Card Issuers news and trends

Splitit Gives Banks New Checkout Experience to Reclaim Pay Later Space
Buy Now Pay Later // May 10, 2024

Financial institutions (FIs) looking to get a piece of the action in the buy now, pay later (BNPL) space might be wise to investigate their timing. As FIs have struggled to unlock flexible payment options to their customers during the purchase journey, their more agile competitors...

Federal Reserve Extends Comment Period on Interchange Fee Proposal
Bank Regulation // January 23, 2024

The Federal Reserve Board has extended the comment period on its interchange fee proposal. Originally set to end on Feb. 12, the comment period is now open until May 12, the Federal Reserve said in a Tuesday (Jan. 23) press release. “The Board extended the...

Card-on-File Management Platform Knot Raises $10 Million to Expand Merchant Support
Credit Cards // August 03, 2023

Knot has closed a $10 million Series A investment round to grow its application programming interface-based card-on-file management offering. The funding will enable Knot to expand its merchant support and continue scaling its services to make payment processes easier for businesses and consumers, the company said in...

How AI Helps Visa ‘Step In’ (Smartly) When Issuers Go Offline
Payments Innovation // August 26, 2020

Getting transactions done — particularly card transactions — requires a seamless flow of card-level data between cardholders, card networks, acquirers and issuers. When part of that ecosystem goes offline, faces a service interruption or technical difficulties, there needs to be a “back up” to ensure that commerce...

Interviews & Exclusives
Splitit Gives Banks New Checkout Experience to Reclaim Pay Later Space

May 10, 2024
Financial institutions (FIs) looking to get a piece of the action in the buy now, pay later (BNPL) space might be wise to investigate their timing. As FIs have struggled to unlock flexible payment options to their customers during the purchase journey, their more agile competitors have made it their value proposition. In contrast, FIs’ offerings […]

How AI Helps Visa ‘Step In’ (Smartly) When Issuers Go Offline

August 26, 2020
Getting transactions done — particularly card transactions — requires a seamless flow of card-level data between cardholders, card networks, acquirers and issuers. When part of that ecosystem goes offline, faces a service...

How Card Issuers Can Stay Competitive In The Post-Pandemic World

June 11, 2020
As consumers have been hit hard by the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, card issuers have seen a sharp impact to their business. In the immediate aftermath of the...

Moving Issuers — And Auth Rates — Past Fraud Prevention To Revenue Protection

November 22, 2019
Fraud is hardly a new phenomenon in retail — in fact, it is probably safe to assume that fraud in some form or other has been there since the beginning....

Quick Reads
Federal Reserve Extends Comment Period on Interchange Fee Proposal

January 23, 2024
The Federal Reserve Board has extended the comment period on its interchange fee proposal. Originally set to end on Feb. 12, the comment period is now open until May 12, the Federal Reserve said in a Tuesday (Jan. 23) press release. “The Board extended the comment period to allow the public more time to analyze […]

Card-on-File Management Platform Knot Raises $10 Million to Expand Merchant Support

August 03, 2023
Knot has closed a $10 million Series A investment round to grow its application programming interface-based card-on-file management offering. The funding will enable Knot to expand its merchant support and continue scaling...