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    CFPB mulls cutting int’l money transfer oversight

    The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is reconsidering the definition of a large international money transfer firm, potentially reducing regulation.

    By Aug. 20, 2025
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    EarnIn draws adverse court ruling

    A federal judge ruled against the earned wage access company in a decision earlier this month, saying lending laws apply to its business.

    By Aug. 19, 2025
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    Top 5 stories from Payments Dive

    The digital evolution of payments is roiling the industry, forcing companies to rethink pricing schemes and revamp corporate strategies. Embedded payments, earned wage access, real-time systems and other innovations will transform the business.

    By Payments Dive staff
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    NY queries BNPL providers

    New York regulators said Monday that buy now, pay later companies can have extra time to furnish voluntary BNPL data ahead of new state rules.

    By Justin Bachman • Aug. 19, 2025
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    Early Warning shirked safeguards, NY says

    As states step into the breach left by the CFPB, New York alleges Zelle’s parent devised security policies in 2019 to counter fraud on the payments network, but didn’t impose them for four years.

    By Justin Bachman • Aug. 18, 2025
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    ACH payments used for ex-banker’s fraud

    A former Alabama banker made some 273 fraudulent ACH transactions over 10 years, ultimately embezzling about $2.3 million, the DOJ said.

    By Rajashree Chakravarty • Aug. 18, 2025
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    Opinion

    The case for earned wage access

    “This is a tool that workers value and that policymakers should make more accessible, full stop,” one economist writes.

    By Jonathan Davis • Aug. 15, 2025
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    How stablecoins could impact payments: ACI

    With clients wondering how stablecoins will impact payments in the Genius Act era, ACI Worldwide’s chief strategy and growth officer offers insights.

    By Aug. 15, 2025
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    Trump order zeroes in on payments

    The president’s ‘debanking’ executive order last week took aim at financial firms that may be stymieing payments services for political reasons. 

    By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Aug. 14, 2025
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    NY sues Early Warning over Zelle fraud

    The NY attorney general’s state lawsuit comes five months after the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau dropped a federal action over the same matter.

    By Justin Bachman • Aug. 13, 2025
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    Shift4 helps crypto fans blast off

    The payments company has started processing cryptocurrency transactions for the space flight company Blue Origin.

    By Aug. 12, 2025
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    AI takes on bill payments

    Paymentus CEO Dushyant Sharma explained how his company is using AI to make paying bills digitally more efficient.

    By Aug. 11, 2025
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    Block courts teen app users

    The company announced a focus on keeping its youngest customers on Cash App to secure future growth for the platform.

    By Aug. 8, 2025
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    Big bank moves threaten innovation

    That threat extends to American leadership, but the Trump administration can address it in a revised open banking rule, trade group leaders say.

    By Penny Lee and Ji Hun Kim • Aug. 8, 2025
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    Judge vacates debit fee regulations

    The federal court ruling potentially forces the Federal Reserve to revisit rules on fees banks can charge merchants when consumers swipe debit cards.

    By Aug. 7, 2025
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    Shift4 faces CFO, board departures

    The payment processor’s CFO will step down and join the board, while the company founder’s father said he will resign from the board.

    By Aug. 7, 2025
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    Georgia bank charter attracts two more takers

    One payments company has applied for the special acquirer credential and another has expressed interest, a state official said.

    By Aug. 6, 2025
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    When will you be able to buy a pizza with stablecoin?

    The Genius Act is law. Here’s how 5 professionals in the payments industry view prospects for the digital currency becoming a daily payment option.

    By Justin Bachman • Aug. 5, 2025
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    Shuffle: Finzly, Bitcoin Depot and PayIt

    Fintech companies made new CFO and other executive appointments last month as they brace for economic and regulatory headwinds.

    By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Aug. 4, 2025
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    Mastercard backs open banking

    The card network’s CEO favors the worldwide open banking trend, and predicts it will be a “winning proposition over time.”

    By Aug. 4, 2025
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    Visa denies DOJ debit card allegations

    The largest card network said it doesn’t have a monopoly in the debit card market and that its agreements don’t pay others to avoid competing.

    By Justin Bachman • Aug. 1, 2025
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    EWS schools Zelle users on fraud

    The company has locked arms with a national nonprofit to educate consumers about fraud and scams on the peer-to-peer payments tool.

    By Aug. 1, 2025
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    Wise shareholders vote to move primary listing to US

    One of the money transfer company’s co-founders criticized the stock listing move to New York from London.

    By Dan Ennis • July 31, 2025
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    CFPB to revise open banking rule

    The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said Tuesday it will “substantially” revise the 2024 Biden-era open banking rule that drew a lawsuit from banks.

    By Justin Bachman • July 29, 2025
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    Capital One delivers few details on $265B community plan

    A year after touting a community investment proposal as part of an effort to acquire Discover Financial, the card issuer has yet to lay out program specifics.

    By Tatiana Walk-Morris • July 29, 2025
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    Fiserv sued over Clover migration

    A securities lawsuit alleges the payments processor moved merchants to Clover, and then misled investors about the point-of-sale system’s growth.

    By July 28, 2025