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Consumers Pay the Price as State Regulation Fractures FinTech Scale
What's Trending // January 13, 2026

The CFPB’s decision to dial down enforcement of BNPL and other nonbank credit products hasn’t created a vacuum. It has invited fifty competing rulebooks to take its place.

Prediction Markets Become Flash Point Between Federal and State Regulators
Markets // December 11, 2025

Prediction markets, which let users bet on everything from the future price of Bitcoin to the future president of the United States, are the latest flash point between federal and state regulators. Real-money prediction markets technically like fall under the jurisdiction of the Commodities Futures...

Gridlock In Washington Threatens SME Optimism
B2B Payments // July 12, 2017

The regulatory landscape is difficult for many small business owners to navigate in the U.S. these days. From tax reform to healthcare legislation, SMEs must have their fingers on the pulse of an array of government efforts that can impact the opportunity for their companies...

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Prediction Markets Become Flash Point Between Federal and State Regulators

December 11, 2025
Prediction markets, which let users bet on everything from the future price of Bitcoin to the future president of the United States, are the latest flash point between federal and state regulators. Real-money prediction markets technically like fall under the jurisdiction of the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), but a growing number of states have […]