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    Fintechs ask court to uphold open banking

    Banks and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau are misreading the law that enables open banking, the Financial Technology Association told a federal court.

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    Payments firms switch up CFOs

    ACI Worldwide, Bill and Corpay lured chief financial officers from other companies this month as the health of the U.S. economy wavers.

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    Visa, FIS boost value-added card services

    The companies say they aim to strengthen tech tools available for smaller financial institutions in issuing cards.

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    NY crafts BNPL rules

    New York’s regulation of buy now, pay later will be based on data and BNPL firms' input, DFS boss tells fintech conference amid industry disapproval.

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    Payments firms pursue top talent

    Companies developing digital wallets, cryptocurrency strategies and pay later tools are still seeking top talent despite economic turmoil, recruiters say.

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    TreviPay CEO fears fraud ‘AI arms race’

    The payments and invoicing firm’s chief, Brandon Spear, sees artificial intelligence as “transformational” in its capacity to scale business scams.

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    Stablecoins may act as finance bridge

    Stablecoins are like “another payment rail,” said Vince Tejada, who heads treasury and strategic finance at stablecoin infrastructure provider Bastion.

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    PayPal lines up Big Ten, Big 12 ties

    The digital payments pioneer will handle the collegiate conferences’ payments to student athletes as it makes a bid for more student spending.

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    Payments conferences yet to come in 2025

    Artificial intelligence, FedNow and the ISO 20022 standards are expected to be hot topics at this year’s payments conferences.

    Updated June 26, 2025
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    FedNow delivers new risk management tools

    Alongside those instant payment security features, the Federal Reserve increased the maximum payment that can be sent over the real-time system to $1 million.

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    Visa loses bid to toss DOJ debit lawsuit

    A New York federal judge ruled Department of Justice allegations against the card network over an illegal monopoly in the debit card market are plausible at this stage of litigation.

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    Melio swallowed in $2.5B deal

    The New York bill-pay company is set to be acquired by Xero, a New Zealand provider of accounting and payroll management software for small businesses.

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    Stablecoins may push aside payments

    Digital assets have the power to “disintermediate” the financial system by bypassing traditional payment rails, according to a Deloitte report.

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    Klarna, Google join forces

    The Swedish buy now, pay later business integrated its payments tool into the search giant’s digital wallet, making its services more widely available.

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    Court approves $197M ATM settlement

    The class action agreement covers consumers and ATM operators who alleged that Visa and Mastercard restrained competition in the cash machine market.

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    CFPB medical debt rule weighed

    With additional briefs in hand, a federal judge will consider a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule that bars medical debt on consumer credit reports.

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    Fiserv launches new stablecoin

    The payments processor wants to be an early mover as banks, the U.S. government and other payments players press for stablecoin adoption.

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    Shift4 buys Smartpay for $180M

    The payments services provider bought the distribution network business to keep building its presence in Australia and New Zealand.

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    Walmart settles FTC money transfer fraud case

    The $10M deal resolves US allegations that the retail giant turned a blind eye to scams and fraud that cost consumers hundreds of millions of dollars.

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    Senate official blocks CFPB defunding in Trump’s megabill

    Measures to defund the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and to reduce salaries at the Federal Reserve are outside the limits of Senate reconciliation procedures, the chamber’s parliamentarian ruled Thursday.

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    JPMorgan, Amex flash new cards

    Both companies have teased premium card refreshes, reflecting the race for high-end card holders.

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    Tensec raises $12M to boost growth

    Meanwhile, other cross-border payment firms have raised millions in recent weeks to bolster their international expansion.

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    Opinion

    Don’t make Americans pay to pass financial data

    “Pausing or gutting Rule 1033 wouldn’t just stall innovation,” writes one industry executive who has international perspective. “It would send a message that the system works best when it’s closed.”

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    Amex, Fiserv cite inflation benefit

    “Modest” price increases benefit card and payment companies as long as the economy doesn’t trip into a recession, executives say.

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    Payoneer CEO sees trade bumps as short-term

    Entrepreneurs will adapt rapidly amid the global trade disruption, and geographic reach is key to B2B cross-border payments, CEO John Caplan says.