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Congress should consider acting quickly or companies could treat the Golden State's new data privacy restrictions as a national standard.

Checkout-free tech has only just left the gate, but has tons of promise as a way to shed lines and collect data — just the mix that sports facilities are looking for.

As businesses navigate the trade war, these loans can help cover anything from inventory to office supplies – any area where a business is taking a hit, says Become's Eden Amirav.

A hearing on legislative proposals exposed a sharp partisan divide over a regulatory plan to restrict the frequency of collection calls.

Microsoft Corp., Mastercard Inc. and the Hewlett Foundation are funding a new organization that is planning to help dissidents and other vulnerable groups across the world defend against hackers.

Members of the House Financial Services Committee cited leveraged lending, cybersecurity and the switch to a new interest rate benchmark among potential systemic risks that keep them up at night.

One Republican lawmaker went so far as to suggest that Congress should try to block the central bank's effort, but Democrats said FedNow will promote competition in real-time payments.

Here are companies whose strong visions and timely ideas commanded attention at the technology conference in New York this week.

The Clearing House is working to add its Real-Time Payments (RTP) network as a third payment rail for Early Warning Services’ Zelle P2P payments service and to enable Zelle bill pay and possibly point of sale transactions.

Rep. Patrick McHenry, the top Republican on the House Financial Services Committee, proposed having the central bank update Congress on measures to strengthen its own cybersecurity as well as that of institutions under its watch.