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The SBA's long-standing Economic Injury Disaster Loan program has been so overwhelmed with applications that the agency has capped loan sizes; ECB finding few takers for a program in which it pays banks to make business loans.

Consumers like having different payment options, and not just a few, says RS2 North America's Daniela Mielke.

Large spikes in transactions and unusual payment amounts can be a response to the pandemic, not a sign of fraud, says Genpact's Manish Chopra.

Coronavirus has taken bankers out of their comfort zone. But they should view adaptations they’ve made in confronting the pandemic as a chance to hone their emergency response skills, not a permanent new normal.

Stuart Levey, HSBC’s chief counsel and a former U.S. Treasury undersecretary, will head the cryptocurrency project; lender groups say the demands of those small business loans are not so easy to meet.

Artificial intelligence-driven monitoring is an important tool to fight crime but it is not a total solution, and as bad actors develop their own AI capabilities, the battle will continue, says Authoriti's Michael Cutlip.

The pandemic is taking a toll on tax receipts, leading the central bank to establish a municipal debt facility. Without a turnaround, the consequences for the financial system could be dire.

While we all want to go back to the way things were before this pandemic struck, in the payments space, it is more about pivoting to the next normal.

Regulators need to give more detailed guidance on the coronavirus relief program for small businesses so lenders don’t get trapped in underwriting mistakes down the road.

Prosecutors charge two Rhode Island men with trying to rip off the program; the bank says it has received “inquiries” from state and federal officials on its offering of small business loans.