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Downgrading Credit Card

Payment Savvy

If you are one of the ten million-plus American businesses with a merchant processing credit card account, the chances are you are aware of an industry term known as interchange. Each new credit card transaction is assigned to what is known as a target interchange category. Interchange Downgrade.

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Virtual B2B cards emphasize digital distribution as lockdowns continue

Payments Source

Banks trudging along slowly with digital advancements are getting a push from virtual card technology providers touting the concept of mass distribution for commercial card issuers.

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Turning Commercial Card Credit Lines Into SMB Cash Flow Lifelines

PYMNTS

Although commercial card products can offer working capital benefits on both ends of the B2B transaction, adoption lags behind other digital payment methods in accounts payable (AP) departments. And with the pandemic all but wiping out business trips, the commercial card could be at a crossroads.

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Cardlay Announces Collaboration with Visa to Help Revolutionise Spend Management Solutions

Fintech Finance

Cardlay , a pioneering Danish fintech company, and Visa , a global leader in digital payments, are excited to announce a collaboration aimed at setting new standards for fast and efficient spend management for commercial cards issuers and their clients. Paving the way for a more seamless inclusive financial ecosystem.

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Marqeta Introduces Tokenization-as-a-Service For Card Issuers

PYMNTS

Marqeta , the global card issuing platform, debuted its new Tokenization-as-a-Service (TaaS) product, which allows card issuers to access its tokenization technology, the Oakland, California-based company announced on Tuesday (Sept. The global financial services company joined with Marqeta to issue virtual cards.

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The Competitive Advantage Of Commercial Card Acceptance

PYMNTS

Commercial cards account for only a portion of corporates’ overall spend, as checks stick around and ACH gains ground. However, their market share is on the rise as card issuers develop more robust rewards programs, and the ability to integrate card spend into back-office spend management and analytics platforms.

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Curve Hit With Criticism Over Commercial Cards For Self-Employed

PYMNTS

Customers who sign up for Curve and select “self-employed” are reportedly given commercial cards without specific clarity or notification provided about why they are given a commercial card, and how it differs from a consumer card. Issuers earn up to 1.1 percent made off of consumer cards.