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Wells Fargo aims for top of digital wallet with $5 bonus

03/06/20

Wells Fargo hopes to anchor its debit card at the top of customers’ digital wallets with a promotion offering users a $5 credit.

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Expect 'a lot more dismantling': A fintech entrepreneur's vision for 2020

12/30/19

Jason Gardner, founder and CEO of the card issuer Marqeta, discusses his experiences in starting up multiple fintechs and makes predictions for the new year.

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'The right to financial services should be universal': Comments of the week

06/27/19

Readers respond to how Congress should address AI, concerns on Facebook's Libra and its logo, a report challenging card fraud prevention and more.

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Uma Wilson, UMB Bank | Most Powerful Women: Next

04/28/19

Over the past two years, Uma Wilson's strategy took a program that had been losing customers on a year-over-year basis and transformed it into the fastest-growing issuer of Visa cards in the region.

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How Amex avoided a repeat of Costco to keep Delta on board

04/18/19

If American Express is going to soar in the future, it plans to do so firmly attached to the new 11-year contract it has signed with Delta Airlines.

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Banks and credit unions now level on consumer satisfaction: Report

11/13/18

A new report finds credit unions' edge in satisfaction rates has all but been wiped out, while a separate study finds negative interactions with CU staff could have a big impact on the bottom line.

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Bye plastic, BofA's digital agenda, Fed’s big-bank supervision revamp: Top stories of the week

11/02/18

Synchrony CEO Margaret Keane says plastic cards will be gone in five years; David Tyrie is succeeding the high-profile Michelle Moore as BofA's digital chief; Fed outlines a new approach for its post-crisis supervisory program; and more from this week's most-read stories.

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The card-issuing war that’s ignoring the digital revolution

05/09/18

As the gig economy and prepaid cards draw more people into mainstream banking, the card providers are increasingly competing with one another instead of simply moving people away from cash.

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Amex will need to convince justices that its rules help consumers

10/16/17

In a surprise move, the Supreme Court will decide whether Amex may bar merchants from steering customers to less expensive card networks. The card issuer will have to prove the consumer gain from its practices outweighs the merchant pain.

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Would consumers pay $13 a year for a safer debit card?

06/21/17

U.S. banks face a tricky calculus in deciding whether to adopt expensive technology aimed at reducing online fraud.

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