBI Credit Card on their mobile phones and then tap their phone at Near-Field-Communication (NFC) enabled Point of Sale terminals (POS) to make payments at merchants, is now available on Mastercard platform.
Curve and Equifax UK Partner to Deliver Consumer Credit Solution to Curve Credit
- 3 years 9 months ago
- Credit Cards, Data
Equifax UK, the business and consumer insights expert, has signed an exclusive agreement with UK consumer fintech and payment card app Curve to deliver comprehensive verification and ID solutions to its new personal finance product, Curve Credit. Powered by Open Banking, Curve Credit allows consumers to ‘Go Back in Time’ and pay later via instalments on transactions made with their Curve card.
LAVEGO Chooses nexo standards to Bring Innovation to the POS
- 3 years 9 months ago
- Payments, Credit Cards
Innovative Software-Based Contactless Payments Solution, SoePay SoftPOS Launches in Hong Kong
- 3 years 9 months ago
- Payments, Credit Cards
SoePay, a FinTech subsidiary of Spectra Technologies Holdings Co. Ltd., today announced the launch of the SoftPOS solution for accepting contactless Visa and Mastercard card payments on any NFC-enabled Android smartphones that will revolutionize the customer experience of small and micro-merchants in Hong Kong.
Mastercard and Deserve Launch Credit Card to Advance Women in the Economy
- 3 years 9 months ago
- Credit Cards
The Card by Seneca Women is the first-ever credit card that rewards cardholders when they shop from women-owned businesses and drives donations to women-focused nonprofits
Contis and Bitpanda Issue Multi-Asset Debit Card
- 3 years 9 months ago
- Credit Cards
A new Visa debit card from European neobroker Bitpanda launched this week. Combining Contis’ unique “zero-balance” Buffer technology with Bitpanda’s European-wide, multi-service platform has created one of the most powerful multi-asset propositions available – the Bitpanda Card.
TreeCard Raises $5.1 Million Led by EQT Ventures to Drive Sustainable Spending Through Reforestation
- 3 years 10 months ago
- Credit Cards
TreeCard -- the world’s first wooden Mastercard™ payment card that plants trees with everyday spending -- has raised a $5.12 million seed round led by EQT Ventures, with participation from Seedcamp and Episode 1. Angel investors including Matt Robinson (the founder of GoCardless) and Charlie Delingpole (founder of ComplyAdvantage) also participated in the round.
Swisscard Improves Early Collections, Reduces Net Credit Losses 40 Percent With FICO Analytics
- 4 years 9 months ago
- Credit Cards
Swisscard AECS GmbH, a leading credit card company in Switzerland, has optimized its early collections using FICO analytics leading to a 50 percent increase in revenue from billable collection expenses, a 40 percent reduction in net credit losses, a 30 percent reduction in account terminations whilst also lifting its Net Promotor Score for customers in collections by 11 points through improved customer interactions. For its achievements,... more
FCA Rounds On Credit Card Firms Over Customers in Persistent Debt
- 4 years 10 months ago
- Credit Cards
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has written to credit card firms telling them to review their approach to borrowers who are stuck in persistent debt, where they are paying more in interest, fees and charges than they are paying of their balance.
Pleo Upgrades From Prepaid Cards To Credit Cards
- 4 years 10 months ago
- Credit Cards
Pleo is evolving – and perhaps the most important change is our new cards. We’ve always offered a tool that made it easy for people to buy what they need to do their jobs better. But in order to offer a market-leading product, we pushed ourselves to go beyond that and to reimagine our card. So we made a couple of changes - some big, some small, all good for our users. The benefits of a new Pleo credit card The first thing to know is that we’re... more
SoFi Is Partnering With Mastercard to Bolster Its Banking Offering With a Credit Card
- 4 years 11 months ago
- Credit Cards
The US-based fintech has teamed up with Mastercard for its new card network. Currently, SoFi offers a debit card product to users as part of its SoFi Money product via a partnership with Visa, but under the new deal, the cards will now run on Mastercard's network. In addition to issuing new cards to existing cardholders, SoFi is adding new benefits to its offering, including cash-back rewards, free cell phone insurance, and discounted airport... more
Cornèrcard Launches Biometric Credit Card
- 5 years 1 month ago
- Payments, Credit Cards
Switzerland's Cornèrcard has teamed up with Gemalto and Visa to launch the country's first credit card featuring a biometric fingerprint reader. To register a fingerprint on the limited edition Cornèrcard biometric gold Visa credit card, users touch a sensor, with an LED signalling the successful capture. Then, for the first transaction with the card, users enter a PIN. After this, they can confirm payments at the point of sale by touching the... more
59% of Card-Present Transactions Globally Use EMV Chip Technology
- 7 years 2 weeks ago
- Credit Cards, Data
Technical body EMVCo has published transaction data showing that 58.9% of card-present contact and contactless transactions globally were EMV®-enabled between July 2016 and June 2017. This represents an increase over the prior year, when 42.4% of transactions were EMV-enabled. The data reflects average transaction volumes over a 12-month period to account for seasonal variations. Given the ongoing rate of EMV chip technology adoption, EMVCo... more
