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Dave & Buster’s Becomes Latest Payroll Card Lawsuit Target

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Payroll cards have been hit with a new controversy. Filed last week, the suit accuses Dave & Buster’s of forcing employees to be paid via payroll card for their first and last month’s paychecks. The suit was filed in Oregon. He also pointed to increasing national awareness of these issues.

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FinTechs Take On Payment Rail Status Quo

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With Visa and Mastercard each having made significant investments to capture more of the SMB segment through an array of payment rails, including card, ACH, and proprietary networks, SWIFT is joining a competitive landscape that aims to overhaul the payment rail status quo. Billhop Eases B2B Card Acceptance. and Sweden, it noted.

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Synchrony Says Erroneous Email Not Tied To Data Breach

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Synchrony Financial said a message was erroneously sent to customers about an Amazon.com card and that a data breach had not occurred, according to a report by Reuters. On Monday (Nov. 26), a notification was sent to some customers saying “a trial deposit has been successfully made to your Amazon credit builder.”

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Today In B2B: Small PPP Loans Cause Controversy; Bank Profits Sink

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Plus, Pilot Company collaborates on fleet factoring, Revolution Payments launches Level III commercial card processing and Porter Capital launches new PPP funding tools. Nikki Smith, a baker and caterer in Oregon, collected $96. bank profits are expected to sink. About 300 SMBs Received Less Than $99 In PPP. 11) announcement.

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AltFin Proves Its Staying Power With Asian Investors

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With an eye on the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) market, tryb secured $30 million from the Makarta Innovation Fund, the firm said this week. The company works with financial institutions, linking them with its CVV+ tool to address card-not-present fraud.

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End-Of-Summer Edition: Retro Malware, Bitcoin’s Surge ‘N’ Split And Apple Watch Sees Other People

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PST in Oregon and 2:48 p.m. The malware is known as the Faketoken Android Trojan , a mobile banking malware designed to steal credentials such as name, credit card number and CCV, amid other information. This week, Americans will have something of a rare opportunity in the digital age: The chance to all do the same thing at once.

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The Whole Paycheck Tracker: Bringing SNAP Recipients Into The Digital Fold

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In early 2017 the USDA pushed out a pilot program that allowed SNAP enrollees to buy groceries online with their card in seven states and with seven grocery partners: Amazon, FreshDirect, Safeway, Dash’s Market, Hy-Vee, ShopRite and Hart’s Local Grocers. This last round of piloting is set to take another two years.

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