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PayPal Sues U.S. Regulator Over Prepaid-Card Rule

December 13 2019

“PayPal Holdings PYPL +1.14% Inc. sued a federal banking regulator Wednesday, alleging that its new rule has hampered the company’s ability to offer credit products and has created confusion among users of its popular digital-payment services PayPal and Venmo.”
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Apple Keeps Payments Tech for Itself and Europe Has Had Enough

December 12 2019

“Apple Inc. ’s digital wallet is expanding in Europe just as regulators crack down on the tech giant’s move into financial services.    At issue is Apple’s role as a platform for other services. Spotify Technology SA already complained to antitrust regulators that Apple favors its own music service. Now banks and other payments providers […]
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Malaysia to Help SMEs Go Digital by 2022

December 2 2019

“The country is actively taking on multiple initiatives to get businesses to leverage viable solutions that could help automate operational processes and achieve digital proficiency. In particular, the government has prioritized digitalization efforts among SMEs to maintain relevance, maximize business efficiency, and increase productivity. There is also a strong focus on digital payment capabilities as […]
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Rule Change Could Help Tech Firms Advance Into Banking

December 16 2019

“As more of these fintech partnerships emerge, investors in both tech firms and banks will need to ask a lot of questions: Will the deposits be considered brokered? If they are, does that mean the tech company basically controls the relationship with the customer? Or, if they aren’t brokered, does the bank then pay more […]
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EU Rules Set to Make Cross Border Payments Cheaper

December 19 2019

“The new rules, which affect member states of the bloc which do not use the euro as their currency, will specify that the cost of cross border payments made using the single currency will not cost any more than domestic payments would. The development will be followed up by a move in April of next […]
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Visa and Mastercard Say No to Delaying Deadline for Gas Pump Chip Card Upgrades

January 8 2020

“Gas stations around the U.S. are rushing to upgrade fuel pumps to accept credit and debit cards with chips after Visa and Mastercard rejected a request to delay a looming deadline to complete the work. Beginning in October, station operators that haven’t modernized their pumps will face liability for any card fraud that happens at […]
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America Express Application Accepted by China Central Bank: Filing

January 8 2020

“China’s central bank said Wednesday that it had accepted an application from a unit of American Express Co ( AXP.N ) (AmEx) regarding starting operations in China. The application status was revealed in an official social media post from the People’s Bank of China (PBOC). It did not elaborate on when it will approve the […]
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Nigerian Central Bank Tightens Payments System Supervision – Central Banking

January 8 2020

“The Central Bank of Nigeria is imposing a new risk management framework on users of the country’s payments systems, it announced on January 6. The CBN is ordering payments firms to set up their own boards to create proper risk-management frameworks, which it will oversee. Its move follows its recent decision to encourage more mobile […]