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The world's largest stablecoin issuer is preparing to launch USAT, its U.S.-regulated, dollar-backed stablecoin, by the end of the year, Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino told reporters at an event in New York. Bo Hines was also named CEO of USAT.

The AI-powered auto lender is the latest fintech to debut an IPO in recent months, even as a different auto lender filed for bankruptcy this week.

Biometrics for in-store payments are taking off; the next logical step is e-commerce. Here's how that may work.

Hilary Cabodi is a managing director in the Risk Advisory practice at Riveron, leading internal audit, SOX implementation and compliance, and IT risk advisory engagements for private and public companies.

Pious claims about the importance of free data are a smoke screen. What the fintech industry really wants is to stick banks with the bill for organizing, securing and delivering customer data on their behalf.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's recent bulletin warning banks that past debanking actions could affect supervisory reviews is the latest effort to put the president's executive order on debanking into action. But industry sources say the order itself forces banks to choose between pleasing their regulators and taking on unwanted risk.

At a banking conference this week, there was growing optimism that a key regulatory threshold will be raised from $100 billion to $250 billion.

The White House's appeal of a lower court injunction allowing Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook to remain on the Fed board is urging the court to rule in its favor ahead of the Federal Open Market Committee meeting on Sept. 16 and 17.

The cross-border transfer platform is broadening its business model with a subscription-based membership and products like a digital wallet and cash advances.