The Green Sheet recently had the opportunity to connect with Ruston Miles, who co-founded Bluefin in 2007 with the core belief that a brand’s value is ultimately tied to its ability to deliver a secure, yet frictionless, customer experience. In this interview, Miles shares his views on the benefits of working with multiple processors and drawbacks to relying on just one processor.

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Discover Bank is now offering its Cashback Debit customers more spending power. The company just launched fee-free overdraft protection on its debit cards. Called Balance+, the new feature is available for everyday debit card transactions made by Cashback Debit customers.

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Following the July 5, 2024, announcement of Labour's victory in the UK General Election, several fintech executives shared their insights on the implications for doing business in the UK. This significant political shift comes at a critical time for various industries, particularly fintech, which has been a burgeoning sector in the UK economy.

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Checks may not be dead, but soon there will be fewer places where consumers can write checks at the point of sale. The national retailer Target decided it will no longer accept personal checks from customers beginning July 15, 2024.

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In a recent interview, Mark Bunney, strategic marketing, director NAR for Ingenico, about a sharp acceleration in the adoption and usage of cashless transactions across the globe. Bunney shared perspectives on the contributing factors to this shift, its potential benefits and more.

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The U.S. Supreme Court gave the green light allowing a North Dakota merchant to sue the Federal Reserve over debit card interchange caps, even though the merchant did not open for business until the statute of limitations on such lawsuits had expired.

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A recent study by Empower revealed a concerning financial trend among Americans: 37 percent of the population is unable to cover an unexpected expense exceeding $400. This finding underscores a broader issue of financial instability, with nearly a quarter (21 percent) of Americans lacking any emergency savings at all.

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Pennsylvania is taking a page out of the Illinois tax book with a proposed new law that would ban interchange from being assessed on the tax portion of retail purchases. The new Illinois law, which will take effect July 1, 2025, is the first of its kind in the nation.

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