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In today’s top news, analysts lowered Wells Fargo’s rating, and N26 raised $100 million in funding amid the coronavirus pandemic.
In today’s top payments news, six men were convicted in Paris of an impersonation plot, and Wirecard partnered with Klarna to integrate digital payment methods.
In today’s top payments news, the Indian government has taken control of Yes Bank, and JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon is recovering from heart surgery.
In today’s top news, Ant Financial has acquired a minority stake in FinTech Klarna, and the coronavirus has crippled the $1.7 trillion global tourism industry.
Today’s top news includes Apple manufacturer Foxconn returning to production, and the Department of Justice charging two Chinese nationals with money laundering.
In top payments news, Alibaba and Ant Financial created a health app for the Chinese government, and AmEx reportedly used high-pressure tactics to boost sales.
Today’s top news: Walmart is working on a new paid subscription program, and Great Hill Partners acquired digital insurance payments solutions vendor One Inc.
In top payments news, U.S. companies in China warned revenue might be off by almost half due to the coronavirus, and Grubhub launched a subscription service.
In today’s top news, the stock market is way down due to the coronavirus, and an ex-Microsoft engineer is convicted of stealing $10 million in digital currency.
In top payments news, Amazon opened its first cashierless grocery store, Revolut raised $500 million and Mastercard said the coronavirus will impact revenue.
Today’s top news: Intuit is reportedly buying Credit Karma, and JPMorgan Chase is looking to open a digital bank in the U.K. by the end of the year.
Today’s top news finds LendingClub buying Radius Bancorp in a "transformative" deal, and Walmart reporting disappointing earnings due to tepid holiday sales.
Today’s top news: Alibaba has made almost $3 billion in loans available for companies hurt by the coronavirus, and Japan’s recent sales tax triggers fears of a recession.
In top payments news, the People’s Bank of China has filed more than 80 patents as it attempts to adopt a digital currency, and Fiserv introduced Scan to Pay.
In today’s top news, Mastercard was approved for bank card clearing in China, and Uber and Postmates lost a bid to stop California’s new gig economy law.
In today’s top news, Chinese tech investments in the U.S. have plummeted in recent years, and ransomware cyberattacks have skyrocketed.
In top payments news, Uber reported positive fourth quarter earnings, International Exchange will not buy eBay and Afterpay pushes back against regulation.
Today’s top news: the U.S. economy could lose $10.3 billion from the Chinese travel ban, and former Bank of France governor Christian Noyer said a centralized eCurrency is still at least a decade away.
In today’s top news, U.S. banks are expected to tighten standards for 2020 business loans, Wordline is buying rival payments firm Ingenico, and more.
Visa reported positive first-quarter earnings with 700 million Visa Direct transactions, and CFPB sued Citizens Bank for violating the Truth in Lending Act.
Facebook reports a 51 percent increase in expenses for 2019 in its Q4 earnings release, while Goldman focuses on expanding its digital consumer bank.v
In today’s top payments news, illegal activity with cryptocurrency is at a record high, U.S. airlines cancel China flights and Starbucks mobile orders are up.
In today’s top news, the U.K.’s FCA is questioning banks about recently spike overdraft fees and Yandex launches 15-minute grocery delivery in Moscow.
Top News In Payments: Grubhub CEO Open To Deals; Chinese Consumers Shut Wallets In Face Of Coronavirus
In today’s top payments news, The Clearing House is increasing the value limit for its real-time payments network, and Verizon is working with Synchrony.
Today’s top news: More companies are considering applying for one of five digital banking licenses in Malaysia, and Vodafone leaves the Libra Association.
In today’s top news, China’s economy grew by its slowest rate since 1990, Alphabet reached $1 trillion market value, and attempted check fraud spiked 43 percent.
In today’s top payments news, Apple buys AI firm Xnor for $200 million, a NYC panel seeks $500 million for taxi drivers and Google updates for apparel.
In today’s top payments news, Amazon plans to invest $1 billion in small and medium-sized businesses in India, and Wells Fargo reports card spending growth.
In today’s top payments news, China is finalizing its rules for online banks, Mastercard names a new president of data and services and Visa buys Plaid.
In today’s top payments news, Wells Fargo tries to revamp its approach to technology, and Goldman Sachs launches a mobile app for online bank Marcus.
Today’s news: Grubhub denies claims that it is considering an acquisition, and Netherlands payments firm PayU buys a majority stake in India FinTech PaySense.
