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Card Companies Team Up for “One-Click Payment”

American Express, Discover, Visa and Mastercard have started working together on an infrastructure that lets leading US e-commerce sites accept one-click payments, so shoppers no longer need to type in all their card details.

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Merchant & POS

What Is a Card Recovery Bulletin (Card Protection Bulletin)?

A Card Recovery Bulletin is a list of problem cards (lost, stolen, expired, over-limit, counterfeit or otherwise flagged) published by card schemes such as Visa or MasterCard. It shows whether a card number is listed on the date of purchase.

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Agentic Commerce

Agentic Commerce Series – Part 4

Are We Ready to Give an AI Agent the Authority to Make Payments? Having long looked at complaint and dispute processes in payment systems, I think granting an agent payment authority is far different from research or product selection.

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Online & Authorization

What is EMV?

EMV stands for Europay, Mastercard and Visa. In 1994 these companies formed a working group to set chip-card standards, leading to the EMV standards used worldwide today.

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Merchant & POS

What Is Card Storage?

Card storage is a system, secured with PCI DSS certification, for storing credit and debit card details safely. It saves consumers from entering their card details again and again on frequent purchases.

Samsung Pay debit card announcement illustration

Payment Systems

Samsung Pay Debit Card is coming!!!!

Major technology companies' love for payment systems shows no sign of ending; in fact, some are just getting started. Apple, Huawei, and Google had previously announced plans to issue cards. According to new reports, Samsung is joining them.

Physical credit card compared with a virtual card on a mobile phone

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Physical or Virtual Credit Card: Which Do You Prefer?

Digitalization is reshaping payment systems. Credit cards are moving from physical plastic to virtual cards, e-wallets and mobile payments. Will physical card use disappear completely? Here is a look at the trends, Generation Z and the remaining gaps.

Starling Bank vertical credit card design

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Vertical Revolution in Credit Cards

The payment card industry is arguably the sector most affected by technology and the quickest to adapt new developments. With mobile devices, payment systems have changed a lot - we now prefer using our credit cards virtually rather than physically.

Hand entering a PIN code on a card payment terminal

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What should be considered when setting a card PIN?

A credit card is one of the most important payment tools in our lives, which is why keeping it secure is extremely important. So how do we secure a credit card? The most important security measure is the card PIN.

Illustration of a co-branded credit card combining a bank and a commercial brand

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What is a Co-Branded Card?

A co-branded card is a card offered by two or more organizations: one the issuing financial institution, the other a non-financial commercial brand (there may be more than one), such as an airline, hotel, or retail chain.