In Other News: FISERV (Notifi); CHECKALT (Klik); SAFETYPAY (growth); and CARDX (Paychex). FISERV – Fiserv has launched a platform for the delivery of real-time alerts, enabling financial institutions to meet growing expectations among consumers and small businesses for information that is timely and actionable. Notifi from Fiserv consolidates information from across a financial institution’s systems…
Oberthur Technologies has unveiled its new multi-payment dual interface card developed on OT’s Global Platform and Java-based operating system. OT’s COSMO Fly v5.8 is the first dual interface product which includes the latest features from both Visa and MasterCard. It is the first MasterCard M/Chip Advance v1.2 certified products with multi-application requirements and also conforms…
Discover has joined the other three networks to offer accelerated chip cards. Discover Quick Chip will reduce the time a chip card needs to remain in the point-of-sale terminal, making the checkout process more convenient for merchants and cardholders. The new option for merchants to streamline the checkout process for all chip cards leveraging Discover,…
Worldpay Total has been launched into mainland Europe, providing an Omni-channel payments service designed to help brands deliver a consistent and convenient shopping experience across all sales channels, from their website to the Point-of-Sale. Worldpay Total will provide a unified alternative to the approach currently adopted by many brands which often requires them to work…
In Other News: NRHA (PAI); EXADIGM (certification); WELLS (P2P); and CARDFELLOW (Square). NRHA – The North American Retail Hardware Association (NRHA) and Payment Alliance International (PAI) have formed a partnership to provide independent home improvement retailers with new credit card processing and payment services opportunities. A leader in electronic payment processing solutions, PAI currently serves over…
American Express and Facebook are working hand-in-hand to explore innovative new experiences to interact with Card Members in Messenger. American Express expects to launch a pilot Amex bot for Messenger in the coming months for eligible U.S. Consumer and OPEN Card Members who opt-in to participate. The concept demonstrated how American Express Card Members could…
U.S. Gross Dollar Volume (GDV) for Visa and MasterCard (credit + debit) in the first quarter (1Q/16) grew 9.9% year-on-year (YOY). Credit card growth outpaced debit cards in the U.S. by 150 basis points (bps) YOY. Visa U.S. payment card (credit + debit) GDV for 1Q/16 was up 10.0%. MasterCard U.S. payment card (credit +…
U.S. Gross Dollar Volume (GDV) among the top four bank credit card issuers, rose an estimated 9.9% year-on-year (YOY) in the first quarter (1Q/16). The growth was driven by Capital One’s explosive growth. The top four U.S. issuers racked up an estimated $295.2 billon in GDV for 1Q/16, compared to $322.5 billion in 4Q/15 and…
Global payment cards-in force (CIF) [credit + debit] grew by 6.4% year-on-year (YOY) in the first quarter (1Q/16) to 4300 million. The growth has been largely driven by Visa and MasterCard’s international “inclusion” drive with debit (& prepaid) cards. Visa and MasterCard U.S. credit CIF rose 7.1% YOY from 492 million one-year ago to 537 million…
U.S. Purchase Dollar Volume (PDV) among the top four U.S. bank credit card issuers, rose 10.0% year-on-year (YOY) in the first quarter (1Q/16). Capital One PDV grew more than 20% YOY, while Chase and Citi also scored double digit gains. The top four U.S. issuers racked up $281.4 billon in PDV for 1Q/16, compared to $307.3…
The charge-off rate, seasonally adjusted (SA), among the top 100 U.S. banks for the first quarter (1Q/16) increased 12 basis points (bps) sequentially (QTQ), and up 13 bps year-on-year (YOY). On a not seasonally adjusted basis (NSA), the charge-off rate among the top 100 U.S. banks for 1Q/16, rose 24 bps QTQ and up 13…
U.S. credit card outstandings end-of-period (EOP) among the Big 6 issuers increased 1.5% in the first quarter (1Q/16) year-on-year (YOY) to $468.3 billion. The weak aggregate gain resulted from the huge YOY drop in American Express outstandings offset by the huge YOY gain in Capital One outstandings. The Big 6: American Express, Discover, Chase, Bank…