What PayPal’s Latest Acquisition Tells Us about Square’s Dominance
Mobile payments start-up Card.io initially started out as a Square competitor, but could never gain any traction and has now been acquired by PayPal....
Category: Credit Card Processing Blog
U.S. Wins Credit Card Dispute with China, Big Changes Ahead
The WTO has ruled that China is discriminating against foreign credit card companies, which may finally give them free access to this huge market....
Would You Pay by a Credit Card if a Retailer Charged a Fee for It?
Merchants are getting paid $7.25B by Visa and MasterCard in an antitrust settlement and are now allowed to place surcharges on credit card payments....
Free Lunches, Interchange Zero and 35-Percent Processing Fees
Creating buzz around a mobile payments service is fine, so long as the taglines are not too outrageous. However, "Interchange Zero" crosses the line....
Your Credit Score Just Got Better
A new version of FICO, the most widely used credit score model in the U.S., has doubled the share of the highest-score consumer category....