Regulation

No Credit Card? No Problem, Say Millennials
April 16, 2015

If you can’t conceive of life without a credit card, you might be older than 29. 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...

Google’s And The EU’s Looming Antitrust Fistfight
April 16, 2015

Google and the European Union are on a collision course over the search giant’s allegedly monopolistic tendencies. And while Google has faced similar complaints – and been investigated – in the U.S. for violating antitrust violations, it seems the E.U. is more inclined to pummel...

Merchant Innovation
Shopify Poised To Go Public After $37.3M Q1 Revenue
April 16, 2015

With the filing of an F-1 document with the SEC, Shopify has announced its intention to pursue an IPO and begin selling shares on the open market. That decision seems to come on the strength of declining losses in Q1 2015. Shopify –  which provides subscription...

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CFPB Suit Accuses Loan Company Of Targeting Low-Income Residents
April 15, 2015

A former H&R Block tax preparer and a refund-anticipation loan company in New Mexico that allegedly cheated poor Navajo residents out of a quarter-million dollars are being sued by the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Navajo Nation, the CFPB announced on Tuesday (April...

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GE Sets Timetable To Get Out Of Banking Business
April 13, 2015

GE Capital will sell off about $275 billion in assets over the next two years in an effort to get rid of its designation as a Systemically Important Financial Institution (SIFI), GE announced on Friday (April 10). Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

CFPB Targets PayPal Credit
April 13, 2015

PayPal is in settlement talks with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) in the run-up to its split from eBay, the company said in a filing last week with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Thursday (April 9). Get the Full Story Complete...

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Time To Ditch Cash? Citi Economist Says ‘Yes’
April 13, 2015

Citi Chief Economist Willem Buiter is arguing that cash should be outlawed, so central banks will be able to reduce interest rates below zero in times of crisis, according to Bloomberg News. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

B2B Payments
Late-Pay Problems Spread To The US — And Big Suppliers
April 13, 2015

As lawmakers in the U.K. consider cracking down on the recent practice by big companies of waiting 90 to 120 days to pay smaller suppliers, it turns out the practice has quietly spread to U.S. manufacturers as well, according to The New York Times. Get...

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Group Pushes To Cut Jackson And Put Woman On $20 Bill
April 09, 2015

A group lobbying to replace Andrew Jackson with a woman on the $20 bill has unveiled its Final Four: former first lady Eleanor Roosevelt, abolitionist Harriet Tubman, civil rights activist Rosa Parks, and Wilma Mankiller, the first woman elected chief of a major Native American...