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    Goldman Sachs bows to clients, embraces 'digital money,' bank president says

    "There's no question in our mind, there's going to be more digital commerce, a lot more, an explosion in digital commerce," said Goldman President John Waldron.

    By • March 11, 2021
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    Mastercard, Visa, Fiserv and others band together as renewed battles over swipe fees brew

    Credit card companies, their trade groups and Washington politicians are gearing up for renewed tension over credit card fees.

    By • March 5, 2021
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    Top 5 stories from Payments Dive

    Dominant card networks, legacy payments processors and young fintechs are all jockeying to keep up with industry innovations and increased competition.

    By Payments Dive staff
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    SEC chair nominee promises to write crypto guidelines

    Gary Gensler aims to zero in on which cryptocurrencies should be treated as securities.

    By Robert Freedman • March 4, 2021
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    Fed says 'operational error' caused payment system outage

    The Federal Reserve's electronic payments network lets nearly 9,300 financial institutions send billions of dollars daily through the U.S. financial system.

    By Anna Hrushka • Feb. 26, 2021
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    SEC picking crypto 'winners and losers,' Ripple tells court

    The company's CEO, Brad Garlinghouse, criticized the timing of the suit and vowed to challenge it. The coin lost 60% of its value in the week after the court action, which one Twitter user called a "kill shot."

    By Anna Hrushka • Updated March 5, 2021

  • Fed, FinCEN want to make banks report international transfers of as little as $250

    Friday's proposal to lower the threshold from $3,000 is meant to catch bad actors using low-dollar cross-border transactions to facilitate terrorist financing and other illicit activity.

    By Anna Hrushka • Oct. 26, 2020

  • Fed chair remains cautious on regulator's digital dollar efforts

    The central bank's chief, Jerome Powell, told a panel Monday he'd rather the U.S. "get it right" than be first — and that such a currency should aim to complement rather than replace the dollar.

    By Dan Ennis • Oct. 20, 2020