Today’s top news: Uber drops upfront pricing in California, and the central bank in China said it accepted an American Express application to start working in the country.
In today’s top news, CitiGroup named David Chubak to head its retail banking division and New York lawmakers proposed a public eBanking system similar to Venmo.
Today’s news: 2019 is on track to be the second-best year after 2011 for startups worth over $500 million, and Toyota unveiled plans for a smart city in Japan.
In today’s top news, China is facing a “capital winter” of venture funding slowdown, and the U.S. is preparing for a potential Iranian cyberattack.
In today’s top payments news, the U.S. Department of Justice is expanding its antitrust probe to include Google’s online shopping comparison tool.
In today’s top news in payments, officials at the Federal Trade Commission are considering blocking Facebook’s app integration.
Mastercard announces the launch of a new instant, digital identification program, and Apple’s Tim Cook defends monopolies.
Policymakers at the ECB will meet to discuss launching their own electronic money. Also, Visa and MFS Africa team to connect Africa’s mobile wallets.
In today’s top payments news, SoftBank sells back its 50 percent stake in Wag, and Moody's predicts poor showing for department stores in 2020.
Goldman plans to launch a robo advisor for clients with lower capital, and Apple offers 0 percent installment financing on iPhones via the Apple Card.
In today’s top news in payments, Visa has announced it’s going to begin a new certification program in dispute resolution.
News: In today's payments news, the ECB has mulled using a public cryptocurrency if international payments inside of Europe stayed too costly.
In payments news, the CFPB seeks to boost the number of smaller banks and credit unions that wouldn't be governed by rules tied to global money transfers.
In today’s top payments news, Wells Fargo has selected former Santander head executive Scott Powell to be its new chief operating officer.
In today’s top payments news, millennials — as well as bridge millennials — were the big Black Friday spenders this year.
In today’s top payments news, over half of the 3,114 counties in the United States lost bank branches from 2012 to 2017.
In today's top payments news, India’s mobile payments startup Paytm secured $1 billion in new funds from Japan’s SoftBank and China’s Alibaba affiliate Ant.
In today’s top payments news, SunTrust and BB&T have announced they have received the regulatory green light to become Truist Financial Corporation.
American Express is offering large cash incentives to companies to boost acceptance, and Didi Chuxing is planning to bring a robo-taxi service to Shanghai.
In today’s top payments news, U.S. Bancorp subsidiary Elavon is acquiring U.K. payments gateway Sage Pay for $300 million.
In today's top payments news, Walmart CEO Doug McMillon said eCommerce isn't quite where it needs to be revenue-wise, but that it will be one day.
In today's top news, DoorDash keeps growing and Visa and Mastercard face big questions over their debit card programs.
Amazon is losing a major sneaker brand — a sign of more to come? Meanwhile, Apple cozies up to Walmart and Facebook again tries to improve its payments game.
In today's top payments news, former U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said central banks have no reason to issue digital currency.
In today’s top payments news, a potential competitor to Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency is making progress.
In today’s top payments news, Wells Fargo has appointed William M. Daley, a former White House official, to the position of vice chairman of public affairs.
In today’s top payments news, FreshBooks has integrated with JPMorgan Chase’s WePay to provide small businesses with same-day and next-day deposits.
In today’s top payments news, Japan’s SoftBank reported a $6.5 billion loss with its first quarterly drop-off in 14 years, and FIS results beat expectations.
Flywire appointed Rob Orgel to the newly created position of president and chief operating officer.
Banco Santander is acquiring just over 50 percent of the U.K. payments platform Ebury for $453 million.
Japanese instant credit startup Paidy notched $143 million in a Series C extension funding round and WEX posted earnings results that met expectations.
In today’s top payment news, Lyft announced third-quarter earnings results that illustrated a rise in ridership and revenue.
In today’s payments news, Uber, Lyft, and DoorDash are backing an initiative to be exempt from a landmark law that re-classifies gig workers as employees.
In today’s payments news, Western Union has rolled out full application programming interface (API) access to domestic and global payment applications.
In today’s top payments news, cross-border payments firm Western Union is advancing real-time money transfers to customers in India.
In today’s payments news, Zelle’s third-quarter results show that transaction volume increased by 73 percent.
In today’s payments news, Mastercard is rolling out Mastercard Bill Pay Exchange with the help of several new partners, and Amex saw a revenue gain in Q3 2019.
Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon called the Apple Card “the most successful credit card launch ever” in a call with investors.
