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Deregulation takes a holiday
The U.S. will have split government, as Tuesday's elections resulted in a Democratic takeover of the House of Representatives while the Republicans held onto the Senate.
Given that Congress' efforts to repeal financial regulations such as the Durbin debit card rule were already stalled with
It's also possible that laws or regulations that scrutinize data management or push for more "consumer ownership" of data, similar to GDPR and PSD2 rules, will receive more attention, though passage will be a heavy lift given the gridlock that will likely accompany a split government and early attention on the 2020 election, with campaigning likely to start within the next year.
"'[Currently] Congress, along with the administration, have a tough time pronouncing 'PSD2,'" said Richard Crone, a payments consultant, in an interview before the election results came in. For Democrats, a U.S. version of the payment services directive could be another position to maintain stiff regulatory control and transparency of fees for banks and payment service providers in response to Trump's weakening of the CFPB, Crone said.
Facebook faces GDPR query
Advertising is a big part of
The U.K.'s Information Commissioner's Office has referred Facebook to the Irish Data Protection Commission, which investigates GDPR issues, reports
The regulator will examine Facebook's ad targeting, browser tracking and interaction analysis. Facebook's plans in the retail space include using Messenger to encourage purchases and the expansion of video in advertisements.
Giving it away
Blockchain, which runs a crypto wallet, will hand out about $125 million worth of Stellar lumens [XLM] to Blockchain's users, one of the largest consumer giveaways in history, reports
Mobile transit in the OC
Adding a wrinkle to the slew of
Called OC Flex, the system lets passengers request and pay for a ride through a mobile app that orders a shuttle bus for curb-to-curb service. It's different from most mobile projects at mass transit systems, which focus on ticketing for conventional rail and bus lines.
The Orange County system is an attempt to better match mass transit service to variable rider demands.
Open sandbox
Emirates NBD has debuted an API sandbox, anticipating a global expansion of open banking under
Emirates NBD collaborated with Virtusa on the project, which will include more than 200 APIs and 900 endpoints at retail, corporate and small businesses, reports
There are more than three million simulated customer transaction types in the testing models.
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CNBC | Tue November 6, 2018 - AirAsia's new mobile payment app, BigPay, can give established players in the region a run for their money, according to the budget airline's CEO Tony Fernandes. BigPay, which is run as an independent business under its parent company AirAsia, launched its app earlier this year. The app is positioned as an "everyday digital alternative to bank accounts," and is available in Malaysia, according to its website.
Forbes | Tue November 6, 2018 - The latest ripple surge comes on the back of a positive few months for the XRP price, which has been boosted by a number of major banks adopting the technology of Ripple Labs — the creator of the XRP cryptocurrency. Ripple now boasts a market capitalization of $22.5 billion, above ethereum's $22 billion, according to CoinMarketCap data. Bitcoin, the original cryptocurrency, still holds the top spot by a wide margin, however, with a total market value of $112 billion.
Forbes | Tue November 6, 2018 - Citizens Bank plans to phase in real-time payments for its commercial banking business starting in 2019. The bank, which is an owner bank of The Clearing House (TCH) has been a backer of real-time payments for three to four years, said Matt Richardson, head of product solutions in treasury management at the bank.
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