PYMNTS

DECEMBER 9, 2020

The cybersecurity firm FireEye — which counts numerous government agencies among its clients — said in a blog post that its proprietary tools were hacked by a suspected nation-state. “We The company has cybersecurity clients across the national security space in the U.S., reports Reuters. “We

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Chris Skinner

AUGUST 28, 2019

These days, in … The post America: a nation living in the 20th Century appeared first on Chris Skinner's blog. Although a valid payment mechanism in some countries, it has been phased out in many. Finland stopped using checks in 1993, Poland in 2006 and the Netherlands from the start of next year.

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Chris Skinner

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

Robinson from the University of Chicago and co-author of Why Nations Fail, a book that changed thinking about what makes for successful countries and what makes them fail. I had … The post Why Nations Fail appeared first on Chris Skinner's blog.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Global branded payments provider Blackhawk Network has acquired National Gift Card , one of the biggest North American prepaid tech and card companies, according to a press release emailed to PYMNTS.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 31, 2021

City National Bank has enlisted New York City FinTech Extend to enable the bank’s clients to offer virtual corporate cards to employees, vendors and other business partners, the companies announced in a press release. With Extend, City National is the first issuer in the U.S. Replacing them is much easier than replacing plastic cards.

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Chris Skinner

AUGUST 23, 2018

… The post When national currencies fail (cryptocurrencies rise) appeared first on Chris Skinner's blog. Venezuela is the latest country to spin into hyperinflation, showing the same signs as the meltdown in Zimbabwe that created the 100 trillion dollar note.

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Payments Dive

JULY 10, 2023

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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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 15, 2020

The National Information Technology Development Agency and the Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy of the country have teamed to create a framework for country blockchain adoption, CoinDesk reported, citing local media. billion USDC in circulation, according to the announcement.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Today in the changing world of how we eat, Blaze Pizza finds ways to fight friendly fraud and quick-service restaurants (QSRs) digitally delight for National Cheeseburger Day. McDonald's Burger King And Other QSRs Celebrate National Cheeseburger Day With App-Based Discounts.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

As for easing the path toward financial innovation, there’d always been some consideration of seeking a national banking charter, noted Cagney, especially as the company began building blockchain and blockchain applications over the past few years. “As But a national charter would allow for a uniformity of presence and market scope.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

The island nation of Mauritius will now have a sovereign fund dedicated to investment in fintech. According to reports, high-level Fintech and Innovation-driven Financial Services Regulatory Committee panel met last week to discuss the possibility of the fund that would focus on, among other things, fraud, security, and blockchain.

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Bank Innovation

APRIL 20, 2018

and the National Bank of Canada (NBC) announced today that they tested a debt insurance simulation on a new blockchain platform. JPMorgan Chase & Co.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Those efforts culminated with the National Credit Union Foundation’s recent launch of the CUAid Disaster Recovery App , in collaboration with PSCU. If you look at the national banks, they have that distribution of locations and contact centers. But Fagan said that’s a particular challenge given many credit unions’ hyperlocal nature.

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Bank Innovation

JULY 19, 2017

But the most significant revelation from the company’s earnings call yesterday may be that digital banking allows any bank to become national. Pittsburgh-based PNC Financial Services Group is making a significant digital push this quarter, and highlighted a number of areas this is benefiting the bank’s consumer business.

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PYMNTS

MAY 14, 2020

Amazon urged Congress on Wednesday (May 13) to enact legislation to prohibit price gouging during times of national emergency, Reuters reported. Brian Huseman, a vice president of public policy at Amazon, said in a blog post that each of the nation’s states have different rules when it comes to price gouging.

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Abrigo

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Professionals across the nation encouraged to celebrate National Financial Crime Fighter Day. We started that effort in full-force in 2017, with an idea to create a nationally recognized holiday – BSA/AML Professional Day – to be observed on October 26 th each year. You may be asking what is so special about October 26.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

has sought a national bank charter from the Office of the Controller of the Currency (OCC), which will let it meet “promises of efficiency, affordability and financial inclusion,” according to a Friday (Nov. Financial services firm Figure Technologies, Inc. 6) announcement.

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PYMNTS

JULY 31, 2020

On Friday (July 31), the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) announced Varo Bank has been granted its full-service national bank charter. As a new national bank, Varo joins the world’s most respected system of financial institutions and has the opportunity to become a household name as many other national banks have become.”.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Live Nation Entertainment reached a deal with the government, resolving concerns that the company had violated a 2010 antitrust settlement. The agreement — which was set to expire in 2020 — bars Live Nation from forcing venues to use Ticketmaster when they want to book tours, as well as retaliating when a venue uses another ticketing service.

