Cards & Payments

Micro and small enterprises are important contributors to job creation and global economic development, representing approximately 90% of business and more than 50% of employment worldwide. However, the pandemic necessitated a rapid shift to digital platforms and processes that...

American Express and Extend, a New York City-based fintech specializing in virtual cards, announced their partnership to expand virtual Card solutions for U.S. businesses. U.S. companies with an eligible American Express Business Card can now enroll and create virtual...

SmartMetric has developed a hardware and software solution that detects whether the finger being used to activate a biometric payment card is of an actual person or not. This ‘liveness detection’ technology is designed to thwart the use of fake...

J. P. Morgan and NMI, a global payments enablement technology firm, have announced a partnership to expand J.P. Morgan’s merchant customers’ payment portfolio in a selection of European countries through the use of retail, mPOS, unattended and tap to...

Barclaycard Payments announces it has agreed to join Mastercard Track™ Business Payment Service, making new services available to Barclaycard Payments’ customers later this year. The innovative, open loop network delivers value to both Buyers and Suppliers by simplifying and automating...

Mastercard announced a new Start Path global startup engagement program dedicated to supporting fast-growing digital assets, blockchain and cryptocurrency companies. As a continuation of Mastercard’s digital assets work, seven startups have joined the program, including - GK8, Domain Money,...

Accenture has made a strategic investment in Imburse, a Swiss cloud-based, payments-as-a-service enterprise platform that simplifies the way businesses around the world access the global payments ecosystem. Terms of the investment that was made through Accenture Ventures were not disclosed. Imburse...