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California Moves Into Federal Consumer Protection Void Under Chopra
August 28, 2026

California is positioning itself to fill the regulatory space left by Washington’s retreat from consumer financial oversight, with former Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Rohit Chopra bringing his enforcement philosophy to the nation’s largest state economy. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...

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Texas AG Race Could Bring New Scrutiny of Workplace AI
August 28, 2026

Texas businesses using artificial intelligence to set compensation or select employees for layoffs could face greater scrutiny if Democratic attorney general nominee Nathan Johnson wins in November. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

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Hotel Pricing AI Software Faces Test After Court Revives Atlantic City Case
August 26, 2026

Picture a hotel handing its private pricing data to a computer program, while the hotel across the street is feeding its own numbers into that same program. That is the scenario at the heart of a lawsuit against several Atlantic City casino hotels, and a...

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Three Charts Show Who Wants a Federal Bank Charter and Why
August 26, 2026

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s charter-granting activity doesn’t just show that a new rash of financial services firms are successfully becoming banks or bank-like institutions. The applications, viewed collectively, also show what the 21st century financial sector thinks a bank charter should...

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Kalshi Asks SEC to Slow Product Launches From Rival Cboe
August 25, 2026

Prediction market Kalshi reportedly wants federal regulators to delay products from rival Cboe Global Markets. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By...

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Brazil Treats Minority AI Stakes as Major Competition Signals
August 25, 2026

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White House Meeting Revives Crypto Hopes for CLARITY Act
August 24, 2026

Few forecasts have been as cloudy as the fate of the Clarity Act in Congress. Passed by the House more than a year ago, the crypto market structure legislation has been hung up in the Senate by bipartisan concerns over President Donald Trump and his...

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FTC Weighs Algorithmic Pricing Enforcement Policy
August 24, 2026

The Federal Trade Commission is considering an enforcement policy that would put businesses on notice that using personal data to set individualized prices without adequate disclosure could violate federal consumer protection law. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

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OCC Races the Clock to Finish GENIUS Act Stablecoin Rules
August 20, 2026

U.S. banking regulators are racing the clock to complete a new federal rulebook for payment stablecoins before the GENIUS Act takes effect in January. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) is now targeting November for its final regulations. Get the Full Story...