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ColumnStates may be called on to pick up payments regulatory slack
As the Trump administration dismantles the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, state lawmakers and regulators have more opportunity to shape payments tool oversight, or risk repercussions.
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Brex strives for predictability after operational overhaul
After the company laid off 20% of its employees last January and changed the way it puts out products, Brex COO Camilla Matias has high hopes for what’s coming.
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Northern Trust exec: Crypto rule changes may ease tokenization
Biden-era anti-crypto regulations didn’t just affect volatile digital assets. They also affected firms offering traditional assets, like bonds, on the blockchain.
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Klarna whittled workforce via AI ahead of IPO
The Swedish buy now, pay later juggernaut cut its headcount in each of the past two years, and expects to keep shrinking it.
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Klarna to displace Affirm as Walmart BNPL provider
The Swedish buy now, pay later business partnered with a Walmart-backed fintech to offer loans at the retail giant via a digital payments app.
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Block takes on payday lenders with Cash App
The company says new consumer loans to be made by its Square bank through the digital wallet are a less expensive alternative to predatory short-term financing.
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Retail, crypto groups converge to back stablecoin legislation
The Merchants Payments Coalition and the Payment Choice Coalition locked arms to advance stablecoins as the Senate Banking Committee passed a stablecoin bill.
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Payments firm ‘for sale’ signs pop up as buying interest swells
Payments players, including Green Dot and Flywire, have potentially put their businesses up for sale and larger companies have shown their appetite for acquisitions as an uncertain economy increases financial pressures.
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Digital payments to exceed $33.5 trillion by 2030: report
Consumers are predicted to rely less on debit and credit cards and turn more to mobile wallets in the coming years, a Worldpay report predicts.
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Discover Financial alum takes Wells Fargo IT role
A former executive for the card company, Heather Blair, joined the bank’s IT team Monday. She’ll take the CIO post for its branch and ATM division.
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OpinionGen Zers expect more of B2B payments
“For Gen Z, payments go beyond speed — they reflect values, transparency, and purpose,” writes one accounts receivable software CEO.
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Stablecoin company Mesh raises $82M
Some of the funding was settled using PayPal’s stablecoin and will be used to build a global platform to transfer stablecoins, the company said.
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Q&ACiti pursues partnerships to elevate its pay-over-time tool
The bank doesn’t need partnerships for its credit card customers to access the financing service, but tie-ups offer customer convenience and visibility, said Citi’s Jeff Chwast.
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Q&APathward CEO: Regulatory scrutiny of BaaS ‘just getting started’
Regulators will keep BaaS under the microscope, continuing to put pressure on the fintech play, said Brett Pharr, the bank’s CEO.
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How PayPal is bolstering its branded business
The payments pioneer is counting on merchant tech upgrades, its buy now, pay later offering and Venmo to re-energize its flagship business, a top executive said this week.
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Fiserv CEO transition took only 10 days, CFO says
CEO Frank Bisignano quickly deemed his successor, Mike Lyons, ready to lead the payment processor, but don’t expect any strategy shifts, Fiserv’s CFO said.
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Green Dot considers sale as CEO exits
The embedded finance company, which posted a loss last year, hired Citigroup to explore its strategic options and named an interim CEO.
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Intuit rolls out phone tap, recurring payments
The financial software company says it’s focused on devising new methods for small business owners to be paid faster.
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Amex to buy expense manager Center to bolster offerings
The deal will allow the banking and card network behemoth to expand its expense management and accounting functions for business travel.
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Papaya Global adds Citi as partner
The payroll and payments services provider that has been working with JPMorgan Chase now calls Citibank a sponsor as well.
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Digital asset use could buttress financial inclusion
While digital ledger technology could be used to reach unbanked or underbanked consumers, widespread adoption faces obstacles, a new report suggests.
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Q&AKilling the CFPB would create a vacuum, former insider says
Payment players and large banks might enjoy lighter regulation if the agency disappears, but should be careful what they wish for, a former CFPB executive says.
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Sezzle pitches coupon feature to consumers and merchants
The discounting function will allow merchants to increase their products' exposure, the company says.
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Fiserv investors count on next CEO’s well-rounded resume
The payment processor’s CEO designate, Mike Lyons, has won over analysts and investors with his experience at bank clients and payment peers. He’s expected to take over from Frank Bisignano later this year.
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Senate votes to overturn CFPB big tech rule
The Senate backed a resolution to overturn a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule that gave the agency oversight of big tech companies offering payment tools.
