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Despite Japan being a heavily cash-based economy, e-commerce has created significant opportunities for banks and mobile wallet providers.

For the U.K. payments industry to be in the best position to succeed, keeping consistent with compliance to both U.K. and EU regulations will be critical, says Ecommpay's Paul Marcantonio.

Two decades ago, before Jamie Dimon & Co. towered over the industry, the sale of JPMorgan to Chase Manhattan was seen by some as the downfall of the most prestigious U.S. bank. In a new book, Nicholas P. Sargen, a former economist there, offers a cautionary tale of a management team that did many things right yet failed to avoid a takeover.

The National Credit Union Administration issued only one prohibition order in March, barring a former branch manager of Greater Iowa Credit Union in Ames from working in the financial services industry.

The Michigan company recently paid $70 million to close the books on a matter dating to the last financial crisis.

Climate groups are calling on John Kerry, the special presidential envoy for climate, to shut off the flow of money from Wall Street to the fossil-fuel industry and acknowledge the role of U.S. finance firms in warming the planet.

The Treasury Secretary is reviving the Financial Stability Oversight Council, leading her first meeting Wednesday; the bank cited the availability of Covid-19 vaccines for its decision.

Peru is working to link banks, fintechs and mobile wallet providers into an interoperable hub for instant payments using real-time technology provided by Mastercard.

As the digital transformation journey accelerates the need for more collaborative, agile and tailored solutions between banks and fintechs becomes essential, says MYHSM's John Cragg.

Activist investors are pressuring big banks to further curtail lending to the fossil-fuel industry, undergo so-called racial-equity audits and disclose more about their lobbying practices and financing of nuclear weapons manufacturers.