News Topic: debit cards

A new feature from the microinvesting app Stash allows users to accumulate free stock in the companies where they spend money. ... Read full article

The rewards card offered by the fintech Stash will let users accumulate stock of companies at which they frequently shop. The company said Tuesday that it has raised $65 million from investors and will offer the card in partnership with Green Dot. ... Read full article

The bank says it has restored access, but it hasn’t explained how a fire-suppression system at one facility could cause a nationwide outage across all of its channels, or how its system as a whole could have been left so vulnerable to the incident. ... Read full article

Customers reported being unable to access online banking, mobile banking or their debit cards. ... Read full article

Square's new card for business owners does something very bold with debit — and very troubling for banks. ... Read full article

One U.K. fintech hopes its cryptocurrency-based prepaid debit card will gain traction with bitcoin and ether enthusiasts here. ... Read full article

Fiserv will buy the business, once known as Elan ATM and Debit Processing, for $690 million. ... Read full article

SynapseFI is engineering banking to work as digital parts that connect so easily an amateur developer could potentially build a functioning bank. ... Read full article

The mobile microinvesting company offers five basic products because it wants to be known for helping customers manage saving and spending — and that's it, Noah Kerner said at In|Vest. ... Read full article

Competition for deposits is heating up as summer approaches, and banks are responding in all sorts of ways — from launching digital-only platforms to raising CD rates to reviving debit rewards. But rising interest rates could weaken demand for loans, ... Read full article

Citigroup Inc. is considering the idea, as well as other types of rewards for checking and savings accounts, to entice customers to sign up for its fledgling online bank, which it began to roll out nationwide earlier this year. ... Read full article

U.S. credit card issuers are already caught in the middle of intense debates over guns, marijuana and cryptocurrencies. Gambling on sports is next. ... Read full article

Spending on Visa Inc. debit cards — the favored plastic of the younger set — continues to grow at a faster clip than on credit. ... Read full article

Social Finance said it will start offering deposit accounts and debit cards to some customers next month. It's the first major new product rollout under Chief Executive Officer Anthony Noto. ... Read full article

As with most of the company's inventions, an Amazon checking account would more deeply embed customers into an Amazon ecosystem that provides an endless flow of data and efficiencies. ... Read full article

Two civil rights groups in Texas allege that Capital One's TV ads featuring black celebrities encourage minority customers to deposit money and use debit cards, while its branch closings in their neighborhoods cut them off from loans and other ... Read full article

Fears about regulators coming down on digital currency trading caused an epic crash in the market this week. But reining in this evolving asset class won't be easy. ... Read full article

Capital One became the latest bank to feel customers' online wrath last week after reports that some customers were being charged twice for debit card activity. But they were hardly alone. ... Read full article