First American Payment Systems L.P., a Fort Worth, Texas-based ISO, has named Liz Curtis as manager of financial institutions. Formerly with Chase Paymentech LLC, Curtis will be responsible for working on referral deals with financial institutions.
Cryptocurrencies and stablecoins — popular topics following the passage of the GENIUS Act — got less attention last week from big-bank CEOs.
Wells Fargo CEO Charlie Scharf said bankers and economists are broadly against lowering interest rates now, given uncertainty from the Iran war.
Banks are pushing back on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's draft of a five-year strategic plan, which includes a notable pullback from supervising nonbanks.
U.S. banks must navigate conflicting signals as Iran's crypto toll demands and rising pig butchering scams exploit the same stablecoin and correspondent banking rails.
The RTP rail joins FedNow and digital asset firms in the quest to add speed for cross-border settlement.
Slash Financial, a fintech originally founded for sneaker resellers, closed a Series C funding round and launched an AI assistant for digital-native business customers.
