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Two groups are asking the agency to restrict collectors to "one live conversation per week" with a borrower and up to three phone attempts per week.

The industry spent a good portion of 2018 fighting ADA and overdraft lawsuits, and experts say despite some progress, next year could hold more of the same.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web Today: Square refiles for a bankiing license; UBS gets an AML fine; P2P for crypto; Digital receipt fintech Flux attracts investors; Coinbase offers cryptocurrency education.

The ubiquity of plastic payment cards makes it hard to imagine a future without them, but Japan’s JCB card network already envisions it.

The SEC is already ramping up action in the cryptocurrency space, with stronger moves in the year ahead, and market participants should be preparing to respond, according to Aaron Kaplan, a securities lawyer and founder at Prometheum.

Good Money just raised $30 million and is a year away from launching, but already is raising concerns for its trash-talking of established players.

Stock Yards will remove a competitor in Louisville, Ky., and enter two markets outside of the city.

The payments processor was among numerous firms earlier this year to withdraw an ILC charter application over questions about its plan.

Banks were reluctant to offer services to an industry that had a hazy legal status. That’s about to change.

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell demurs on regulatory relief for largest banks while saying he is “open” to countercyclical buffer.