How Block Dazzled Wall Street
Wall Street reacted strongly to Block’s earnings report this week, driving the stock up by 20% the morning after the...
U.S. Google Pay App Is Going Away, Ending a Brief Era
Google has announced that the U.S. version of its standalone Google Pay app will be discontinued as of June 4....
Phishing Attacks Continue to Beat Security Measures
Secure Email Gateways (SEGs) are struggling to keep up with sophisticated email phishing campaigns. According to Cofense’s 2024 Annual State...
Capital One, Discover Approval Could Disrupt the Payments Industry — If It Happens
Capital One’s plan to buy Discover Financial Services for $35 billion could potentially shake up a payments industry dominated by...
Higher Credit Card Rates at Big Banks Are Not the End of the Story
Credit card interest rates are consistently higher at large banks than at small banks and credit unions, regardless of the...
India Stops Some B2B Payments, and Many Ask Why
The Reserve Bank of India’s directive to Visa and Mastercard to halt all card-based business-to-business payments in the country has begun raising...
With Fraud Losses Topping $10 Billion, the FTC Fights Back
The Federal Trade Commission released data showing that consumers lost more than $10 billion to fraud in 2023. This represents a...
Credit Unions Emerging from Disappointing Holiday Season
Credit cards issued by credit unions underperformed this past holiday season, showing gains that clocked in at a lower level...
Retailers Confronting New Credit Card Surcharge Rule in New York
Merchants in New York now face a choice: full disclosure of credit card surcharges or eliminating those fees altogether, following...
As BNPL Grows in the UK, So Do Problems for Its Users
Buy now, pay later options are increasingly popular in the United Kingdom, expected to reach $60 billion by 2029. But...
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