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1 Oct 2021, 8:47 am
Legal and Regulatory Developments SPOTLIGHT: Alibaba Apps Start Offering WeChat Pay Option After Government OrdersReuters – September 28, 2021 China’s Alibaba Group Holding Ltd has begun offering payment services from Tencent Holdings Ltd’s WeChat on a number of its apps, after the government ordered major tech firms to stop blocking each other’s services and links. [read post]
17 Dec 2021, 11:17 am
Legal and Regulatory Developments SPOTLIGHT: UK Government Outlines Plans for Regulation of Buy Now Pay Later IndustryThe Spectator – December 15, 2021 The buy now pay later industry has exploded in recent years, with the industry now worth $100 billion (circa £70 billion). [read post]
22 Apr 2021, 8:58 am
Legal and Regulatory Developments SPOTLIGHT: At Congressional Hearing, Panelists Question Why Crypto and Fintech Firms Need Bank LicensesThe Block – April 15, 2021 Congress collected feedback from legal minds on how fintech firms may use or abuse banking licenses. [read post]
3 Dec 2021, 9:49 am
Legal and Regulatory Developments SPOTLIGHT: 6 Ways the EU’s Digital Markets Act Will Change Big TechPYMNTS – November 29, 2021 The European Union’s Digital Markets Act is coming, and Big Tech will never be the same. [read post]
23 Jul 2021, 8:38 am
Legal and Regulatory Developments SPOTLIGHT: DOJ Official Cites Efforts to Fight Anti-Competitive Practices as NRF Holds First Retail Law SummitNRF – July 21, 2021 A top Department of Justice official says the agency’s successful effort to keep credit card giant Visa from acquiring — and potentially shutting down — financial technology innovator Plaid shows how the nation’s antitrust laws can be used to encourage competition that benefits businesses and consumers alike.… [read post]
29 Oct 2020, 7:36 am
Legal and Regulatory Developments SPOTLIGHT: The DOJ Is Investigating Visa’s $5.3 Billion Bid for Plaid on Antitrust GroundsTech Crunch – October 28, 2020 It’s not just big tech that’s getting the antitrust treatment from the Department of Justice. [read post]
17 Dec 2020, 8:04 am
Legal and Regulatory Developments SPOTLIGHT: Will a U.K. [read post]
4 Jun 2020, 7:30 am
Legal and Regulatory Developments SPOTLIGHT: How PayPal’s Case Against the CFPB Could Spawn ‘Uncomfortable’ Results for Payments Players Digital Transactions News – June 2, 2020 It was easy to lose track of it in the midst of all the impacts of the novel coronavirus, but a crucial federal lawsuit filed six months ago still hangs over the payments industry, carrying far-reaching implications for nearly all players. [read post]
1 Apr 2021, 8:44 am
Legal and Regulatory Developments SPOTLIGHT: Retail Groups Seek to Protect Merchants in Ongoing Swipe Fee LitigationChain Store Age – March 31, 2021 The nation’s two largest retail trade are objecting to the scope of proposed class-action swipe fee litigation. [read post]
2 Jul 2020, 8:40 am
Legal and Regulatory Developments SPOTLIGHT: EU Says Credit-Card Fee Curbs Helped Reduce Prices for ConsumersBloomberg – June 29, 2020 European Union curbs on credit and debit-card fees helped reduce prices for consumers and aided payments across the 27-nation bloc, regulators said in a report published Monday. [read post]
26 Aug 2021, 8:58 am
Legal and Regulatory Developments SPOTLIGHT: Outgoing NY Governor Signs Bill to Limit Overdraft Practices at State-Chartered BanksBanking Dive – August 20, 2021 New York Gov. [read post]
10 Dec 2020, 8:56 am
Legal and Regulatory Developments SPOTLIGHT: Facebook’s Antitrust Problems Are Jeopardizing Its Plans for WhatsAppQuartz – December 9, 2020 Facebook doesn’t make much money from WhatsApp. [read post]
13 Aug 2021, 8:15 am
Legal and Regulatory Developments SPOTLIGHT: Merchants Redouble Their Efforts to Push the Fed on Debit’s Routing and Pricing RulesDigital Transactions News – August 11, 2021 With a Federal Reserve deadline hitting Wednesday for comments on decade-old debit card regulations, large merchants are firing some last-minute salvos in hopes of influencing the Fed to make major revisions to rules governing transaction routing and pricing. [read post]
4 Mar 2021, 9:30 am
Legal and Regulatory Developments SPOTLIGHT: UK Launches Antitrust Probe Into AppleCNN Business – March 4, 2021 The United Kingdom’s competition watchdog has launched an investigation into Apple (AAPL) after app developers complained that they’re being forced to use the company’s payment systems and distribute their products via its App Store. [read post]
17 Dec 2021, 11:17 am
Legal and Regulatory Developments SPOTLIGHT: UK Government Outlines Plans for Regulation of Buy Now Pay Later IndustryThe Spectator – December 15, 2021 The buy now pay later industry has exploded in recent years, with the industry now worth $100 billion (circa £70 billion). [read post]
8 Oct 2020, 8:56 am
Legal and Regulatory Developments SPOTLIGHT: House Panel Says Big Tech Wields Monopoly PowerWall Street Journal – October 6, 2020 America’s biggest technology companies have leveraged their dominance to stamp out competition and stifle innovation, according to a Democratic-led House panel, which said Congress should consider forcing the tech giants to separate their dominant online platforms from other business lines. [read post]
5 Nov 2020, 7:35 am
Legal and Regulatory Developments SPOTLIGHT: Justice Department Files Antitrust Lawsuit Challenging Visa’s Planned Acquisition of Plaid Wall Street Journal – November 5, 2020 (subscription required) The Justice Department filed an antitrust lawsuit Thursday that seeks to block Visa Inc. [read post]
3 Dec 2020, 8:40 am
Legal and Regulatory Developments SPOTLIGHT: Visa Is Doing What Big American Companies Do to ‘Protect This Business’The New York Times – December 2, 2020 (subscription required) Visa dominates the lucrative business of processing debit card transactions. [read post]
16 Apr 2021, 8:43 am
Legal and Regulatory Developments SPOTLIGHT: Insider’s Report On Payments: Interchange in the CrosshairsThe Green Sheet – April 12, 2021 The major card brands are on the hot seat. [read post]
13 Aug 2020, 6:59 am
Legal and Regulatory Developments SPOTLIGHT: With a Compliance Deadline Looming, Technology Emerges to Ease Gas Pump EMVDigital Transactions News – August 7, 2020 Sound Payments Inc., a multichannel technology provider that offers point-of-sale solutions for the petroleum industry, expects its partnership with National Retail Solutions, a subsidiary of IDT Corp., to accelerate adoption of EMV at in-pump card readers among independent gas stations and convenience stores. [read post]
