The impact of the loss of the U.S. Costco and JetBlue programs continues to manifest itself in the American Express (AmEx) U.S. Card Services (USCS) unit during the first quarter (1Q/17), according to CardData. AmEx reported 1Q/17 gross revenue for USCS decreased 8.0% YOY to $3019 million, compared to $3030 million for the fourth quarter…
U.S. Bank (USB)’s Payment Services division reported solid growth in gross dollar volume (GDV) as well as credit and debit fee revenue for the first quarter (1Q/17). However, rapidly rising charge-offs depressed credit card income, according to CardData. Acquiring volume continued to decline for the fourth consecutive quarter. USB’s Payment Services includes consumer and business…
Masterpass continues to expand globally reaching into the far corners of the world. Masterpass empowers issuing partners to deliver a bank-branded, all-digital payment solution. More than 80 million accounts have been automatically enabled through issuing partners as the service rolls out globally. The enhanced digital payment functionality helps issuers differentiate existing products, including mobile banking…
The global corporate purchasing cards market is projected to grow at a CAGR of 9.5% over the next five years due to the growth in spending on corporate purchasing cards, which is driven by lower fixed costs in the payment cycle, effective cash management, transparency and management control, and long-term process efficiencies. According to ‘Global…
The debt collections processes have remained static over the years. The industry-standard has been to follow the risk relying on standalone solutions that weren’t able to manage the entire life cycle. As the lending landscape has evolved, with many new and existing choices to access credit, complexity and costs have evolved as well. According to…
Alipay and WeChat Pay enabled a gargantuan US$2.9 trillion in Chinese digital payments last year, representing a 20-fold increase in the past four years. This shift could increase GDP across developing economies by 6% by 2025, adding US$3.7 trillion and 95 million jobs. The new report by the UN-based Better Than Cash Alliance, Social Networks,…