Debt & Savings

Trump Lauds Visa’s Move to Use Rewards for Savings Accounts

US President Donald Trump arrives to speak during the Trump Accounts Launch Summit in Washington on Jan. 28.Photographer: Valerie Plesch/Bloomberg

President Donald Trump’s push to create accounts for children is getting support from financial firms including Visa Inc., which announced Wednesday that it will allow credit-card holders to use rewards points to fund those accounts.

The payment network will work with its bank partners to add the option of using rewards to save in so-called “Trump accounts,” Chief Executive Officer Ryan McInerney said during a Trump administration event. Trump called the move a “big deal.”