Tokenized Payments news and trends

Fiserv TXT2PAY Gives Software Platforms New Conversational Commerce Tools
Payment Methods // May 05, 2023

Texting is ubiquitous.  Texting is, in many cases, real time — we open those digital missives almost as soon as we see them, and respond in kind.  Jon Halpern, Head of ISV at Fiserv, told Karen Webster in an interview that 98% of texts get opened...

Visa CEO: Tokenized Credentials Grew 90% From Year Ago Levels 
Earnings // April 25, 2023

Visa’s fiscal second quarter shows that new payment flows and B2B loom large, but plenty of room remains to capture the share of consumer payments as debit and credit spending remains robust. The company’s earnings supplementals show that payments volumes were up 10% year on year in...

Mastercard Settles With FTC Over Sharing Data With Competing Networks
Regulation // December 23, 2022

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) wants Mastercard to share card data with competing payment networks.  Under a proposed order announced Friday (Dec. 23), Mastercard will have to share with competing networks the customer account information needed to process debit payments, the FTC said in a press release.  “This is a victory for...

For Small Business, Choosing the Best Bank Starts With the Right Banker
SMBs // December 23, 2022

For small businesses, it’s sometimes the banker, and not the bank, that makes the difference.    That came across clearly in an episode of SMB TV, where PYMNTS’ Karen Webster was joined by Ryan Gunderson, president of Minnesota-based Superior Fuel, and Erin Wynn, director of product management at NCR....

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Mastercard Settles With FTC Over Sharing Data With Competing Networks

December 23, 2022
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) wants Mastercard to share card data with competing payment networks.  Under a proposed order announced Friday (Dec. 23), Mastercard will have to share with competing networks the customer account information needed to process debit payments, the FTC said in a press release.  “This is a victory for consumers and the merchants who rely on debit card payments […]