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Its deal for Fair Square Financial marks the digital-only bank’s second attempt at buying a credit-card company in less than two years.

BofA, Chase, Citi, and Wells Fargo notched growth above 20% thanks to economic improvements and new and revamped card products.

Many US adults favor buy now, pay later (BNPL) services over credit cards, with 44% of those who recently used the former preferring it when making purchases.

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The card network introduced rewards from popular brands like Shipt, Skillshare, and Sofar Sounds across all its cards, including its ultra-premium Visa Elite cards.

In August, Venmo continued its crypto push with Cash Back to Crypto, a feature that lets Venmo credit cardholders automatically purchase cryptos with their monthly cash-back earnings. As demand for crypto-linked cards builds, this feature can attract new users to the card. What’s next: The Venmo-Amazon tie-up is the first of its kind for the companies—Amazon doesn’t integrate with PayPal.

Despite higher interest in credit cards, customers are paying off their balances faster, which could complicate issuers’ profitability goals.

Capital One will take over BJ’s portfolio from ADS, and JPMorgan will work with Instacart on a credit card program.

Brazil-based credit startup Open Co, India’s BNPL card fintech Uni, and cannabis card provider SuperNet are all meeting unmet payment needs.

The issuer introduced the Altitude Go Visa and Cash+ Visa secured cards to tap customers with limited or subprime credit histories.

The Reflect card rewards on-time payments with extended 0% APR in a bid to pull consumers away from solutions like BNPL.

Interchange and fee rules make debit cards less lucrative than credit cards, limiting issuers’ ability to fund cardholder perks. Fewer than 1 in 5 US consumers currently have access to debit rewards programs, and only 8% can gain points or cash back when making purchases, per an April 2021 PYMNTS and Pulse report.