News: UK Finance data indicates that contactless payments in the country continue to grow, and the 21 initial members signed the Libra Association’s charter.
Google has reportedly prohibited high-interest consumer loan services from its Google Play store.
Today in payments news, Affirm has launched a new app that will let customers use the service to pay almost anywhere online or in the real world.
News: PayPal officially pulled its support of Facebook’s Libra initiative after it no-showed at the Libra Association meeting in Washington, D.C last week.
In today's payments news, Square is rolling out CBD early access program that will allow U.S. vendors to sell CBD items.
News: Olo is integrating its rails platform with Google so customers can order directly from restaurant brands across Maps, Google Assistant and Google Search.
In top payments news, investigators for the House Judiciary Committee requested information about Google’s decision on internet protocol.
In today's payments news, The House passed the Secure And Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act that provides cannabis businesses with banking access.
Today in the payments news roundup, American Express is rolling out a new Pay with Bank Transfer product to U.K. consumers.
In today's payments news, Facebook has acquired Israel-based hybrid chatbot startup Servicefriend to build bots for its planned Calibra digital wallet.
Today in the payments news roundup, Wells Fargo is collaborating with data platform Plaid to let customers manage their finances in one place.
Today in the payments news roundup, Amazon PayCode is rolling out in the United States to make it easier for shoppers to pay with cash.
In today's payments news, BlueVine has named Brad Brodigan as chief commercial officer, and EBA CLEARING is working to launch a new R2P solution.
Today in payments news, Trulioo has notched $70 million in new funding, Square is offering businesses a new EIN tool and banks are switching oversight.
Today in the payments news, Mastercard is modernizing its business-to-business payment ecosystem with Mastercard Track.
Top News In Payments: Stripe Rolls Out Stripe Capital; Cards Generate $6.13T In Spending
Today in the payments news roundup, almost 40 percent of U.S. workers are engaged with the gig economy, and most hope instant and faster payments grow.
Today in payments news, Mastercard announced it has joined the Marco Polo Network. Also, Apple has gained three separate patents related to the Apple Watch.
Regulatory pushback spooks Libra backers, Adyen gains traction with mid-market firms and Brex teams with BigCommerce to offer merchant financing
AI Firm H20 Gets $72.5M In Series D Funding Round; Goldman CEO Touts Apple Card As Consumer Banking Catalyst; FIs Use AI To Challenge Challenger Banks
FTC: Facebook Harder To Break Up Now; State AGs Prep To Launch Big Tech Antitrust Probe; Amazon Presses The Gas On Voice-Assisted Cars
US Lawmakers Visit Switzerland To Talk Libra; Mastercard Looks To Hire Crypto Team; Happy 15th IPO Anniversary Google!
FTC Chief Says Breaking Up Big Tech Is On The Table; BoA: Amazon’s Prime Day Boosted Retail Sales In July; More Than Pretty Pictures: Visual Commerce’s Rise Boosts Retail
Challenger Banks Raise Record Funds To Take On Traditional FIs; Wells Fargo Taps Former Mastercard Exec To Run Merchant Services; What Cambodia’s Debt Crisis Means For Microlending
Google Pay Removes Support For Visa Checkout; China’s Central Bank Readies Launch Of Digital Coin; Why Payments’ New World Isn’t A Solo Mission
Uber Taps Local Level To Deliver Milk, Bread, Popcorn; DoorDash Seeks $400M Before IPO; New Data: U.S. Consumers And The ‘Everyday App’
Facebook’s WhatsApp Still Vulnerable To Year-Old Chat Hack; State Regulators Investigate Payday Advances; Why Credit Unions Have A Member Loyalty Gap
Chinese Firms Grappling With $200B+ IOUs; Snapchat Parent Seeks Profits As It Raises $1B In Debt Securities; Paytronix’s Open Dining Buy Unlocks Restaurants’ Digital Front Doors
Apple Card Now Accepting Applications; Amazon Accused Of Punishing Sellers With Better Offers On Walmart
Apple Card Purchases Can’t Include Crypto; Credible Labs Valued At $397M In Deal With Murdoch’s Fox; Report: Payments Help Merchants Fight Consumer App Fatigue
Amazon Pulls The Plug On Dash Button; Bank Regulators Probe Amazon Cloud; OpenTable Moves Into Delivery – Why – And Why Now?
