Strong consumer spending and cross-border activity drove an 8% increase in Visa's total payments volume during the first quarter of the year, although Asia's economic recovery is taking longer than expected.
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Industry body UK Finance is expanding its pilot of an experimental shared ledger to track banking payments, hoping to join some of the dots in the nascent world of digital assets.
April 16
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Companies are taking vastly different approaches to how they implement generative AI, whether it's to empower employees or to overhaul the way they bring products to market.
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With the cruise industry gaining steam after the pandemic, it no longer made sense to force passengers to sign up for a credit card with paper forms. The new process allows applicants to obtain credit they can use in any port — including Carnival's upcoming private island in the Bahamas.
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To protect their own talent pipeline, financial companies need to make sure that they're not only protecting the entry-level roles that AI threatens to take over, but getting the enthusiastic buy-in of the people most likely to be affected, according to experts from Fiserv, Segpay and Featurespace.
April 11
American Banker's Most Influential Women in Payments share their views on artificial intelligence, hybrid offices, real-time payments and more.
Honorees from 2024's Most Influential Women in Payments, representing companies such as MoneyGram, Walmart, Segpay and more, share insights into how how artificial intelligence is changing their companies and their industry.
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Mastercard established a new structure for businesses focused on card acceptance and transaction processing, new payment flows and value-added services. Separately, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York is joining several countries' central banks in a test of tech to support cross-border transactions.
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It's a substance that literally grows on trees, and is just as compostable. But like any other proposed alternative to first-use plastic, wood comes at a premium to any issuers that want to adopt it.
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To help historic restaurants facing dramatic losses when COVID struck, American Express rolled out grants to 25 needy restaurateurs. Four years later, the program is reaching twice as many establishments and the card network's investment has more than doubled.
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A digital-payment trend that began during the COVID pandemic is being bolstered by features such as rewards and state ID storage.
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The credit and debit card-issuing giant's Chase Media Solutions will help fund new loyalty programs to offset downward pressure on card-swipe fees and the potential erosion of card spending volume from the rise of faster payments and open banking, experts say.
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