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Payment Methods
Transaction Services and Silverflow Collaborate on Customer Payments Management
October 19, 2023

Transaction Services, a leader in payment processing, has partnered with Silverflow, a cloud-based payment processing platform, to enhance the management of customer payments, the companies announced Thursday (Oct. 19). The partnership aims to provide current and new clients with more capabilities and efficiency in payment...

Security & Fraud
J.P. Morgan Payments Selects Trulioo for Identity Verification Services
October 19, 2023

J.P. Morgan Payments has chosen Trulioo, a leading identity verification platform, to combat fraud and other financial crimes for its clients, according to an announcement Thursday (Oct. 19). The partnership aims to support a simplified and frictionless payments experience worldwide. Ryan Schmiedl, Managing Director –...

CFPB
CFPB’s New Open Banking Rule Targets Data-Sharing Consistency
October 19, 2023

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s open banking rule is a rough draft. And much may change between the Thursday (Oct. 19) announcement of its new open banking proposal and what gets finalized, possibly as soon as next year. But the overarching themes — those of...

eCommerce
BMW Tapping D2C as Auto Companies Turn to Omnichannel
October 19, 2023

BMW Group is dipping its toe in the water with direct-to-consumer (D2C) sales, beginning with its Mini brand, as the auto industry increasingly integrates eCommerce. The luxury vehicle company announced Wednesday (Oct. 18) that, starting Jan. 1, it will sell the brand’s automobiles in Italy,...

Security & Fraud
Galileo Aims to Combat Fraud With Payment Risk Platform
October 19, 2023

Galileo Financial Technologies has unveiled its Payment Risk Platform to help combat fraud. The tool, announced Thursday (Oct. 19), is a “holistic fraud engine” offering real-time payment risk mitigation controls to FinTechs and financial brands, the company said in a news release. “In the fight against fraud,...

Banking
Biggest Banks Cut 20,000 Jobs Amid High Interest Rates
October 19, 2023

Staffing levels at some of America’s biggest banks are reportedly getting smaller. Aside from the country’s largest lender, JPMorgan Chase, the five biggest banks in the U.S. have quietly been cutting jobs all year, CNBC reported Thursday (Oct. 19.) In all, these banks have slashed 20,000 positions in...

Payment Methods
Remitly and Mastercard Team on Cross-Border Payments and Remittances
October 19, 2023

Mastercard and Remitly Global, Inc. announced a partnership Thursday (Oct. 19) to expand access to cross-border payments and remittances. By integrating Mastercard’s Send and Cross-Border Services into the Remitly app, customers will have more choices in securely sending money to their loved ones abroad, the...

Retail
Amazon Debuts ‘Consult-a-Friend’ Mobile Shopping Feature
October 19, 2023

Amazon wants shoppers to get real-life feedback within the virtual world of its mobile ad. The retail giant on Thursday (Oct. 19) introduced Consult-a-Friend, a new mobile shopping experience now in testing that lets shoppers request, see and manage friends’ feedback on products on the Amazon...

Regulation
Challenges and Changes Loom as Fed Mulls and Court Considers Debit Interchange Fees
October 19, 2023

Debit interchange fees may see a revamp — a refashioning of the charges levied on merchants, the likes of which has not been seen in a decade. Next week, the Federal Reserve will take up an examination of “proposed revisions to the Board’s debit interchange...