The iPhone Is No Longer The Majority Of Apple’s Sales; JPMorgan Signs On To Visa, Billtrust Business Payments Network; Payment Tech Tops FIs’ Innovation Agendas
BAMS, First Data JV To Call It Quits In 2020; Hacker Arrested In Capital One Breach Affecting 100M+; QSRs Supersize Their Digital Ante
Apple Credit Card Coming In August; Jack Ma’s Digital Bank Offers Three-Minute Loans To SMBs; Vesicash Uses Escrow To Ignite eCommerce In Africa
WhatsApp Moves Payments From Pilot To Rollout In India; China Testing Radical Plan To Judge Citizens’ Behavior; Amazon’s Third Party Sales Grow 23 Percent In Q2
Mastercard, SumUp Partner To Expand ePayments Across Europe; Toyota Backs China’s Didi With $600M To Expand Services; PayPal’s Q2 Rattles Investors
Facebook Could Pay $100M To Settle SEC Investigation; High-Yield Deposit Accounts Come To Robo-Advisory Service Betterment; Mastercard On Tackling AP Automation’s Last Mile
Bird Raising New Funding At $2.5 Billion Valuation; Mastercard, Nationwide Partner To Serve Britain’s Small Businesses; PSD2, SCA And Exemptions To The Extension
Visa Among Investors In PayMate’s Series D Growth Funding; Google Shopping Now Live In The US; Libra’s Long Week In Washington
Plaid Rolls Out Liabilities Tool To Track Student Loan Debt; G7 Agrees To Tax Big Tech And Cut Libra No Slack; The Road Ahead For Connected Car Commerce
eBay Expands Presence In India With Paytm Mall Integration; Peter Thiel-Backed German Online Bank N26 Worth $3.5B; Mastercard: The ePayables Opportunity
Payroll Fraud Could Cost KeyCorp $90M; Senate Grills Facebook’s Marcus Over Libra; Gig Workers And The $178B Pay Advance Potential
Curve Captures $55M In New Funding; Facebook’s Marcus: Libra Won’t Launch Until Regulators Satisfied; PayPal’s Xoom Goes Global And Door-to-Door
Facebook, FTC Reportedly Reach $5B Settlement; Crypto Markets Plummet As Libra Hearings Loom; Amazon Prime Day(s): Prime Opportunity for Credit Unions
US Will Probe Whether French Tax On Tech Is Fair; Fed’s Powell Shares Libra Concerns With US Lawmakers; Subscription Commerce’s 'Fear Of Commitment' Moment
Big Tech Firms To Appear Before House Antitrust Subcommittee; UK Regulator Readies $123M Fine For Marriott Over GDPR Violations; Mastercard Launches Early Pay Option For Gig Workers
India Keeps Its Distance From Facebook’s Libra; Mastercard Completes Transfast Acquisition; Brighterion And Elavon Strike AI Anti-Fraud Deal For The Acquiring Space
Banks, Govs Show Continued Resistance To Facebook’s Libra; British Airways Fined £183M After 0.5M Users’ Data Is Compromised; i2c On Brex And ‘Fast Twitch’ Innovation
Goldman Eyes Digital Coin For Payments; Visa To Buy Verifi To Boost Chargeback Capabilities; If Facebook Wants To Be WeChat, Why Did It Launch Libra?