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Independent Banker

AUGUST 31, 2021

ICBA’s National Community Bank Service Award winners for 2021 demonstrate that when their local areas need support, community banks are there with innovative, compassionate and thoughtful responses. The community bank provided nearly 480,000 PPP loans totaling more than $13 billion to businesses across the nation. “I

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 13, 2019

With claims that the company aimed to coerce music venues into using its Ticketmaster subsidiary, the Justice Department is reportedly gearing up to take legal action against Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. The merger between Ticketmaster and Live Nation brought together two of the music industry’s most formidable forces.

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PYMNTS

JULY 10, 2020

Punjab National Bank shares fell by nearly 6 percent late Thursday (June 9) after it was defrauded $491 million by one of its customers, The Wall Street Journal reported. Punjab National failed to provide details of the alleged fraud and declined to comment, the Journal reported.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 13, 2019

With claims that the company aimed to coerce music venues into using its Ticketmaster subsidiary, the Justice Department is reportedly gearing up to take legal action against Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. The merger between Ticketmaster and Live Nation brought together two of the music industry’s most formidable forces.

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TheGuardian

AUGUST 20, 2023

Attempt to cut ties with bank, which directly invests in new fossil fuel projects, fails at AGM One of Britain’s most powerful charities, the National Trust, has hit back at pressure to cut ties with Barclays bank over environmental concerns.

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PYMNTS

MAY 13, 2020

The Washington Nationals baseball team unveiled its ticket reimbursement policy for contests that the pandemic impacted, The Washington Post reported. But many teams — such as the Nationals — had halted or delayed payments for season tickets.

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CFPB Monitor

JUNE 1, 2023

We are pleased to report that Ballard Spahr’s Consumer Financial Services Group has once again received the highest national ranking from Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business. The Group was ranked in the highest tier nationally in the Compliance category of Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 3, 2020

Two Chinese nationals were charged by the U.S. North Korea continues to attack the growing worldwide ecosystem of virtual currency as a means to bypass the sanctions imposed on it by the United States and the United Nations Security Council. national security,” said Don Fort, chief, IRS-CI. “We

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 3, 2020

President-elect Joe Biden has announced a new director of the National Economic Council in Brian Deese , the current head of sustainable investing at BlackRock , CNBC reported. The appointment doesn't require Senate confirmation and shows the focus Biden has had thus far on fighting the COVID-19 pandemic as well as refocusing U.S.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

government over the use of nationalism by the government in India to promote a domestic payments network there. ” Modi has said that using RuPay is akin to offering a service to the nation, given the fees associated with the use stay in India. Mastercard reportedly has lodged a protest with the U.S.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Ajay Banga, the chief executive officer (CEO) of Mastercard, is adamantly against any attempts to fracture the Global Payments Systems (GPS) into national domains, Financial Times (FT) reported on Sunday (Feb. Privacy-weary consumers could return to cash if governments push in the direction of nationalization of payments, Banga warned.

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American Banker

AUGUST 10, 2023

After eight years leading one of the nation's most prominent Black banks, Michael Pugh will become chief executive of the Local Initiatives Support Corporation.

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American Banker

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Debt securities that had been owned by City National have lost value as a result of rising long-term bond yields. The Royal Bank of Canada has made a series of transactions that should boost the profitability of its struggling U.S. subsidiary.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 2, 2020

As online shopping powers a forecasted 26 percent year-over-year volume surge on National Returns Day, the United Parcel Service (UPS) foresees shipping 1.9 A 2018 report from the Appriss Retail and National Retail Federation noted that roughly 10 percent of products sold in the U.S. million gifts and other products back to U.S.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 28, 2019

India’s Minister of state for electronics and IT (MeitY) has announced that the government is drafting a national framework to expand the deployment of blockchain use cases. Dhotre added that the government is drafting an approach paper on the National Level Blockchain Framework.

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PYMNTS

JULY 16, 2019

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin believes that Facebook’s proposed cryptocurrency could pose as a national security threat. In a press conference on Monday (July 15), Mnuchin warned that Libra “could be misused by money launderers and terrorist financiers” and that it was a “national security issue.”.

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Payments Source

JANUARY 29, 2021

City National Bank is working with the fintech startup Extend to further boost contactless payments at the point of sale for business employees through the launch of a virtual Visa commercial credit card.

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ABA Community Banking

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

The post ABA, National Bankers Association hold first MDI partnership summit appeared first on ABA Banking Journal.

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