FedNow aims for late end of launch period

The Federal Reserve is targeting July, as opposed to the earlier end of its prior range, for starting its new real-time payments service.

By Lynne Marek • March 16, 2023

Visa, Mastercard depict bank failure impact

As bank card issuers faltered this past weekend, the card networks monitored payments closely, Visa and Mastercard executives said at a conference.

By Lynne Marek • March 15, 2023

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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.

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Fiserv, Jack Henry CEOs react to bank crisis

Payments processors’ CEOs this week described how their companies were affected by the recent bank industry turmoil, downplaying the impact.

By Caitlin Mullen , Lynne Marek • March 15, 2023

Payments players caught in SVB fallout

As the banking crisis spread, payments players, such as FIS, and venture-backed firms, including Payoneer, were caught in the contagion.

By Lynne Marek , Caitlin Mullen • March 13, 2023

Amex follows rivals in ditching gun code

Visa, Mastercard, Amex and Discover all said separately Thursday they’re holding off on earlier plans to implement a new gun merchant category code on their card networks.

By Caitlin Mullen • March 9, 2023

FedNow may draw in low-income users

The real-time payments system due later this year could have particular appeal to unbanked and underbanked Americans, Fed researchers say.

By Lynne Marek • March 9, 2023

Walmart shooter likely used card to buy gun

The gunman in a 2019 attack at an El Paso Walmart store likely used a credit card to buy his gun online. This story is one in a series of pieces tracking payment methods for guns used in mass shootings.

By Debbie Carlson • March 7, 2023

Behind Synchrony’s decision to join Project Black

The private label card issuer decided it needed to do more to support entrepreneurs of color and women business owners so it teamed up with Ariel Alternatives.

By Tatiana Walk-Morris • March 6, 2023

Senators urge regulators to keep close eye on Zelle

Five Democrats blasted the platform for its use of murky language, such as “authorized” transactions, in fraud-related reimbursements of customers.

By Rajashree Chakravarty • March 6, 2023

Jack Henry, ACI pounce on FedNow

The companies are gearing up to add U.S. real-time services for customers with the mid-year launch of the Federal Reserve instant payments system.

By Lynne Marek • March 3, 2023

Synchrony, Bread brace for potential late fee cap impact

If a late fee cap is imposed by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the companies may curtail credit and seek other offsets, executives said this week.

By Caitlin Mullen • March 3, 2023

Visa aims to lower credit surcharge

The card network plans to reduce the credit card surcharge that merchants can impose on consumers, but the proposal is facing pushback.

By Lynne Marek • March 2, 2023

CFPB’s fate at stake in Supreme Court case

The high court’s decision could set a precedent for future actions, challenging everything the CFPB has done, said Scott Pearson, a partner in Manatt's consumer financial services practice.

By Anna Hrushka • March 1, 2023

Mastercard embraces nationalism

The card company isn’t shying away from countries in which the governments are taking a more insular approach to building their payments systems.

By Lynne Marek • March 1, 2023

Battle over expected Durbin bill ensues

A credit union trade group railed against expected credit card processing legislation aimed at Visa and Mastercard before a bill has even been introduced in Congress this year.

By Lynne Marek • Feb. 27, 2023

Transparency key to crypto’s next phase: Circle CFO

USDC issuer Circle is moving to become a public company, its CFO said, even as regulatory attention on the space sharpens.

By Grace Noto • Feb. 24, 2023

FedNow aims to avoid Zelle-type fraud

As the Federal Reserve prepares for a mid-year launch of its instant payments system, FedNow, it’s zeroing in on anti-fraud tools to protect users.

By Lynne Marek • Feb. 23, 2023

Klarna touts US as largest market

The Swedish buy now, pay later provider aims to keep growing in the U.S. with new services despite the intense competition.

By Lynne Marek • Feb. 22, 2023

Discover to implement gun code in April: report

The newly published code will be part of Discover’s policy and product update for merchants and payment partners in April, a spokesperson told Reuters.

By Caitlin Mullen • Feb. 21, 2023

CFPB warns card issuers on credit reports

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has threatened action over card issuers not reporting full consumer payment data for tracking credit histories.

By Lynne Marek • Feb. 21, 2023

Credit card debt surpasses pre-pandemic levels: Fed

Despite a pause in payments required for federal student loans, younger borrowers particularly are showing higher credit card delinquencies.

By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Feb. 17, 2023

Debit routing rule tables turned on regulators

Bank card issuers say there isn’t enough network competition to meet the July debit card routing rule deadline, adopting regulators’ argument to push back.

By Lynne Marek • Feb. 16, 2023

Retailers oppose banks seeking more time on debit routing rule

Banks requested a delay in implementing a debit routing rule, but a retail and merchant trade group argued it’s high time the card issuers comply.

By Lynne Marek • Feb. 15, 2023

Crypto regulation shouldn’t smother innovation: Fed’s Waller

The Fed governor highlighted the benefits of smart contracts, as well as the potential for tokenization as a privacy tool, in a speech Friday.

By Rajashree Chakravarty • Feb. 13, 2023

Gun merchant code to be published this month

Once it’s published, use of the new code “is eventually left up to the users in the industry,” an ISO spokesperson said.

By Caitlin Mullen • Feb. 13, 2023