Co Branded Credit Cards news and trends

Wells Fargo and Rent-Rewards Card Bilt Deny Troubles Despite Reported $10M in Monthly Losses

June 16, 2024
38% of Consumers Earning Over $100K Carry Co-Branded Credit Cards
Credit Cards // May 13, 2024

PYMNTS Intelligence finds that 2.5 times as many consumers possess a general-use credit card than own a co-branded credit or store card.  Yet, because 27% of all U.S. consumers also have these more specialized cards, we wanted to take a closer look at their popularity....

Are Co-Branded Credit Cards Facing an Existential Crisis?
Consumer Finance // May 07, 2024

General-purpose credit cards dominate the consumer credit card landscape. In fact, about 2.5 times more consumers hold general-use credit cards than either co-branded credit or store cards, with substantially wider gaps among lower-income consumers and those in younger age groups. Moreover, cardholders who have both...

Indian FinTech BankBazaar Plans IPO in 2023, Expects to Hire 1,500
IPO // April 07, 2022

BankBazaar.com, a FinTech co-branded credit card issuer and online platform for free credit score, will go for an IPO in 2023, a report in the Times of India said Thursday (April 7). The company plans to recruit over 1,500 new employees for its expansions of...

How Citi’s New Costco Card Stacks Up
Payment Methods // March 29, 2016

Costco’s customers will soon have their Citi co-branded credit card in hand. Citi announced late last week that the cards would begin shipping in order to replace the American Express cards that will end as part of the relationship between Amex and Costco ending over the...

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Are Co-Branded Credit Cards Facing an Existential Crisis?

May 07, 2024
General-purpose credit cards dominate the consumer credit card landscape. In fact, about 2.5 times more consumers hold general-use credit cards than either co-branded credit or store cards, with substantially wider gaps among lower-income consumers and those in younger age groups. Moreover, cardholders who have both types of cards tend to reach for the latter more […]

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Wells Fargo and Rent-Rewards Card Bilt Deny Troubles Despite Reported $10M in Monthly Losses

June 16, 2024
Wells Fargo and Bilt are denying reports that their co-branded credit card relationship is in trouble. The banking giant teamed with the FinTech startup in 2022 on a card that let users pay their rent while earning rewards points.  However, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Sunday (June 16), citing current and former employees, that […]

Indian FinTech BankBazaar Plans IPO in 2023, Expects to Hire 1,500

April 07, 2022
BankBazaar.com, a FinTech co-branded credit card issuer and online platform for free credit score, will go for an IPO in 2023, a report in the Times of India said Thursday...

How Citi’s New Costco Card Stacks Up

March 29, 2016
Costco’s customers will soon have their Citi co-branded credit card in hand. Citi announced late last week that the cards would begin shipping in order to replace the American Express...

Amazon Renews JPMC Visa Co-Brand Deal

February 05, 2016
Amazon and JPMorgan Chase/Visa will stay together. Citing sources said to be close to the matter, The Wall Street Journal reported that JPMorgan Chase’s deal with Amazon to offer its co-branded...