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    Tether eyes US return in December, names Trump ally Hines to top post

    The stablecoin firm stopped serving American customers directly in 2021. The company’s reemergence comes amid fresh legislation and intense competition from Circle and other issuers.

    By Sept. 17, 2025
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    Remitly debuts tiered membership platform

    Remitly One contains a “send-now-pay-later” feature that allows subscribers instant access to funds and a digital debit card that lets subscribers bypass foreign transaction fees.

    By Sept. 17, 2025
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    Fintech disruption in the banking industry

    There are as many schools of thought on how to disrupt the banking space as there are disruptors.

    By Banking Dive staff
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    Plaid to pay for JPMorgan data

    Under the agreement between the two companies, the bank will be paid for sharing consumer data with Plaid. Fintech groups excoriated JPMorgan for the new access fees.

    By Justin Bachman • Sept. 16, 2025
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    Fed lifts FedNow limit to $10M

    As financial firms flock to instant payments, the Federal Reserve has pitched FedNow as a way to ease internal transfers, corporate payroll and big transactions.

    By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Sept. 11, 2025
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    Klarna counts on retailers for growth

    As the Swedish fintech becomes publicly traded, the BNPL giant says the availability of its services at retailers such as Walmart and Macy’s correlates strongly to future growth.

    By Justin Bachman • Sept. 10, 2025
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    Open banking looks better with crypto

    After fintechs and crypto bros showed how banks might fetter digital assets, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau revamped its views of open banking.

    By Justin Bachman • Sept. 8, 2025
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    U.S. Bank revives bitcoin custody

    The Minneapolis-based lender paused its bitcoin custody offering in 2022, but “enhanced regulatory clarity” has brought the service back to life, an executive said.

    By Sept. 3, 2025
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    Fed’s Waller pushes deeper ties with ‘innovators’

    The Federal Reserve has begun “technical research” on financial technology, including tokenization and AI in payments, the central bank governor said Wednesday.

    By Justin Bachman • Aug. 22, 2025
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    CFPB seeks comments for new open banking rule

    The agency wants to learn about costs, fees and consumer data risks associated with open banking as it seeks to revise a 2024 rule.

    By Justin Bachman • Aug. 22, 2025
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    FundCanna launches BNPL tool for cannabis businesses

    Funding challenges in the cannabis market have created a massive delinquent receivables problem, according to one economist. ReadyPaid, FundCanna’s new B2B BNPL platform, aims to remedy that.

    By Aug. 20, 2025
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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 Lynne Marek • Aug. 20, 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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    NY sues Early Warning Services over Zelle fraud

    The NY attorney general’s 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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    Paxos to pay $48.5M over AML, due-diligence failures

    Some of the charges stem from the stablecoin issuer’s relationship with Binance. The agreement includes a $22 million investment in Paxos’ compliance program and a $26.5 million payment to New York’s Department of Financial Services.

    By Aug. 7, 2025
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    CFTC, SEC make quick work on crypto movement

    Both regulators announced plans last week to get going on crypto regulation that aligns with a report by the President’s Working Group on Digital Assets. They’ve already made waves this week.

    By Aug. 6, 2025
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    Georgia bank charter attracts 2 more takers

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

    By Patrick Cooley • Aug. 6, 2025
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    Will JPMorgan take a bigger bite of Apple?

    If the bank makes a play for the tech company's credit card portfolio, it may also make a broader bid for more business.

    By Patrick Cooley • Aug. 5, 2025
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    First-ever Finzly CFO seeks to create culture of ‘connectivity’

    Software alum Adam Carson aims to upgrade the finance role at the payments infrastructure provider from a "backseat function."

    By Grace Noto • Aug. 4, 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 Patrick Cooley • Aug. 1, 2025
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    Big bank CEOs talk stablecoin plans

    The prospect of a more favorable regulatory environment for digital assets has large lenders exploring or plotting stablecoin plans, JPMorgan, BofA, Citi and U.S. Bank executives indicated last week.

    By July 17, 2025
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    Why small banks may shun Zelle

    The peer-to-peer payment network charges comparatively higher transaction rates, but also offers the potential for new customers, consultants say.

    By Patrick Cooley • July 16, 2025
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    Wise to pay $4.2M, boost AML oversight in 6-state settlement

    Wise allegedly failed to provide for frequent independent review of its anti-money laundering program. Regulators also found deficiencies in the investigation and reporting of suspicious activity.

    By Justin Bachman • July 10, 2025
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    Community banks view embedded finance as key to longevity: report

    Despite increased regulatory scrutiny of banking-as-a-service, over half of the surveyed community bank respondents are considering implementing BaaS or embedded banking solutions.

    By July 9, 2025
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    Warren demands Zelle scam update

    In letters to Zelle’s bank owners, Sen. Elizabeth Warren and two other Democrats asked what the financial institutions are doing to protect customers using the digital payments service.

    By Patrick Cooley • July 8, 2025
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    Early Warning Services pitches Zelle to Treasury

    The company that owns the peer-to-peer service Zelle suggested the U.S. Treasury Department use that tool to replace checks with digital payments.

    By Patrick Cooley • July 1, 2025