Google Launches Small Business Portal; Walmart Expands Next-Day Delivery; Why PayPal Agreed To Take A Seat At Libra’s Table
Facebook’s Libra Boosts Bitcoin Value To 18-Month High; Trump Says America Should Be Suing Tech Companies, Not EU; Visa Launches Installment APIs For Issuers And Merchants
Global Regulators Circle Libra’s Crypto Wagon; JPMC To Test Crypto Coin By Year-End; Payments Execs Weigh In On Innovation For The Roaring 2020s
Visa Buys Rambus To Tokenize Any Transaction; Monzo’s Valuation Now At £2 Billion; The Data Breach Case Against Facebook Is Moving Forward
FedEx Looks To Woo Merchants With Low Air Freight Prices; BIS Report Highlights Regulator ‘Unease’ Over LibradingClub; Mastercard On Facebook’s Libra Crypto Payments Future
Regulators, Lawmakers Press Facebook For Answers On Libra; Deutsche Bank AML Probes Now Reach The US; LendingClub President On Credit That Builds Savings
Ripple Drops $50M Into MoneyGram; North Korea Dodges Sanctions With Crypto Heists And Cybercrime; What The Launch Of Facebook’s Libra Means For Payments
G7 Raises Concerns Over Facebook's Libra; Apple Beats Google In App Revenue For Developers; LendingClub President On Credit That Builds Savings
Target Says Weekend Outage Due To NCR Glitch; Potential Facebook Crypto Launch Pushes Bitcoin Over $9,000; How To Build A High Performing Platform Payments Fraud Team
Amazon’s Share Of Total eComm Sales: Now 37 Percent?; Facebook’s Libra Attracts High-Profile FinServ Support; The Case For Federal IoT Regulations
SunTrust, BB&T Pick New Bank Name; Dual-Agency Big Tech Antitrust Investigations Questioned; Whitepages Pro Spins Out, Becomes Ekata
Stripe Makes Terminal Available Across The US; DOJ Tells Big Tech That Old Antitrust Rules Do Apply; Protecting Accounts Payable From Smarter, Faster Fraudsters
Amazon Restaurants Food Delivery Being Shuttered; Citi Teams With Grab On Co-Branded Credit Cards; Visa Launches B2B Connect In Over 30 Markets
Deutsche Bank Auditors Found AML Weaknesses; White House Wants Extension For Part Of Huawei Ban
Chase Shuts Down Finn; Walmart Bringing Back Delivery To Refrigerators; Mastercard’s Digital Wellness Suite: Curing What Ails Digital Checkout
SoFi Loses Three Top Execs; Wells Fargo Restructures Commercial Banking Business; Visa, Western Union Team To Speed Global Payments
Stripe Says SCA Puts Billions Of Online Sales At Risk; Amazon Expands One-Day Shipping To Millions Of Products
Stripe Launches Chargeback Protection Service; Facebook Digital Token Discussed With Regulator
Bain Capital Raising $1B Fund For Software, Cybersecurity; Visa CEO Throws Shade On Real-Time Payments; Making Sense Of The New Omnichannel Experience
Global Payments, TSYS Ink $21.5B Deal To Merge; Citi Said ‘Thanks, But No Thanks’ To The Apple Card; Robinhood Nearing A Valuation Of At Least $7 Billion
Global Payments And TSYS In Deal Talks; Zero Raises $20M To Launch Cash-Back Debit Card; Millions Of Americans Have No Retirement Savings
Plaid Launches Direct Funds Transfer Ecosystem; CBD Companies Can Process Payments Through Square Now; Amazon Shareholders Defend Facial Recognition Tech
Tesla Should Have Sold To Apple For $240/Share; Warburg Pincus In Talks To Buy NCR; Uber Gearing Up To Launch Unlimited Delivery Membership Program
GM To Shut Down Carsharing Service Maven In Some Cities; European Banks Trial SWIFT’s Instant gpi; Amazon Pay Debuts Alexa Delivery Notifications For All Merchants
JPMorgan Buys InstaMed for $500M; Blacklist Prompts Google To Cut Ties With Huawei; NY Seizes Municipal Credit Union
Startups Merge To Take On Airbnb; Whole Foods And Instacart Officially Call It Quits; Buffett’s Berkshire Buys $860M Of Amazon Shares
Google Makes Search More Shoppable; Mastercard Launches API Platform For Merchants, Issuers; San Francisco Facial Recognition Tech Ban Wins Support
Supremes Greenlight Consumer Apple App Store Lawsuit; Walmart To Expand One-Day Delivery To More Homes; Facebook Could Face 20-Year Government Oversight As Part Of Settlement
Uber, Lyft Struggle To Keep Drivers On Board; Finablr Struggles To Find Investor Interest For IPO; Amazon’s Alexa Wins The Digital Assistant Popularity Contest
Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez Look To Cap Card Rates; BAMS, First Data JV On The Rocks; Square, Postmates Team For Merchant Delivery Option
