Tag: Visa

As fintech Buy Now Pay Later options gain momentum, major credit card issuers are poised to compete. Here's a look at how they're trying to gain an edge and capture spend.

The buzzworthy rollout of BBVA Aqua Visa demonstrated a huge part of its USP -- a physical recycled plastic card void of mag stripe, account number, expiration date and CVV code.

Combined with the impact of COVID-19, industry trends point to the complete demise of the paper check in the not-so-distant future.

As you prepare for a productive 2020 full of tried-and-true approaches and a healthy dose of fresh opportunities, we hope our Top 10 financial services marketing blog posts can be both instructive and inspirational.

Seeing Marriott’s Early Month on Books marketing campaign was love at first sight, and this high-level analysis of its EMOB email stream confirms that the brand is doing a lot right when it comes to engaging new cardholders.

Now is the time for bank and credit union marketers to actively invest in educating their contactless cardholders, benefit from the new contactless card infrastructure and compete with the big banks and other progressive competitors.

The news that commuters using New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) subways and buses will soon be able to “tap a contactless bank card or their mobile wallet at turnstiles” inspired CNBC to declare that "a world without cash is coming soon."

We’re seeing financial services brands leverage major sponsorships in pursuit of specific business objectives. For example, Visa, Amex and Mastercard recently activated their sponsorships of premium events to increase trial and use of contactless payments.

It's almost a given that the “Big Game” will have commercials for cars, snack foods, beer, movies and consumer packaged goods. In 2017, many financial brands stayed on the sidelines… with three notable exceptions.

In the Super Bowl this year, we saw a trio of financial service “disruptors” use the tried and true Super Bowl brand spot to declare how they differ from traditional banks, while two older financial companies used less traditional tactics as part of their approach.