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House Committee Aims to Ban States From Regulating AI
Artificial Intelligence // May 12, 2025

A House committee is reportedly trying to add language to President Donald Trump’s tax and spending bill that would prevent states from regulating artificial intelligence. The House Energy and Commerce Committee drafted the bill and will debate it Tuesday (May 13), Bloomberg reported Monday (May...

Colorado Officials Seek Delay in AI Regulations Start Date
Artificial Intelligence // May 12, 2025

Almost exactly a year after signing Colorado’s artificial intelligence regulations bill into law, Gov. Jared Polis and other government leaders are calling for a delay of the law’s implementation until January 2027. “[It] is clear that more time is needed to continue important stakeholder work...

One Year After Synapse, How Much Have We Really Learned?
Regulation // May 12, 2025

Welcome to another edition of Washington Weekly, the series in which PYMNTS CEO Karen Webster and QED Investors partner Amias Gerety start their conversation with a Manic Monday check-in. The weekly question: How manic is this Monday? Well, turns out this Monday — even if...

NY State Budget Provides ‘Supervisory Framework’ for BNPL
Buy Now Pay Later // May 12, 2025

New York state introduced legislation to provide oversight to the pay later sector. The legislation, part of Gov. Kathy Hochul’s new budget, is one of several new measures designed to bolster consumer protection, according to a Friday (May 9) press release. “This budget is all...

Interviews & Exclusives
One Year After Synapse, How Much Have We Really Learned?

May 12, 2025
Welcome to another edition of Washington Weekly, the series in which PYMNTS CEO Karen Webster and QED Investors partner Amias Gerety start their conversation with a Manic Monday check-in. The weekly question: How manic is this Monday? Well, turns out this Monday — even if only for the moment — was somewhat magical. The freeze […]

‘Not a Get Out of Jail Free Card:’ Boies Schiller’s Dan Boyle on Crypto’s Regulatory...

April 23, 2025
The U.S. government’s evolving approach to crypto regulation could mark a pivotal moment for payments innovation. “There’s certainly a change in how the administration views the digital assets industry,” Dan Boyle,...

Crypto Firms Chase Bank Charters as Circle Launches Stablecoin Orchestration Layer

April 22, 2025
The changing cryptocurrency landscape in the United States could have a downstream impact on how businesses move, hold, store and monetize payments. Paul S. Atkins was sworn into office as...

Mid-Market CFOs Brace for Impact Amid Tariffs’ Stunning Sweep

April 03, 2025
The tariffs announced by the President Donald Trump administration Wednesday (April 2) are now a reality, and a trade war is a real possibility. For middle-market firms, supply chain changes...

Quick Reads
Senate Works to Jumpstart Stablecoin Legislation

May 14, 2025
Republican and Democratic senators are reportedly working to resurrect stablecoin legislation. As Bloomberg News reported Tuesday (May 13), this legislation, supported by the cryptocurrency industry, had lost momentum due to backlash against President Donald Trump’s involvement in digital asset ventures. However, Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-TN) told Bloomberg that lawmakers from both sides of the aisle […]

House Committee Aims to Ban States From Regulating AI

May 12, 2025
A House committee is reportedly trying to add language to President Donald Trump’s tax and spending bill that would prevent states from regulating artificial intelligence. The House Energy and Commerce...

NY State Budget Provides ‘Supervisory Framework’ for BNPL

May 12, 2025
New York state introduced legislation to provide oversight to the pay later sector. The legislation, part of Gov. Kathy Hochul’s new budget, is one of several new measures designed to...

Maersk CEO: Trump’s Supply Chain-Related Tariff Goals ‘Very Unrealistic’

May 08, 2025
Maersk CEO Vincent Clerc said President Donald Trump’s vision of a reordered global supply chain can’t happen overnight. Clerc said it would take Trump “a decade or two of persistent effort”...