Credit Cards

Visa Looks to Make Plastic Cards Sustainable

Visa has an ambition to improve the world and minimize its environmental impact. Thus, they are collaborating with the CPI Card Group to produce ‘Earthwise High Content Card’ for Visa cardholders. The credit card, made of 98% upcycled plastic, would enable both contactless and contact payments. Besides this, the aim is to make cards EMV compliant with dual-interface

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Credit Card Networks Could Make Shopping More Expensive in the Near Future

The three largest credit card processing networks are preparing to increase their fees later this year, and this action could trigger a domino effect affecting banks, merchants and consumers. A report published by the Wall Street Journal on February 15 indicates that the increase could happen as early as April 2019, and it will be

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Contactless Mobile Cards

While plastic credit cards have been relied on by shoppers for decades, that may be changing in the near future. In light of identity theft and other similar issues, the concept of contactless mobile cards is beginning to gain steam. In fact, Visa, one of the leading credit card companies, is already getting behind this

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Upgrade to EMV

Europay, Mastercard, and Visa (EMV) chip card technology isn’t just a fad: it’s the future. More than 60% of credit cards issued in the United States today are EMV-enabled and old ATM cards are even being discontinued in favor of more secure chip technology. EMV-enabled debit and credit cards have computer chips that offer far

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