The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is blasting the FTC’s new ban on non-compete clauses. Soon after the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) imposed the ban on Tuesday (April 23), the business lobbying group said it would sue to block the measure. “The Federal Trade Commission’s decision to ban employer non-compete...
House Republicans think America’s financial oversight bodies need some oversight of their own. U.S. Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC), chair of the House Financial Services Committee, re-introduced legislation Wednesday (April 17) that would set up Financial Services Innovation Offices (FSIO) within each financial regulator. “Each FSIO will assess burdensome agency regulations...
The recent credit card surcharge agreement brings into focus the impact regulations could have on businesses. Spreedly Vice President of Product Joe Meuse explains what the changes could mean for businesses and their customers in the new PYMNTS eBook, “The Implications of Uncertainty.” As we...
In the last 30 years, Europe — defined here as the EU plus the U.K., Norway and Switzerland — has created few leading digital businesses compared to the U.S. and China. This long digital winter is symptomatic of underlying problems that are behind persistent gaps...
April 18, 2024
The recent credit card surcharge agreement brings into focus the impact regulations could have on businesses. Spreedly Vice President of Product Joe Meuse explains what the changes could mean for businesses and their customers in the new PYMNTS eBook, “The Implications of Uncertainty.” As we near the end of the first quarter of 2024, business […]
January 31, 2024
Artificial intelligence is hardly a novel concept. According to Mangopay Chief Product Officer Kirk Donohoe manifestations of AI and predictive AI have been part of the technological landscape for quite...
December 27, 2023
The democratization of technology has led to, in some ways, the democratization of intellectual property (IP). And artificial intelligence (AI) has supercharged this trend. “We are fundamentally rethinking the boundaries...
December 26, 2023
With the widespread emergence of OpenAI’s large language model-based ChatGPT platform in late 2022, a considerable amount of public attention and private capital have been showered on generative artificial intelligence...
April 25, 2024
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is taking action against doxo, saying the bill payment company misleads consumers and tacks on junk fees. The agency filed a federal court complaint alleging that doxo violated the FTC Act, the Restore Online Shoppers’ Confidence Act and the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, the FTC said in a Thursday (April 25) press release. “Doxo intercepted consumers trying to reach their billers and […]
April 24, 2024
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is blasting the FTC’s new ban on non-compete clauses. Soon after the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) imposed the ban on Tuesday (April 23), the business lobbying group said...
April 18, 2024
House Republicans think America’s financial oversight bodies need some oversight of their own. U.S. Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC), chair of the House Financial Services Committee, re-introduced legislation Wednesday (April 17) that would set...
April 15, 2024
Proposed rules for marijuana banking and cryptocurrency regulation may be combined into a single bill. The legislation has not been finalized, but there have been talks in the U.S. Congress...
