Cross River and i2c Support White-Label Debit Cards
Cross River provides all of the core banking technology that manages the FDIC-insured deposit account as well as an API that connects to Sightline to move funds to gaming wallets.
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Mastercard and Visa Cards in the US — 2025
Credit, debit and prepaid commercial and consumer card products issued in the US
with Mastercard and Visa brands generated $9.986 trillion in purchase volume in 2025.
Global Brand Cards in the United States — 2025
Merchant acceptance locations for Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover grew by 10.0% in 2025.
Visa Partners with Amenify
Cardholders will earn Amenify Cash when they use their Visa
card to pay rent. Those rewards could offset any service fee
property managers impose to cover interchange fees they pay.
Affirm Adds Fiserv for Debit Buy Now, Pay Later
Financial institutions connected to Fiserv’s EPOC debit card processing platform will be able to embed Affirm’s buy now, pay later (BNPL) services in the mobile apps they offer their cardholders. Affirm announced a similar deal with FIS in February 2025. Fiserv, Visa DPS and FIS are the top three third-party processors in the US for […]
Installment Loans Tied to Credit Cards on Mobile Wallets
The installment loans will be funded over the Mastercard network. Adding installment loans to credit card accounts is one way that card issuers can combat the success of buy now, pay later (BNPL) lenders such as Affirm and Afterpay.
LexisNexis Risk Solutions Fights Deep Fakes
LexisNexis Risk Solutions’ adaptive models are self-learning and evolve in real time. By comparison, purely rules-based fraud fighting technologies that use templates are proving to be slower to adapt to criminal use of generative AI.
Visa and Mastercard Worldwide thru 3Q 2025
For the first nine months of 2025, debit, credit and prepaid cards in circulation worldwide with Visa and Mastercard brands generated $17.136 trillion in purchase volume.
Capital on Tap Credit Cards for Small Businesses
Capital on Tap markets cards in pay-per-click digital channels, via direct mail and through telesales. It also markets through affiliates such as money.co.uk.
Market Cap Performance for Card Issuers and Networks
The 20 publicly traded issuers of payment cards are headquartered in 9 countries. Their stocks trade on 9 different
exchanges. Market capitalization gains were posted by 14 issuers, led by US-based SoFi Technologies, which was up
more than 97%.