What is the future of banking, central banking and financial intermediation in a world in which cryptocurrency is dominant? Let’s speculate a bit, with the proviso that no one can fully anticipate how these markets will evolve. We can find hints in the speech by IMF head Christine Lagarde at a Bank
A credit card allows you to access a credit limit that’s provided by your credit card issuer. Your credit limit is the maximum amount you can borrow. Instead of giving you the full loan in cash, the card issuer lets you take as much of the credit limit as you want at
When one makes a purchase using a credit or debit card, that person enjoys certain consumer protections offered by card networks like Visa and Mastercard, along with the bank that issued the card. One of the primary protection mechanisms is the chargeback. A chargeback is a kind of forced bank
What is Friendly Fraud? What is Friendly Fraud? The average eCommerce merchant would assume most chargebacks as the products of criminal fraud attacks. In reality, fewer than 10% of all chargebacks are tied to a criminal fraud attack. The majority result from a practice known as “friendly fraud.” FRIENDLY FRAUD:
American Express is working with Coupa on a new partnership to use virtual cards for Coupa’s B2B solution, a press release says. Coupa Pay, the Coupa B2B solution, will be available for customers of AmEx’s virtual cards, in a move meant to streamline the old payment processes which the release calls “outdated, complex, and inefficient.”
Mastercard has added new B2B payment features in the Asia Pacific, intending to bolster its services for businesses looking for diverse payments methods, a press release says. The Mastercard Track Card to Account Transfer, the release says, will let businesses use commercial cards to pay suppliers even if the suppliers
