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EWA providers hail new Kansas law

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Kansas has joined a pack of states in passing a law backed by earned wage access providers, as regulations for the industry remain a contentious issue.

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Judge Wants Payday Loan Firm To Pay $132.5M To Victims

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A Kansas City payday loan company and its operator will be compelled to pay $132.5 The company’s assets were sold years ago, the Kansas City Star reported Friday (Sept. more from its customers than the amount disclosed in the “Total of Payments” boxes in (required disclosure). more from its customers than the amount disclosed.”.

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Federal Reserve To Launch FedNow Instant Payments System 

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The Federal Reserve has officially announced it will create a real-time payments service, to be called FedNow. The move was described by Kansas Federal Reserve President Esther George as the biggest infrastructure upgrade embraced by the Federal Reserve since the ACH system went online in 1972.

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Visa’s Approach To Simplifying Cross-Border Payments

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Money is moving faster than ever, with innovations making it possible for consumers and businesses to send and receive payments within minutes as opposed to days. These innovations can save valuable time and money, but they do not often solve issues associated with international payments.

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State Regulation, Conference of State Bank Supervisors, Financial Services, FinTech, Charles Clark, Washington State Department of Financial Institutions, License, Regulation, Bank of Indonesia, FinTech, Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency, News

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Through the Conference of State Bank Supervisors, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Massachusetts, Texas, Tennessee and Washington are looking to standardize the ways firms across traditional financial services and FinTech upstarts apply for, and are granted, licenses. Can the states make licensing – of the money movement kind – any easier?

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Congress Presses Fed On Real-Time Payments Plan

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The Federal Reserve’s buildup to faster payments innovation came to a head in August when it announced FedNow , its proposed real-time payments infrastructure under the draft Payments Modernization Act of 2019. payments ecosystem. payments ecosystem. Competition and Interoperability.

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Federal Reserve Names New Payments Strategy Director

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Federal Reserve has named a new payments strategy director tasked with heading the agency’s payment system improvement initiatives. Payment System published in early 2015. The Fed first announced Dave Sapenaro as the successor to the role on Thursday (Aug.

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