Amazon Merchants Affected By Cyberattack; FTC Wants Tighter Small Biz Lending Scrutiny; Android Users Can Pay For Apps With Cash
Western Union’s Q1 Digital Transactions Up 19 Pct; Visa Completes Sale Of Earthport To Enable Account-To-Account Transfers; Higher Fees Drive LendingClub’s Earnings Beat
NCR Acquires Restaurant POS Firm; San Francisco To Bar Cashless-Only Stores; Microsoft, Starbucks Team On AI-Powered Predictive Orders
Google Embeds Shopping Links In YouTube Vids; Amazon US One-Day Shipping Reach Now At 72 Pct Of Households; FTC Split On Size, Scope Of Facebook Fine
Checkout.com Raises $230M At $2B Valuation; NY Lawsuit Against FinTech Banking Licenses Can Proceed
SWIFT is expanding its network-wide payments validation toolkit; RBS Gets Back Payments Ten Years After Worldpay
FIS Taps Visa B2B Connect For X-Border Payments; PayPal Q1: Venmo Users Hit 40M, Payments Volume Dips
Amazon Expands Partnership With Casino In France; Kroger Risks Losing The Digital Grocery Race
Silicon Valley Is Losing Its Luster With Millennials; Pinterest Prices IPO At $19 A Share
Facebook Said To Use User Data To Fight Rivals; BoA’s Zelle Transactions Up 103 Pct In Q1
San Francisco May Be First City To Ban Facial Recognition; Goldman’s Marcus Shows Gains In Q1
Uber’s Growth Slowed But Sees $12 Trillion Market Opportunity; Small Banks Grow Frustrated With Core Providers
A Marketplace For Stolen Fingerprints Has Emerged; DOJ Asks First Data, Fiserv For Additional Docs
PayPal Updates Its Refund Policy; Amazon Wants Alexa To Track Medicine, Provide Health DataData Stocks Economy Business Banking Regulation Finance Technology FinTech Payments eCommerce Commerce Cybersecurity Cryptocurrency Retail News
Samsung’s First Quarter Profits Down About 60 Percent YOY; Amazon Getting More Search Ad Dollars At The Expense Of Google
Visa Gives Businesses New Way To Pay Gig Workers In Real Time; Blue Apron CEO, CTO To Step Down For Greener Pastures
Vacancy Rate At Shopping Centers Hit 10.2 Percent In First Quarter; Walmart Rolls Out Voice Orders On Google Assistant
Zuckerberg Advocates Internet Regulation; Care.com Removes 70 Percent Of Daycare Listings From Site
Visa Partners With Remitly On Real-Time P2P; FICO, Equifax To Sell Consumer Data To Banks
Apple Buys Payments API Developer Stamplay; Issuer Processor Marqeta Raises $250M, Hits $1.8B Valuation
Jamie Dimon: Big Tech Should Prep For Big Reg; Amazon, Worldpay Team On One-Click Commerce
FIS Buys Worldpay In $35B Cash, Stock Deal; Amazon Trials Delivery Services At Whole Foods
Philadelphia Bans Cashless Stores; Senate Hearing Grills Equifax, Marriott CEOs On Data Breaches
Ant Financial Launches Banking As A Service Platform; Amazon To Shutter US Pop-Up Stores
Alibaba, Office Depot Team To Serve SMBs Online; Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium To Go Cashless
Facebook Working On WhatsApp P2P Digital Coin; Speedpay Sale Speeds X-Border Payments Growth
Chase Throws Hat Into POS Financing Ring; SWIFT Says More Than $40 Trillion Transferred Over gpi
FTC Takes Fresh Aim At Big Tech — And Its Previous Mergers; Citi Launches Digital Payment Service For Rent, School Expenses
SEC Says Musk Violated Settlement With Recent Tesla Tweet; Amazon Debuts Third Alexa Accelerator Program
Visa, Mastercard Settle $6.2B Swipe Fee Lawsuit; NCR Expands Hospitality Reach With BEC Buy
Retailers In Some States May Be Forced To Accept Cash; UK Government Report Calls On eCommerce Players To Pay More Taxes
Facebook Says It’s Open To New Regulation; Walmart To Provide Glimpse Into How It Fared With Amazon
Dunkin' Suffers Credential Stuffing Attack Again; Mastercard, Ripple Back Remittance Co SendFriend
Amazon Launches Live Streaming Video-Shopping Service; Deutsche Burdened By High Interest Rate Payments
First Data Q4 GBS Revenues Up 8 Pct Ahead Of Fiserv Deal; Yelp Vows To Fight Investor On Potential Sale
Chase Going After PayPal, Stripe In eCommerce Payments; Wirecard Said Investigation Found No Wrongdoing
Visa, Mastercard Still Locked Out Of China; eBay’s Lukewarm Growth Concerns Activist Investor
Stripe raises $100M On A $22.5B Valuation; Despite scandals, Facebook Makes Q4 Gains on Users And Mobile
Earthport Accepts Mastercard's Bid Over Visa's; Gov’t Shutdown May Have Cost The US $6B
Capital One Misses On Q4 Revenue As Card Loans Increase; Mastercard Fined $648M Over X-Border EU Interchange Fees
New Square Card Promises Instant Funds To SMBs; Apple Pay Lets Users Pay Merchants Without Card
