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12 Nov 2021, 10:36 am
Legal and Regulatory Developments SPOTLIGHT: If You Use Venmo, PayPal or Other Payment Apps This Tax Rule Change May Affect YouCNN – November 9, 2021 If you’re among the millions of people who use payment apps like PayPal, Venmo, Square, and other third-party electronic payment networks, you could be affected by a tax reporting change that goes into effect in January. [read post]
25 Jun 2021, 8:52 am
Legal and Regulatory Developments SPOTLIGHT: Federal Reserve Board Extends Comment Period on Proposed Changes to Regulation IIFederal Reserve Board – June 22, 2021 (click here for the Board’s Federal Register notice) The Federal Reserve Board announced on Tuesday that it will extend until August 11, 2021, the comment period for its proposed changes to Regulation II (Debit Card Interchange Fees and Routing) that would clarify that debit card issuers should enable, and allow… [read post]
4 Mar 2022, 9:57 am
Legal and Regulatory Developments SPOTLIGHT: Merchants Payments Coalition Launches Campaign to Fight Swipe-Fee Increase Slated for AprilConvenienceStore News – March 2, 2022 The Merchants Payments Coalition (MPC) has unveiled an advertising campaign to educate Congress and other policymakers on increasing the swipe fees credit card networks and big banks charge merchants to process transactions. [read post]
28 Jan 2021, 9:34 am
Legal and Regulatory Developments SPOTLIGHT: UK Merchants to Face Post-Brexit Fee Increase From MastercardBusiness Insider – January 26, 2021 In response to Brexit, Mastercard is reportedly planning to increase fees for UK online card purchases. [read post]
24 Jun 2022, 9:58 am
Legal and Regulatory Developments SPOTLIGHT: UK Watchdog to Review Post-Brexit Visa and Mastercard FeesReuters – June 21, 2022 Britain’s payment systems regulator (PSR) will conduct two market reviews of card fees charged by Visa and Mastercard, the U.S. companies that account for 99% of debit and credit card payments in the UK. [read post]
12 Jun 2020, 7:44 am
Legal and Regulatory Developments SPOTLIGHT: ‘Fraud’ Lawsuit Slams Plaid on Eve of Historic $5.3-Billion PaydayRIABiz – June 9, 2020 As Plaid nears the date when it banks a $5.3 billion dollar check from Visa, it may face a final hurdle from a class action alleging its value proposition depends on a “massive invasion” of the privacy of over 200 million bank and brokerage accounts. [read post]
29 Apr 2021, 8:26 am
Legal and Regulatory Developments SPOTLIGHT: Visa, Mastercard Face Biggest Challenges in a DecadeBanking Dive – April 22, 2021 Regulatory, legislative and court confrontations over the card networks’ fees are ratcheting up pressure again for reform of the behemoths’ practices. [read post]
21 Jan 2021, 9:06 am
Legal and Regulatory Developments SPOTLIGHT: CFPB Under Chopra Will Be Aggressive Consumer Watchdog, Experts SayCompliance Week – January 19, 2021 Rohit Chopra, currently a Democratic commissioner on the Federal Trade Commission, has been nominated by President-elect Joe Biden to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). [read post]
29 Oct 2021, 9:01 am
Legal and Regulatory Developments SPOTLIGHT: Report: Apple ‘Very Likely’ to Face Antitrust Lawsuit From US Department of Justice9to5Mac – October 25, 2021 A new report from The Information today indicates that Apple is “very likely” to face an antitrust lawsuit from the Department of Justice in the United States. [read post]
6 May 2022, 9:14 am
Legal and Regulatory Developments SPOTLIGHT: Senators Grill Visa, Mastercard Execs Over Swipe FeesThe Hill – May 4, 2022 Senators on Wednesday scrutinized Visa and Mastercard for raising swipe fees on merchants, costs that they say will be passed down to consumers amid surging inflation. [read post]
18 Mar 2022, 8:56 am
Legal and Regulatory Developments SPOTLIGHT: CFPB’s Chopra Blasts Potential Card HikesPayments Dive – March 14, 2022 The director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said fee hikes by the card companies would add “insult to injury” at a time of inflation. [read post]
18 Jun 2021, 8:16 am
Legal and Regulatory Developments SPOTLIGHT: Lina Khan, Prominent Big Tech Critic, Will Lead the FTCNPR – June 15, 2021 President Joe Biden has named Lina Khan as the chairwoman of the Federal Trade Commission, giving the regulatory authority’s top spot to one of Silicon Valley’s most prominent critics. [read post]
6 Aug 2020, 7:14 am
Legal and Regulatory Developments SPOTLIGHT: Exclusive: China’s Central Bank Urges Antitrust Probe Into Alipay, WeChat PayReuters – August 6, 2020 China’s top antitrust agency is looking at whether to launch a probe into Alipay and WeChat Pay, prompted by the central bank which argues the digital payment giants have used their dominant positions to quash competition, sources with knowledge of the matter said. [read post]
12 Nov 2021, 10:36 am
Legal and Regulatory Developments SPOTLIGHT: If You Use Venmo, PayPal or Other Payment Apps This Tax Rule Change May Affect YouCNN – November 9, 2021 If you’re among the millions of people who use payment apps like PayPal, Venmo, Square, and other third-party electronic payment networks, you could be affected by a tax reporting change that goes into effect in January. [read post]
11 Nov 2021, 10:36 am
Legal and Regulatory Developments SPOTLIGHT: If You Use Venmo, PayPal or Other Payment Apps This Tax Rule Change May Affect YouCNN – November 9, 2021 If you’re among the millions of people who use payment apps like PayPal, Venmo, Square, and other third-party electronic payment networks, you could be affected by a tax reporting change that goes into effect in January. [read post]
29 Oct 2021, 9:01 am
Legal and Regulatory Developments SPOTLIGHT: Report: Apple ‘Very Likely’ to Face Antitrust Lawsuit From US Department of Justice9to5Mac – October 25, 2021 A new report from The Information today indicates that Apple is “very likely” to face an antitrust lawsuit from the Department of Justice in the United States. [read post]
30 Jul 2021, 7:58 am
Legal and Regulatory Developments SPOTLIGHT: Why Biden’s Executive Order Is a Green Light for Us Open BankingFinextra – July 28, 2021 On July 9 2021, President Biden didn’t just throw a bone to US open banking, he underwrote the mortgage, laid the welcome mat, and set the table to officially welcome open banking to the neighbourhood. [read post]
25 Mar 2021, 8:06 am
Legal and Regulatory Developments SPOTLIGHT: A DOJ Investigation of Visa Is the Latest Chapter in a Long History of Probes Into Network PoliciesDigital Transactions News – March 22, 2021 The news that the U.S. [read post]
9 Jul 2021, 10:11 am
Legal and Regulatory Developments SPOTLIGHT: Clash Over Debit Card Routing Persists In Comments to FedPayments Dive – July 8, 2021 Clashing comments have gushed into the Federal Reserve in the past two months over its proposal to clarify rules on the routing of debit card transactions, and they show familiar battle lines being drawn. [read post]
24 Jun 2022, 7:23 am
Legal and Regulatory Developments SPOTLIGHT: UK Watchdog to Review Post-Brexit Visa and Mastercard FeesReuters – June 21, 2022 Britain’s payment systems regulator (PSR) will conduct two market reviews of card fees charged by Visa and Mastercard, the U.S. companies that account for 99% of debit and credit card payments in the UK. [read post]
