Tag: Bank Cards

Discover articles on bank cards, examining how they are adapting to new technologies like contactless payments, EMV chips, and digital wallets. Learn how these innovations enhance security, convenience, and the customer experience in payments and banking.

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Higher Credit Card Rates at Big Banks Are Not the End of the Story

by Tom Nawrocki

February 16, 2024

Credit card interest rates are consistently higher at large banks than at small banks and credit unions, regardless of the ...

Synchrony: Creating a Super Private Label Credit Card

Private Label Credit Cards Are on the Decline: A Look at the Current Market

by Connie Diaz De Teran

June 15, 2023

Private label credit cards, also known as store cards, are a type of credit card that can only be used ...

Credit Card Earnings: This Year, They Will Hurt

by Brian Riley

April 14, 2020

Credit card issuers brace for consumer default, as evidenced by earning reports released for the first quarter. In a reversal, ...

Mastercard in China: A Day Late and a Dollar Short?

by Brian Riley

February 13, 2020

Mastercard's quixotic effort to establish a business in China was finally realized, but is China Central Bank’s approval too little ...

Yet Another Domestic Payment Scheme Hits the Market

by Brian Riley

June 24, 2019

Russia did it with Mir Card, to counteract U.S. sanctions. Union Pay did it in spades with their domestic payment ...

Biometric Smoothness – the Future of Payments

by Malin Strandvall

October 5, 2017

Recently, there’s been a lot of buzz about biometric smart cards. And for good reasons, as these cards are acknowledged ...

Amex Takes a Shot at the Canadian Millennial Market and Will Gain Market Share

by Brian Riley

October 2, 2017

Millennial credit cards have reshaped the rewards landscape by emphasizing everyday spending categories instead of traditional travel benefits. As younger ...