BoA's Zelle P2P Transactions Up 97 Pct In Q4; Goldman's Marcus Logs $35B In Deposits In 2018
FinTechs Want Access To Fed's Payment Systems; China: Visa, Mastercard Applications On Hold
Apple To Launch Three New LCD iPhone Models; Amazon Eyes Sears For Whole Foods Expansion
Affirm Joins High-Yield Savings Account Crowd; Credit Card Surcharges OK’ed In New York
Honda In-Vehicle Payments Now Support Visa, Mastercard, PayPal; Samsung’s Bixby To Support Google Apps
WhatsApp Mobile Payments Secure 210M Users In India; Warby Parker Cyberattack Affects 198K Accounts
Big Banks Struggle With Generous Rewards Cards; Mobile Payments Are Making Cash Obsolete In China
Lawmakers' FinTech concerns about Robinhood; Huawei troubles continue, two banks break ties
Big tech got special access to Facebook user data; Consumer credit default hits low for Nov 2018
Big tech backs Fed's real-time payments plan; France to move ahead with tech tax in January
Robinhood retreats from checking, savings products; TransferGo raises $17.6M for x-border payments
Robinhood Launches Checking, Savings Account; Uber Eats, Starbucks Pair On Coffee Delivery
Marriott hack part of broader Chinese intelligence-gathering effort; Google CEO denies data privacy breach, bias
Uber eyes 2019 IPO; "Yellow Vest" protests have cost French retailers one billion euros
China may have been behind Marriott data breach; Wells Fargo fires slew of retail bank district managers
Mastercard, Microsoft team on digital identity; Quora's 100M users affected by data breach
Amazon Go goes to the grocery store; WhatsApp asks RBI to expand payment services In India
Kathy Kraninger one step closer to CFPB nomination; Tax havens and money laundering suspected in Deutsche Bank raid
Germany's antitrust regulator opens probe into Amazon; PayPal mobile payments get a $2B holiday boost
Facebook could face coordinated regulation by nine countries; Apple Watch study shows users up exercise for rewards
Cyber Monday Sales Set A Record As Shift Online Continues; Amazon Seeks Brands To Talk To Alexa
Venmo Payment Fraud Led To $40M In Losses; Overstock: Sell Retail Biz, Focus On Blockchain
Amazon Said To Roll Out PillPack Service To Employees; Major Retailers Brace For Gift Card Fraud
Amazon Pay Makes Its Move To The Physical Store; Facebook Plans To Fight UK Fine For Cambridge Analytica Scandal
DOJ investigates Bitcoin market manipulation; US retail stocks take a beating over the Amazon effect
Travelers expands Amazon Smart Home program; Ticketmaster, Fanatics partner for cross-platform selling
Visa, AmEx, Mastercard face antitrust charges in Brazil; Chase launches offers for mobile customers
American Express launches Go for gig workers; Credit Suisse, UBS accused of blocking Apple Pay, Samsung Pay
IMF head says central banks should look at issuing digital currency; Fed launches new US Faster Payments Council
Amazon picks NYC, Crystal City for HQ2; Ripple, XRP investors lawsuit heads to federal court
Bixby eyes third-party integration; China to increase regulation of financial holding companies
Second Amazon 4-Star store set to open in Colorado; Amazon, Western Union launch x-border, in-person payments
Facebook User Growth Slows, Shifts Focus To Stories And Expanded Services; UK Facing Pushback For Tax On Tech Companies’ Revenue
First Data FX headwinds overshadow Clover double-digit gains; UK 'digital' tax to hit Alphabet, Amazon, Facebook
Sam's Club launches high-tech test store in Dallas; Gab goes offline after PayPal, GoDaddy, others pull support
Visa doesn't view cryptocurrency as a business threat; State Bank regs file suit to block OCC's bank charter
Wells Fargo execs take leave of absence; Grab, Mastercard bring prepaid cards to Southeast Asia
Apple CEO Calls On The US To Embrace EU-Type Privacy Laws; OCC Fines Capital One $100M Over AML Lapse
Wells "cross-selling" biz draws $65M fine; PayPal invests in emerging markets lending app Tala
Facebook Is Looking To Buy A Cybersecurity Company; Marqeta Expanding Overseas, Sets Up Shop In The UK
Square Launches Terminal To Replace Legacy Keypad Terminals; Amex, PayPal Partner For Pay With Rewards, P2P Transactions
eBay Sues Amazon for allegedly poaching marketplace sellers; MoviePass parent being investigated by New York AG
Noncash Payment Fraud Values On The Rise Since 2012; Instacart Raises $600M At $7.6B Valuation
