Cash App Turns a Viral Trend Into a New Payments Product
Cash App is launching a “magic wand” for payments, inspired by a social media trend in which people posted videos of themselves paying for items with homemade wands embedded with tap-to-pay cards. But the company’s strategy appears to extend beyond a viral gimmick. The $25 wand is part of Cash App’s new lineup of NFC-enabled […]
Whether Physical or Digital, Debit Cards Are a Payments Mainstay
Card-not-present transactions may be rising, but this is far from a referendum on debit products. Instead, the growth of e-commerce and the emergence of digital wallets have created more avenues for this staple product. One reason why debit cards have staying power is they are often the first product new banking customers encounter, but they […]