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Australia Sues Amex for Violating Credit Card Distribution Rules

Australia Sues Amex for Violating Credit Card Distribution Rules
Australia Sues Amex for Violating Credit Card Distribution Rules
December 06, 2022  |  Legal & Regulation

Australia’s securities regulator says American Express issued customers cards without ensuring they understood them. In a lawsuit filed Monday (Dec. 6), the Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) alleges...

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JG Wentworth Buys Stilt’s Digital Lending Platform 
JG Wentworth Buys Stilt’s Digital Lending Platform 
December 05, 2022  |  Consumer Finance

JG Wentworth has acquired FinTech and personal loan lender Stilt’s digital lending platform.  With the acquisition, JG Wentworth, a consumer financial services company, will accelerate its...

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Zimpler Launches Paylink Solution for Invoice Payments
Zimpler Launches Paylink Solution for Invoice Payments
December 05, 2022  |  Payment Methods

The Swedish FinTech Zimpler announced the launch of its Paylink solution on Monday (Dec. 5). Joining the ranks of Mastercard’s Pay-by-Link, Zimpler’s new solution allows businesses to...

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Italy’s New Government Now Likes Cash
Italy’s New Government Now Likes Cash
December 04, 2022  |  Digital Payments

Italy could give merchants permission to decline digital payments on transactions under 60 euros. New prime minister Giorgia Meloni has proposed that change in her...

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Maersk Quietly Quits TradeLens Blockchain Project
Maersk Quietly Quits TradeLens Blockchain Project
December 02, 2022  |  Blockchain

With the crypto industry under fire, some blockchain projects are also on the chopping block. It wasn’t supposed to be this way.   After all, blockchains...

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Tether Stablecoins Face Renewed Scrutiny Post-FTX
Tether Stablecoins Face Renewed Scrutiny Post-FTX
December 01, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Tether, an asset-backed cryptocurrency stablecoin, has been lending its coins to customers. That’s according to a new report by the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) today (Dec. 1)....

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Thales Intros Voice Payment Card for Visually Impaired 
Thales Intros Voice Payment Card for Visually Impaired 
December 01, 2022  |  Payment Methods

Thales has introduced a Voice Payment Card for the visually impaired. First revealed in September, the assistive technology has now been certified by Visa and Mastercard,...

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Senate Agriculture Committee To Grill U.S. Financial Regulator Over FTX
Senate Agriculture Committee To Grill U.S. Financial Regulator Over FTX
December 01, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

The first congressional inquiry into what went wrong at FTX is happening today (Dec. 1). In what is sure to be just one of many such hearings investigating the...

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