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Reviving a long-dormant loan guarantee program could go a long way toward restocking the supply of starter homes and helping households of modest means create wealth.

Payment facilitators give the power back to field service companies and allow them to run their business their own way, says WorkWave's Rick Agajanian.

Kate Fitzgerald, senior editor at PaymentsSource, talks to Kurt Kumar, vice president of marketing and business development at RocketFuel, about the growing use of crypto in payments exhibited by Visa, PayPal and others.

The Fed chair says nonbank lenders should be subject to the law, which requires congressional action; the former head of the CFPB has been named head of the federal student aid program.

This Apple/Epic battle is likely to encourage more companies to play the field, find the right payments solution for them, and avoid higher costs, says Credorax's Igal Rotem.

Without rollbacks of existing anti-money-laundering reporting requirements, a measure designed to make Bank Secrecy Act enforcement more risk-focused would do little to ease banks' regulatory burden.

German regulator says the bank still has a lot of work to do on preventing money laundering; at 11%, the percentage of Blacks in mortgage forbearance is double the rate for all borrowers.

As businesses accept automation, more innovation is flowing into the market, says Billtrust's Flint Lane.

The Federal Reserve has kept interest rates low to reduce unemployment and to keep prices stable. But in “Engine of Inequality," Karen Petrou argues that its accommodative stance is actually making the wealth gap wider.

Widespread card acceptance was key to keeping small businesses afloat during the pandemic and will be crucial to helping consumers and businesses get the economy booming again, says the National Taxpayers Union's Thomas Aiello.