article thumbnail

Today In Payments: California Proposes Financial Watchdog; Germany Launches Investigation Into Amazon

PYMNTS

California lawmakers are moving quickly to create a financial watchdog agency as a new department of their state government, as the coronavirus pandemic accelerates financial crime across the nation. The Federal Reserve is working with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to explore the possibility of issuing a digital currency.

article thumbnail

Eclipse Acquisition Brings Payment Alliance Int’l 15K More ATMs

PYMNTS

ATM portfolio management tools and services firm Payment Alliance International (PAI) has acquired Arizona-based ATM operator Eclipse Cash Systems for an undisclosed sum. In June, it announced it acquired Massachusetts-based ATM operator ISA-Ecash. We are very pleased to have Eclipse CEO Chris Biedrzycki and his team join us.”.

ATM 128
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Amazon To Shut Down Free Sample Program

PYMNTS

Ron Wyden of Oregon, Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, Ed Markey of Massachusetts, Chris Coons of Delaware and Gary Peters of Michigan sent a letter Wednesday (Nov. They asked whether the technology could be accessed by foreign entities and whether the technology posed a risk to national security.

Delaware 140
article thumbnail

Nonprofit Supports Community Entrepreneurs Amid Pandemic

PYMNTS

Quite the contrary,” says Bob Brennan, chairman of the National Expansion Council and one of the directors of a nonprofit organization called Entrepreneurship for All (EforAll) based in Boston, Massachusetts. “I EforAll began operating in Holyoke in 2018 and in Roxbury in 2019. And what is that model? You manage the misses.

Community 148
article thumbnail

Amazon Discontinues Free Sample Program

PYMNTS

Ron Wyden of Oregon, Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, Ed Markey of Massachusetts, Chris Coons of Delaware and Gary Peters of Michigan sent a letter Wednesday (Nov. They asked whether the technology could be accessed by foreign entities and whether the technology posed a risk to national security.

Delaware 130
article thumbnail

Synchrony Says Erroneous Email Not Tied To Data Breach

PYMNTS

Senators Ron Wyden of Oregon, Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, Ed Markey of Massachusetts, Chris Coons of Delaware and Gary Peters of Michigan sent a letter asking whether the technology could be accessed by foreign entities or whether it posed a risk to national security.

Data 130
article thumbnail

CVS To Open 50+ COVID-19 Drive-Thru Testing Sites

PYMNTS

As it works to address the pandemic with testing, CVS Health plans to open over 50 COVID-19 testing sites at designated CVS Pharmacy drive-thru locations throughout Connecticut, Florida, Arizona, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts. CVS Health President and CEO Larry J.