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Appeals Court Rules TikTok Ban Doesn’t Violate First Amendment

December 06, 2024
TikTok ban, legal, US, First Amendment
FSOC: Agencies Need Power to Oversee Third-Party Service Providers
News // December 06, 2024

The Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) said Friday (Dec. 6) that Congress should pass legislation ensuring that relevant agencies have the examination and enforcement powers they need to oversee their regulated entities’ third-party service providers. The FSOC said these relevant agencies include the Federal Housing Finance Agency...

Swift: 1 Million ISO 20022-Formatted Messages Being Sent Daily
Payment Methods // December 06, 2024

With one year to go before the deadline to move to ISO 20022 for cross-border payments and reporting plus (CBPR+), more than 1 million ISO 20022-formatted messages are already being sent over the Swift network every day. These messages are being sent to 220 countries and territories...

Google Sues CFPB, Calling Supervisory Designation Order ‘Government Overreach’
CFPB // December 06, 2024

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ordered federal supervision of Google on Friday (Dec. 6) after a contested designation. The regulator published an order establishing supervisory authority over Google Payment Corp., saying that this is its second supervisory designation order in a contested matter, according to...

Dojo and American Express Partner to Streamline Payments in UK
Credit Cards // December 06, 2024

Payments technology provider Dojo reportedly has signed a new agreement with American Express that will help Dojo’s small business customers in the United Kingdom accept American Express payments with one unified contract. With this agreement, the small businesses will see a consolidated statement for transaction...

Interviews & Exclusives
Founder Interview: Behavioral Analytics Makes the ROI Case for Banks’ Scam-Fighting Efforts

November 20, 2024
The fraudsters come in droves, inundating would-be victims across all manner of attack vectors, from phishing scams to bots. And in the process there’s a significant amount of information being thrown at banks and consumers across digital channels, said David Excell, founder of Featurespace, in an interview with PYMNTS. “And we often don’t have a […]

As RTP Turns 5, Matching Experience to Expectation Is the Challenge

November 22, 2022
The customer experience encompasses all of the touch points that customers take advantage of when interacting with a company’s employees, assets or operations — including and especially the payment experience....

JPMorgan Sees ‘Big Data’ Becoming ‘Smart Data’ With Help of Super Apps

October 26, 2022
The digital front door is opening. Lia Cao, managing director and global co-head of corporate and eCommerce sales and solutions at J.P. Morgan Payments, told PYMNTS’ Karen Webster that the...

Amazon Prime Day Will Face Aggressive Rivals, Inflation-Weary Consumers

June 16, 2022
(Update: adds Target Deal Days announcement) With Amazon announcing the latest iteration of its annual Prime Day event, it didn’t take long before rival retailers began to unveil their own...

Quick Reads
Appeals Court Rules TikTok Ban Doesn’t Violate First Amendment

December 06, 2024
A federal appeals court ruled Friday (Dec. 6) that the U.S. law requiring Chinese company ByteDance to sell its TikTok app or see the app banned in the country does not violate the First Amendment. The ruling means that the ban will take effect Jan. 19 unless the app is sold or the Supreme Court puts a […]

FSOC: Agencies Need Power to Oversee Third-Party Service Providers

December 06, 2024
The Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) said Friday (Dec. 6) that Congress should pass legislation ensuring that relevant agencies have the examination and enforcement powers they need to oversee their regulated...

Swift: 1 Million ISO 20022-Formatted Messages Being Sent Daily

December 06, 2024
With one year to go before the deadline to move to ISO 20022 for cross-border payments and reporting plus (CBPR+), more than 1 million ISO 20022-formatted messages are already being sent...

Google Sues CFPB, Calling Supervisory Designation Order ‘Government Overreach’

December 06, 2024
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ordered federal supervision of Google on Friday (Dec. 6) after a contested designation. The regulator published an order establishing supervisory authority over Google Payment Corp.,...