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5 Steps for Secure Digital Banking Channels in the COVID-19 Era

In the Competitive Digital Only Banking Market, Discover Eliminates Account Fees

by Sarah Grotta

June 17, 2019

Digital only bank accounts are plentiful and new providers are entering the marketplace all the time. Just last week there ...

Receiptless Transactions in Korea: Why Just Skip Signatures, Skip Credit Card Receipts

by Brian Riley

June 12, 2019

Last year, the NY Times wrote a piece about the trend in credit cards to eliminate signatures on credit card ...

China Union Pay Expands Into Europe

by Tim Sloane

June 4, 2019

This article in Finextra indicates that China UnionPay (CUP) has partnered with Fintech supplier Tribe in an effort to expand ...

Credit Card Acquisitions: Save a Tree (And Postage): Go Digital

by Brian Riley

April 23, 2019

Today’s WSJ talks about how credit card acquisitions shifted to digital channels; a topic Mercator recently covered regarding digital engagements ...

Support For International Travel: Its Discover 10, Digital Federal Credit Union Zero

by Tim Sloane

January 10, 2019

These are my notes taken when my family’s trip to Dublin made fraud alerts fly. Some issuers performed flawlessly, some ...

Government Shutdown; Credit Card Growth Opportunity?

by Brian Riley

January 9, 2019

A government shutdown will directly impact close to 1 million workers and another 3 million dependents, according to the Washington ...

Americans Are Likely to Spend More This Holiday Season: Discover Survey

by Discover Financial Services

December 3, 2018

The holiday season can be the catalyst for all sorts of activities, including: giving more to charity, spending quality time ...

Home Alone in India: Credit Card SMS Stops Runaway

by Brian Riley

November 28, 2018

So many facets of the credit card industry are fascinating, from being able to have your card authorized anywhere in ...

The Orient Express: American Express bags Approval For Chinese Payment Network

by Brian Riley

November 9, 2018

Hopefully, the Bank of China is working payment network applications alphabetically. American Express received approval to process payments in yuans. ...