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    Klarna, JPMorgan to offer BNPL to business clients

    The collaboration will let the bank’s payments division offer the buy now, pay later company’s financing options to business customers.

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    Senators reintroduce bill to bar CBDC

    Republican senators revived a bill last week to block the Federal Reserve from creating a central bank digital currency.

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    PayPal dinged over branded service’s slow growth

    Consumer uptake of the payments pioneer’s flagship payments tool was lackluster last year. The company promised skeptical analysts more growth this year. 

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    CFPB’s future hangs in the balance after a wild weekend

    Consumer Financial Protection Bureau staff were told to work remotely this week after a new acting chief halted agency supervision and enforcement. He also told the Federal Reserve the agency wouldn't take any unappropriated funding next quarter.

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    Affirm to emphasize no-interest loans

    The company said that offering more interest-free financing options would drive profits by bringing in more customers.

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    Cashless concerts and events catch on

    By some estimates, about 50% of today’s concerts are cashless, with benefits for merchants and payments processors alike.

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    NCR Voyix shifts chairman to CEO post

    The C-suite change this week follows the Atlanta-based digital commerce software company’s decision to sell off parts of its business.

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    Treasury responds to concerns about Musk ‘meddling’

    A Treasury Department official sought to allay a senator’s concerns about DOGE staffers gaining access to the U.S. payments system, but sidestepped questions Tuesday. The issue escalated at a Wednesday hearing.

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    Fiserv doubles down on embedded finance

    Company executives touted a recent partnership with DoorDash and said the company has more embedded finance deals in the pipeline.

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    Sanders, Hawley introduce credit card interest rate cap bill

    In an unlikely union, Republican Sen. Josh Hawley and independent Sen. Bernie Sanders have locked arms to introduce legislation that would cap credit card interest rates at 10% over five years.

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    Cash App, Venmo app downloads decline

    Consumer downloads of apps like Cash App and Venmo dropped in the fourth quarter compared to the year-ago period, data from Wolfe Research shows.

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    Democrats decry Trump payments policy upheaval

    Congressional Democrats criticized Trump administration moves at the Treasury Department and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau that suggest changes to federal government payments and policies.

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    Gamers support CFPB video game payments rule

    Video game players and their parents submitted comments to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau saying they overspent, or lost their accounts to hackers.

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    Mastercard places ad with Lady Gaga

    In a tie-up with the musical artist for her eighth studio album, the card network rolled out a new ad during the Grammy Awards on Sunday.

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    Flutterwave CFO keeps eye on ‘sustainable’ profitability

    It’s important to prioritize enabling stable revenue and solid profitability given the macroeconomic volatility in the African markets where Flutterwave operates, CFO Mitesh Popat said.

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    Visa leans into A2A payments

    The network titan is pursuing account-to-account payment services as a way to expand beyond its card-based dominance in the market.

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    Chopra finally exits CFPB as Bessent steps in

    The agency’s deputy director, Zixta Martinez, was initially named acting director, but a terse press release Monday designated U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to that role.

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    Third of U.S. small businesses add credit card surcharges

    The findings of a J.D. Power survey indicate that merchants are passing the cost of swipe fees onto customers, even though they’re lowering consumer satisfaction with the transaction.

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    PayPal, Amex and Wells Fargo shake up leadership

    PayPal and American Express both said executives are leaving the company and Wells Fargo said a long-time payments executive is being replaced.

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    Payments conferences to keep on your radar for 2025

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

    Updated Jan. 31, 2025
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    Worldpay tackles fraud-fighting in new ways

    The payments processor is aligning with merchants, card issuers and networks to share transaction data and use AI to fight fraud.

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    What’s coming for the payments industry in 2025

    Regulatory change and artificial intelligence are widely expected to drive challenges and opportunities across the landscape this year.

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    TransferMate joins Amazon’s payments pack

    As part of the e-commerce giant’s ecosystem, the Irish business-to-business payments provider can advance its bid to expand internationally.

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    Visa’s ex-CFO joins crypto company advisory board

    The appointment adds a former top executive of a major card network to Fireblocks’ board as cryptocurrency firms seek more credibility.

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    HSBC sunsets year-old app Zing

    The bank launched the money transfer app last year in a bid to compete with cross-border payments companies like Wise and Remitly, but is shuttering the operation now.