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Today In Payments: Facebook Calls Out Apple; DC AG Sues Instacart

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DC AG Sues Instacart Over Fees Customers Thought Were Tips. 27) that Instacart made substantial sums in the city by tricking customers into thinking voluntary payments they added to food delivery bills were tips for drivers. Smaller FIs at the Real-Time Payments Crossroads. Facebook Inc. to buy TikTok’s U.S.

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4 takeaways from Michael Barr’s DC Fintech Week speech

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The Federal Reserve’s vice chair for supervision stressed caution for banks’ ties to crypto and spotlighted how stablecoins differ from other digital assets.

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DC Bar: Lawyers Allowed To Take Digital Currency As Payment

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lawyers will be allowed to accept cryptocurrency as payment, according to an opinion by the District of Columbia Bar. Because of that, the Bar finds this kind of agreement more like using property than a fiat currency for payment. Washington D.C.

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DC AG Is Suing DoorDash Over Tipping

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The lawsuit claims DoorDash users paid millions in tips, and the company used those tips to offset worker payments instead of giving them directly to the workers, for a period of two years. . DoorDash initially doubled down on the way it pays workers, but then in July announced it would change its payment model.

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Cardtek, DC Payments launch mobile payments platform

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(The Paypers) Cardtek , a payment technologies provider, has partnered DC Payments, a provider of payment processing and ATM managed solutions, to launch MSM, a mobile payments platform.

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Smart Card Alliance opens Washington, DC-area training center

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The National Center for Advanced Payments and Identity Security in Crystal City, Virginia, will be a permanent facility for live educational activities hosted by SCA.

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Walmart Pay Launches In 16 States, DC

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The retail giant’s payment method is finally here. Back in December, Walmart announced plans to enter the mobile payments game with its own proprietary payments platform by turning the Walmart.com app into the way that consumers can pay at the physical point of sale.

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