OnePay, a New York City-based fintech, is partnering with Synchrony Financial to launch a credit card program for Walmart Inc. The program, which will debut in the fall, will offer a general-purpose Mastercard credit card and a private-label Walmart card. Walmart expects the deal to provide a better customer experience when …
Read More »Battle Lines Harden Over a Proposed CCCA Amendment to the GENIUS Act
The Teamsters Union, along with labor unions in the retail and food-service sectors, sent a letter to Congress Wednesday supporting the Durbin Marhsall Amendment to the GENIUS Act, a bill to regulate stablecoins. The endorsement is the latest salvo in the ongoing battle over the Credit Card Competition Act, which …
Read More »Isaacman Moves to Executive Chairman and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 6/5/25
Shift4 Payments Inc. named founder Jared Isaacman as its executive chairman effective Thursday. Isaacman had been nominated to lead NASA but last weekend President Trump withdrew that nomination. Taylor Lauber, who had been Shift4 president, moved to the chief executive position, Shift4 announced. Direct-to-consumer e-commerce provider ESW said its “Impact of Tariffs on …
Read More »Prizeout Launches Debit Rewards Program for Credit Unions
Prizeout, a fintech specializing in digital gift card payouts and cashback rewards, announced CashBack + Pay late Tuesday, a cashback program for debit card holders whose cards have been issued by credit unions. CashBack+ Pay gives credit union debit card holdings instant rewards averaging 6.8% of the transaction amount, the …
Read More »PayPal Enlists in Mastercard One and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 6/4/25
Mastercard Inc. and PayPal Holdings Inc. said they will work together to develop new features to the recently introduced Mastercard One Credential, a digital payment service that supports multiple payment methods that launched in February. In related news, PayPal said it is adding new capabilities to its Venmo social payments platform, including limited time …
Read More »PayPal Credit Users To Get a Card for In-Store Use
Consumers with PayPal Credit accounts soon will be eligible for a new Mastercard Inc. branded card to use in store with their accounts. Announced Tuesday, the new card taps consumer credit lines in their PayPal Credit accounts, which are issued by Synchrony Financial. PayPal Credit accounts have been most associated …
Read More »Opposition Mounts to The Durbin Marshall Amendment
Airlines, airline unions, and commercial aircraft manufacturers sent a letter to Congress late Monday voicing their opposition to attaching the Durbin Marhsall credit card amendment to the GENIUS Act, a bill to regulate stablecoins. The letter states that attaching the Durbin Marshall amendment to the GENIUS Act would impose “onerous, …
Read More »Klarna’s New Klarna Card and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 6/3/25
Klarna AB has unveiled Klarna Card, a debit card offering the choice to pay immediately or later. The product incorporates the Visa Flexible Credential technology from Visa Inc. In other Visa news, the card network appointed Andrew Torre president of value-added services, replacing Antony Cahill, who has been appointed regional president and …
Read More »Illinois Delays Implementation of Its First in the Nation Interchange Law
Illinois lawmakers extended the implementation date for the Interchange Fee Prohibition Act by 12 months early Sunday to July 1, 2026. Groups opposing the IFPA, the first law of its kind passed by any state, argued the law would cause “widespread economic disruption” and that it would place an undue …
Read More »Global Offloading Payroll Unit with Thredd and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 5/28/25
Global Payments Inc. has agreed to sell its payroll unit, Heartland Payroll Solutions, to insurance fintech Acrisure LLC for $1.1 billion. The business serves more than 50,000 clients. Castles Technology said it is working with PXP, a payments platform, to offer Android point-of-sale devices to merchants regardless of size. Some 73% of …
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