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    PayPal makes job cuts

    The digital payments pioneer turned to cutting back its workforce this week following a May plan, after reportedly bypassing a possible sale.

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    Beyond the booking: How Navan scaled global card issuing with embedded finance

    How Navan unlocked €1B+ in card volume by embedding global issuing with Adyen.

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    How Affirm leverages 0% interest

    Inflation is prompting consumers to turn to Affirm’s zero-interest buy now, pay later loans, the company’s latest financial results suggest.

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    Visa delivers 6M documents to DOJ

    The government and the card network will need to complete their pre-trial evidence work by the end of January, a magistrate ruled Friday.

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    EWA grows despite legal limbo

    Instant Financial and Clair are among the earned wage access companies expanding even as state and federal oversight evolves.

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    Illinois seeks to support cash use

    A new state law will require retailers to accept cash for most transactions below $500, and fine repeat violators up to $5,000.

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    Modernizing payments is a must

    “Payments modernization is no longer a future aspiration,” writes one bank tech executive. “It has become an operational and strategic imperative.”

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    Card fees have staying power

    Merchants keep attacking the fees, but the charges keep coming because consumers love swiping their cards.

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    Is the nickel nearing a revamp?

    It costs 13 cents to produce the five-cent coin. Congress wants the U.S. to explore more cost-effective methods.

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    RTP gears up for int’l reach

    The Bank of New York and other financial institutions are preparing for a pilot next year that will stretch the real-time payments network across borders.

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    Priority Tech buys IntelliPay for up to $15M

    The payments company is gaining a new government payments business with its deal for Utah-based IntelliPay.

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    Amex’s low fraud rate turns on its closed system

    More access to cardholder and merchant data also gives the card network an edge in fraud detection over its rivals.

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    Building Block’s Square base

    The fintech is expanding its efforts to market local restaurants using its point-of-sale system across Cash App’s user base.

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    Walmart adds digital wallet options

    The mega-retailer said it will now accept Apple Pay and Google Pay payments, using tap-to-pay with smartwatches, contactless cards and phones.

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    Stripe tips toward staying private

    The payments giant’s founders told investors that the company’s private structure will help it to be more nimble amid AI shifts.

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    PayPal, Venmo connect to colleges

    The peer-to-peer player and its PayPal parent have forged new ties to higher education institutions, allowing students to make payments with the P2P tool.

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    Regulators pursue stablecoin rules

    Separate proposals advanced by the SEC and the FASB last week could provide the cryptocurrency sector with regulatory relief as legislation founders.

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    Opinion

    Considering card network options

    "The real challenge for merchants is not which rail a payment uses but a lack of visibility, control, and intelligence to optimize payment flows," a fintech marketing executive writes.

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    Visa, DOJ lawyers clash ahead of trial

    The government and card network are trading accusations of overly broad discovery requests and ‘gamesmanship’ in the DOJ’s debit card lawsuit.

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    Teens targeted for scams

    It’s not just the elderly being drawn into fraud. Young people are also increasingly prey for financial crime, according to a Federal Reserve report.

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    Stripe, OpenRouter finally strike a deal

    The payments behemoth’s acquisition of the AI spend management firm has been in the works for weeks. The reported price tag: $7.5 billion.

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    Weave scooped up for $650M

    The latest purchase by Fransciso Partners adds to the private equity firm’s stockpile of payments companies, including one it bought earlier this month.

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    Stripe acquisition may bolster its AI strategy

    If the company completes a prospective acquisition of OpenRouter, it will set itself up to be at the center of artificial intelligence token payments.

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    Klarna’s growth hits speed bump

    The buy now, pay later player won’t live up to its financial forecast for this year because of a slowdown in one of its largest markets.

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    Doxo to pay $2.1M settlement

    The online bill-pay company agreed to settle a case brought by the Federal Trade Commission over deceptive ads and undisclosed fees.

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    Western Union navigates challenges

    The company is dealing with turmoil from the shift to digital money transfers as it seeks regulatory approvals for a $500 million deal for rival Intermex.