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Preparing for 8-digit BINs: A checklist for credit unions

Preparing for 8-digit BINs: A checklist for credit unions

Effective with their April 15, 2022 releases, Visa and MasterCard will begin supporting 8-digit issuing BINs in accordance with the forthcoming migration from 6-digit to 8-digit issuer identification numbers (IINs) as announced in 2015 by [...]

CUNA survey seeks information on credit card costs, regulations

CUNA survey seeks information on credit card costs, regulations

As CUNA and Leagues work to ensure interchange regulations are not extended to credit card programs, CUNA seeks input from credit unions with credit card programs for its Credit Card Interchange Regulation Survey. “Being able [...]

3 signs credit card balances are likely to grow

3 signs credit card balances are likely to grow

Credit cards saw a record setting reduction in balances during the pandemic, with total outstanding credit card debt dropping over 10% from Q4 2019 to Q4 2020. This trend is counter intuitive to what you [...]

Card innovation needs to be a focus in 2021

Card innovation needs to be a focus in 2021

With 2020 came a move to all things digital. In payments, digital-first cards—new and replacement cards that are available digitally before a physical card is issued—have risen as the new standard. While financial [...]

Prepare for a long climb

Prepare for a long climb

In many ways, the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic bears little resemblance to the circumstances that produced the Great Recession of 2008-2009. Still, credit card managers can apply some lessons learned from the last [...]

Managing credit card delinquency in times of consumer angst

Managing credit card delinquency in times of consumer angst

Economic prognosticators and financial institutions are anticipating an inevitable rise in credit card payment delinquencies and charge-offs due to the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic. With no end in sight to the economic turbulence [...]

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