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About 15% of the bank’s partners are likely to leave this year to make room for new ones; the bank said it is looking into why it charges some customers even after their accounts are closed.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Mastercard joins a blockchain project; Alibaba preps an e-commerce acquisition; Jack Dorsey has no plans for his own crypto; Apple Pay adds Southwest support.

The top regulatory official at the central bank said it could deploy either one of two tools to revise the proposed stress capital buffer. The plan aims to streamline the stress test program.

A new kind of institution wants to make the interest rate the Federal Reserve pays to its member institutions more widely available, but that could have big implications for monetary policy.

The industry has taken some steps to lower barriers to affordable housing, but some observers say that more can be done.

There are lots of reasons for companies to have multiple payment accounts, though reconciliation can be a pain. But there are ways the cloud can mitigate the headaches, says Nvoicepay's Mike Fortmann.

The equation is no mystery to those in payments or financial services: Expand your digital footprint, and you expand the opportunities for hackers to damage your network.

The banks, which plan to merge as Truist Financial, are expected soon to start selling hundreds of branches in the Southeast to satisfy antitrust concerns and increase efficiency.

With legal questions still lingering, the regulator said it will begin accepting applications from credit unions looking to take advantage of its revised field of membership rule but did not specify when it would take action on those submissions.

The company sees increasing consumer demand for cryptocurrency, especially in Asia, and gradual acceptance among financial institutions.