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Racquel Oden, HSBC's head of wealth and personal banking in the U.S., talks about how to guide clients through a year of political and economic upheaval.

Both tech companies require developers to use the app stores' built-in payment systems and pay as much as 30% of each consumer transaction. South Korea just passed a bill that ends this practice, and U.S. lawmakers have proposed similar legislation.

The London neobank, which has applied for a banking charter in California, is working to undercut banks on pricing for consumer payments to Mexico.

The European Union has updated value-added-tax regulations that predate digital payments, hoping to reduce compliance burdens for foreign online sellers and simplify consumer billing.

The San Francisco data aggregator, which also operates out of London, provides international connections between fintechs and traditional banks.

The Facebook-affiliated stablecoin's move from Switzerland brings it to a country where regulators are familiar with crypto and rival currencies have already debuted.

Government digital currency projects have the potential to displace banks and fintechs from the payment process. But three major participants — Accenture, Ant Group and Swift — argue that incumbents have a role to play.

The pandemic spurred millions of merchants to add contactless payments within a year, pushing the number of global stores accepting contactless to 90%, according to new data from Mastercard.

Trustly Group AB’s plan to raise almost $1 billion through an initial public offering in Stockholm may be followed by a second listing in New York, according to its chief executive.

Kate Fitzgerald, senior editor at PaymentsSource, talks to Eric Grover, principal at Intrepid Ventures, about the political activities that hinder the expansion of payment systems.