#MAKEMONEYEQUAL Campaign Urges Change to The Way Women are Pictured with money
- 4 years 6 months ago
- Money Transfers, Credit Cards
There are stark inequalities in how women and men are represented with money in visual media, according to a new report from Brunel University and Starling Bank. In a study of 600 of the most popular photographs of women/men and finance1 across three leading image libraries, women are frequently depicted as childlike compared to men, while many types of women are not shown at all. A Google image search found each of these images appears on up... more
Zumo Launches Virtual Visa Debit Card, Powered By Modulr
- 4 years 6 months ago
- Payments, E-Wallets, Credit Cards, Cryptocurrencies
Zumo, the Edinburgh-based crypto wallet, has today announced the launch of its Zumo Virtual Card. This new product allows users in the UK to make purchases at any online retailer which accepts Visa. Zumo is the first non-custodial crypto wallet to offer users the ability to hold GBP in their wallet to then spend with a Visa card.
Entrust Introduces Adaptive Issuance™ Production Analytics Solution to Optimize Card Issuance Operations
- 4 years 7 months ago
- Payments, Credit Cards, Data
Entrust, a global leader in trusted identity, payments and data protection, today introduced the Production Analytics Solution, designed to provide real-time data and actionable insights to optimize card issuance operations.
UTP Group Becomes The First To Offer Same-day Funding Online And In-store.
- 4 years 7 months ago
- E-Commerce, Payments, Credit Cards
UTP Group has partnered with Faster Processing to provide its eCommerce customers with the unique ability to receive fund settlement within hours rather than days. Up until this point merchants have had to wait anywhere up to five working days before receiving the funds from payments they have taken online.
Barclaycard Launches New Cashback Business Credit Card to Help SMEs Get Back on Track
- 4 years 7 months ago
- Payments, Credit Cards, Banking
Barclaycard has launched a new market-leading, fee-free cash back business credit card, designed to support small and medium businesses as the easing of restrictions brings optimism for the months ahead. The Barclaycard Select Cashback credit card is designed to support SMEs with one per cent cashback on all purchases – the most competitive offer currently available on a fee-free card. This is in addition to up to a 56-day interest-free period... more
HSBC Switches to Recycled Plastic Payment Cards
- 4 years 7 months ago
- Payments, Credit Cards
HSBC is announcing a new programme to introduce sustainable payment cards across all its global locations. By the end of 2026 it will eliminate single-use PVC plastic, in favour of recycled PVC plastic (rPVC). The programme - which includes HSBC’s debit, credit and commercial cards - is part of the bank’s strategy to reduce its carbon emissions and achieve net zero in its operations and supply chain by 2030 or sooner.
Curve Chooses Credit Kudos as Open Banking Partner for Curve Credit
- 4 years 7 months ago
- Open Banking, Payments, Credit Cards
Credit Kudos, the challenger credit reference agency and Open Banking provider, today announced they have been selected as the Open Banking provider for Curve, the fintech that brings your cards into one smart card and app, for its forthcoming Curve Credit product.
ekko Launches with Mastercard Making it Effortless For Consumers to Take Action on Climate Change
- 4 years 7 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
- 4 years 7 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
- 4 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
- 4 years 8 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
- 4 years 8 months ago
- Payments, Credit Cards
Innovative Software-Based Contactless Payments Solution, SoePay SoftPOS Launches in Hong Kong
- 4 years 8 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
- 4 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
- 4 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.
