March 26, 2025
FTC Taps Litigators for Competition and Consumer Protection Roles

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has appointed deputies to its competition and consumer protection divisions. Taylor C. Hoogendoorn has been named deputy director of the commission’s Bureau of Competition, while...

March 26, 2025
WEX and Engine Team to Help Truckers Cover Travel

Business and group travel platform Engine has joined forces with commerce platform WEX. The partnership is designed to offer WEX’s Over The Road Fuel Cards as a payment option for eligible customers, making...

March 26, 2025
Burbank Raises $6 Million to Tackle Online Fraud and Chargebacks

Welsh FinTech Burbank has raised $6 million to bring “tap and PIN” payments online. The company’s funding round, announced Tuesday (March 25) on its LinkedIn page, will help Burbank develop...

March 26, 2025
Utah Governor Signs Bill to Regulate Earned Wage Access Industry

Utah Gov. Spencer J. Cox signed an earned wage access bill Wednesday (March 26), according to a press release issued by his office. The bill, the Earned Wage Access Services...

March 26, 2025
TreviPay Adds Advanced Purchase Controls to B2B Payments Network

TreviPay has added advanced purchase controls to its B2B payments and invoicing network. This new functionality allows TreviPay clients to configure, automate and enforce customized B2B purchase policy structures that...

March 26, 2025
Block Cuts 8% of Staff Citing ‘Strategy’ and ‘Performance’ Reasons

Financial services company Block has reportedly laid off 8% of its workforce. The job cuts impact 931 people, TechCrunch reported, citing a Tuesday (March 25) email from Block Co-founder and CEO Jack Dorsey....

March 26, 2025
Fitting the Bill: How Automated Bill Presentment and Payment Are...

Bill pay is a routine fact of life for consumers, but this everyday practice is often fraught with inconvenience, costs and risks. For the many companies that still rely on...

March 25, 2025
GameStop Board Votes to Add Bitcoin as Treasury Reserve Asset

GameStop said in a Tuesday (March 25) press release that its board voted unanimously to add bitcoin as a treasury reserve asset. The retail gaming destination also announced this update to its...

March 25, 2025
Trump Signs Executive Order to Eliminate Paper Checks for Treasury...

The federal government will stop issuing paper checks for disbursements, effective Sept. 30, and will stop accepting them for payments “as soon as practicable.” At that time, the federal government...