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The financial press ponders how a replay of the 2008 crisis can be avoided; losing HNA's 7.6% stake may be a blessing in disguise, but DB's funding costs remain a worry.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Amazon Go opens in New York; Paul Galant joins Softbank subsidiary; Visa adds disaster recovery feature; Russian hacking suspect extradited to New York; Vizeo TV may have to disclose spying on viewers.

The Bank of Lithuania has been courting fintechs which need an EU payments or banking license to operate in Europe. In July 2018, it introduced an e-licensing tool that makes it cheaper and quicker to submit the information necessary to obtain an operating licence.

Businesses without the substantial resources of a Danske Bank are sitting ducks for even more esoteric scams, like transaction laundering, writes Ron Teicher, CEO of EverCompliant.

Many workers get extra days off to celebrate all kinds of things, from their birthdays to a good regulatory exam score, or as a reward for charitable giving and other community involvement.

Luis Calderon, a finance manager in the commercial bank, was killed, and Whitney Austin, a digital lending product manager, was wounded. Four people died, including the gunman, and at least two were injured.

Dawn Morris, formerly of Webster Financial, will also oversee marketing and customer experience.

Andrei Tyurin, a Russian citizen who is alleged to have performed key cyber work in a hack of JPMorgan Chase and several other companies, was extradited to New York on Friday from the republic of Georgia.

Tuscon Federal Credit Union taps three new chief-level executives and more new hires, promotions and appointments.

The agency announced a new lineup for the Consumer Advisory Board after having fired its previous members and those of two other panels.