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Discover Makes All Deposit Accounts Fee-Free

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Discover Financial Services said Monday morning (June 17 th ) that it has ended fees on deposit accounts. The elimination of fees also extends to charges for monthly maintenance, checkbook orders or replacement debit cards.

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Synapse fallout leaves Copper customers unable to access funds

Finextra

The collapse of BaaS platform Synapse has forced teen finance app Copper to suddenly discontinue its bank deposit accounts and debit cards, leaving some customers unable to access their funds.

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High-Yield Deposit Accounts Come To Robo-Advisory Service Betterment

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“If you look at where the big banks and brokerages make most of their money, it’s in their retail savings accounts.”. The average national yield of savings accounts is 0.10%, whereas Betterment’s annual yield is 2.69%. Profits from the new offerings will come from debit card interchange fees, the article said.

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Why Samsung is following Apple, Google into consumer banking

Payments Source

In announcing its plan to offer a deposit account and debit card in partnership with SoFi, the mobile phone maker suggested that the coronavirus pandemic will accelerate consumers’ adoption of contactless payments.

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Hyperwallet Adds Visa Direct To Payout Methods

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payees to transfer their earnings onto an existing Visa debit card. Additionally, Hyperwallet anticipates that payees will be able to transfer global payment disbursements onto Visa debit cards issued outside of the U.S. Visa can also transfer funds to non-Visa branded debit cards. in Q1 2017.

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Walmart, Green Dot Announce Enhanced MoneyCard Features

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With features such as free cash deposits and a high-yield savings account, Walmart and Green Dot unveiled updated benefits for the Walmart MoneyCard Reloadable Debit Card program. In addition, they can also visit a website to learn more about the product offering.

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Letter: Financial Trades Call on Fed to Reject Requests for Changes to Debit Card Interchange Fees

Electronic Payments Coalition

The coalition includes organizations representing the vast majority of federally-regulated financial institutions across the country, including community banks, credit unions, and institutions serving the military community concerned about the negative impact Reg II changes could have on millions of deposit account holders.