Mastercard’s Miebach: Prepaid cards are not a niche business
Mastercard is doubling down on its prepaid card business, which it sees as fuel for the rise of many consumer-facing...
Payments
Retail rewards as in-app cash: Venmo embeds with loyalty programs
Brands have begun to Venmo their most loyal customers with rewards points converted to Venmo cash. Image via PayPal PayPal-owned...
Weekly Wrap: Varo drops goals-based savings, as banks woo SMEs with faster payments
Welcome to the latest episode of our weekly wrap video series, for the week ending Friday, September 13, 2019. In...
Jack Dorsey’s Square is testing a new free stock trading service
Jack Dorsey’s Square already lets customers buy and sell Bitcoin on its popular Cash App. Soon, it may let them buy and...
Daimler Mobility expands ePayment services
Daimler Mobility is integrating its ePayment service, Mercedes pay, into Mercedes-Benz vehicles, the company announced at the International Automobile Exhibition...
US Bank acquires startup Talech to enhance point-of-sale tools for SMEs
In an effort to reach more merchants, U.S. Bank is hoping its acquisition of payments company Talech will help it...
Plugging leaks: Bento for Business uses tech to help clients streamline payments
As consumer payments go digital, startups and banks now are focusing on digitizing business-to-business payments, an area where small business...
Weekly Wrap: Radius launches rewards checking, as Credit Sesame expands its tools
Welcome to the latest episode of our weekly wrap video series, for the week ending Friday, September 6, 2019. In...
No one-trick pony: How Ally got to $100b in deposits
With the rise of digital-only challenger banks, it's easy to overlook Ally Bank. But Detroit-based Ally, which has no branches, was...
Square is growing its platform into a one-stop shop for retailers
Square, which is best known for its physical and digital payment solutions, is building out its product ecosystem to manage...