OnDeck launches ODX to help banks lend; Mastercard, Visa, Amex face penalties for violating India data law
Bitcoin Miners Fail To Make A Profit Despite Surge In Revenue; Google Debuts Devices To Blunt Amazon, Alexa Threat
Klarna gets $20M from H&M to integrate with retailer; DHS believes Apple, Amazon denials over Chinese server hacks
Latest funding round gives Stripe $20B valuation; Western union mulls sale of B2B payments unit
Some State AGs Could Launch Joint Inquiries Into Tech Companies; Square Launches Payroll Services
Big banks join blockchain payments initiative; Stripe mulls cash advance lending for SMBs
SoftBank builds blockchain mobile payments Proof of Concept; Cybercriminals harass FIs 81M times in 2018 so far
Goldman says bank still looking at how to offer Bitcoin access; PayPal surpasses 250 million active accounts
Google paid to access Mastercard purchase data; IBM launches blockchain payments network
Chip cards reduce counterfeit fraud at U.S. merchants by 75 percent; Dunkin' Donuts announces support for Alexa Voice Ordering
Berkshire Hathaway eyes stake in Paytm; Walmart.com launches Moosejaw-curated outdoor shop
T-Mobile discloses data breach that impacted about 3 percent of customers; Venmo might get rid of public transaction posts to protect user privacy
Samsung Pay passes the 1.3B transactions mark; Bad credit card debt write-offs worry US Banks
Capital One eyes blockchain for authentication; Alipay now ubiquitous at Mall of America
Zelle eyeing expansion into SMB payments; Monzo to reach unicorn status with fresh round of funding
Ripple eyes China's cross-border payments market; Square makes EMV transactions faster in the U.S.
Square Cash downloads top Venmo; Cryptocurrencies are 70 percent lower than January highs
Fintechs are going after borrowers with poor credit; Citigroup's Jud Linville to leave as part of executive reshuffling
PE firms increase their business lending prowess; Little evidence that Tether has the US Dollar reserves to back tokens
US Bank's Elan unit up for sale; IBM, Maersk Blockchain venture now includes 94 partners
Some states readying for a fight over federal government's FinTech oversight; Trump administration shrinks finance watchdog
Visa invests in Israeli startup Behalf; Samsung to invest $22B in new growth areas including AI
Zillow gets into mortgages with acquisition of Mortgage Lenders of America; Facebook reportedly asks banks to share customer data
Triton Funds looking to take MoviePass parent private; Discover names Roger Hochschild CEO
Sonos CEO says Google Assistant integration should come before holidays; Deutsche Bank reports show chinks in money laundering armor
Flipkart to roll out free delivery loyalty program; US Treasury advocates sandboxes, new fintech rules
AmEx accused of secretly raising forex prices; Kaspersky discovers new malware targeting corporations
Stripe enables corporates to create their own cards; Capital One scores Walmart's store card business
Mobile growth leads to ad revenue increase for Alphabet; Third Point takes new position in PayPal
Visa releases consumer retail report; Trulioo offers Instant Identity Verification in the Philippines
European finance leaders want progress on digital company tax; Theranos investors opt to settle with little left
FTC to look closely at EU's $5B Google fine; Wedbush estimates Amazon brought in $4.2B in Prime Day sales
PayPal leads investment in PPRO; Revolut flagged money laundering evidence a few months back
Walmart de Mexico focused on grocery deliveries; CA technologies sold to Broadcom for $19B
Ripple brings on Facebook's Kahina Van Dyke; Supreme court nominee had tens of thousands of dollars in credit card debt
Facebook hit with fine in the UK over Cambridge Analytica scandal; Oprah enters the Restaurant world
SEC charges Heartland Ex-CEO with insider trading; Macy's data breach includes online card data
Smart speaker installed base poised to near 100M; Snap's Amazon Visual Commerce connection
Global payments industry sees surge in acquisitions; Groupon says it wants to be bought
Western Union customers have new way to send money; MoviePass changes subscription plan, increases prices
Square pulls banking application; Facebook gets serious about blockchain with exec reshuffle
Germany's telecom regulator head goes after Google and Facebook; Ripple served third securities fraud lawsuit