Goldman’s new General Motors card could cement the issuer’s reputation for innovative digital features and serve as an industry blueprint.

The duo introduced the Fundbox Flex debit card for small small businesses and plan to add BNPL and instant disbursement through Visa Direct.

The banking giant already offers a pair of BNPL-esque products that enable after-purchase installment payments, one of which can be used via credit card. Goldman Sachs has been internally working on a joint BNPL product with Apple. The opportunity: BNPL is a growth space: Our forecasting shows it will increase from 45.1 million US users in 2021 to 76.6 million in 2025.

Mastercard signed deals with Sokin, i2C, and One Global to launch cards and mobile wallet solutions as cash use quickly falls across the region.

Visa will help expand credit lines and security measures for Tribal Credit’s business cardholders across Latin America.

Virtual cards’ ease of use and security benefits will make them the fastest-growing segment of B2B card payments by volume, per Juniper Research. As issuers look to capitalize on the interchange revenue opportunity, we’ll see more partnerships like Amex’s deal with Extend, which lets cardmembers create virtual cards for employees, contractors, and vendors.

The eventual goal is to nudge them in the right direction—for example, by alerting them about an expiring credit card. AI is also used to support customer service representatives. Models are used to predict issues and present employees with relevant information cards ahead of time to improve experience.

The card network posted Q1 growth across the board—especially in cross-border volume—despite boycotting Russia.

In April, Google Pay announced a partnership with Gemini that let the crypto exchange’s users purchase Bitcoin through Google Pay using fiat currency on a debit or credit card. In June, the tech giant partnered with Coinbase, so customers of the exchange can use their Coinbase ZCard to pay for goods and services through Google Pay. Users could also earn crypto rebates of up to 4%.