PayThink is focused on the rapidly changing, inter-connected markets of debit, credit, mobile, prepaid and digital payments. As the payments industry strives for faster innovation to launch new products ahead of competitors, PayThink provides insight from market participants and innovators leading the way. PayThink is designed for executives looking to stay relevant in the ever-changing payments ecosystem by finding and honing their competitive edge.

-
LevelField CEO Gene Grant says its strategy for merging with Burling Bank is super-conservative, despite an intention to serve the digital-asset community. "We've taken everything out of the business plan" that might give regulators pause, he says.
February 1 -
Joanna Kuang is VP of Product Development and Impact and bias trainer at
Illumen Capita l an impact fund of funds addressing systemic inequity by reducing racial and gender bias in investing.February 1 -
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s Office of Inspector General found a number of weaknesses in the agency's cyber risk examination program.
February 1 -
The Federal Reserve Chair urged Congress to raise the debt ceiling, warning the impacts of not doing so could go beyond the central bank's ability to mitigate.
February 1 -
Yolo Federal Credit Union has served only Yolo County, which has 221,000 residents, since 1954. It's now able to reach Sacramento County, which has 1.6 million people.
February 1 -
House Financial Services Committee Chairman Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., said that if legislation would increase spending, lawmakers need to offset that spending within the committee's jurisdiction.
February 1 -
Coinbase won dismissal of a lawsuit by consumers alleging the cryptocurrency exchange facilitated the sale of unregistered securities on its platform.
February 1 -
Bank of Montreal, which just completed its $16.3 billion takeover of Bank of the West, expects to be able to gain share even in U.S. markets where the firm only has a sparse branch presence.
February 1 -
Federal Reserve officials quietly tightened internal restrictions on employees' political activities after several reserve banks ran afoul of Congress over real or perceived engagement on issues within the domain of elected officials.
February 1 -
The group, led by Senate Banking Chairman Sen. Sherrod Brown, said nonperforming loans sold to single family housing rental businesses or private equity firms results in the displacement of homeowners.
February 1













