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Blaming cards for high gas prices doesn't make sense, trade group argues

Payments Dive

The leader of the Electronic Payments Coalition tells people looking to blame credit and debit card companies for higher gas prices to find a different scapegoat.

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Ant Group Curbs Credit Limits Of Some Users Of Virtual Credit Cards

PYMNTS

In the wake of the collapse of its initial public offering of stock (IPO), China’s Ant Group is scaling back the borrowing limits for some of the young users of Huabei. That arm of the financial technology (FinTech) giant offers a virtual credit card. Now, the future of Ant Group is up for debate. The company did not elaborate.

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Visa, CPI Card Group Launch Eco-Friendly Card

PYMNTS

Visa and CPI Card Group have partnered for the new Earthwise High Content Card, which a press release touts as made with up to 98 percent upcycled plastic. The card is made with rPETG, a type of upcycled plastic, according to the release.

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Card issuers defend late fees

Payments Dive

In responses to a group of U.S. senators, the top 10 credit card issuers outlined their late fee practices and warned of potential consequences if fees are capped as the CFPB has proposed.

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Merchant Lynx Services acquires National Credit Card Processing Group

Payments Dive

The purchase gives Merchant Lynx Services a payment acceptance presence in the highway construction and large equipment sector, a Merchant Lynx executive said.

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Senators call out banks on card late fees

Payments Dive

A group of lawmakers asked the CEOs of large credit card issuers to explain their late fee practices.

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CFPB and plaintiffs fully brief motion for preliminary injunction in trade group lawsuit regarding final credit card late fee rule

CFPB Monitor

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) filed an opposition brief (the “Opposition”) on Tuesday in response to a request by plaintiff trade groups to enjoin the CFPB’s final credit card late fee rule (the “Final Rule”) during the pendency of a lawsuit seeking to invalidate the Final Rule.

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