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.

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Don Connelly is co-founder of
Don Connelly & Associates .Over his 40-plus year Wall Street career, he has served as a stockbroker, national sales manager and company spokesperson for a leading global investment firm.
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The government's instant processing rail hopes to enable new use cases, while Klarna adds to its network.
June 25 - Yahoo Finance Feed
The prolific purchaser is entering the state in a bid to expand its Southwest presence.
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Many young people begin their journey into adulthood without a solid grounding in the basics of personal finance. Banks and other financial institutions are in a unique position to provide that knowledge.
June 25 -
The ABA's new service adds payee name validation to help banks fight growing fraud risks.
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New self-regulatory guidelines for credit cards and checking accounts are arriving at a time of deregulation in Washington, D.C.
June 25 -
Senate Banking Committee ranking member Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., sent a letter to banking regulators urging them to preserve the enhanced Supplemental Leverage Ratio, warning that a rollback would only enrich bank shareholders.
June 24 -
Latreace Wells is the assistant vice president of career planning and development at Fisk University.
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Ark Investment Management has offloaded about 1.5 million shares of Circle over four recent trading sessions, worth roughly $333 million, according to Bloomberg. Wood's firm as a whole remains the eighth-largest holder of Circle.
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Cincinnati-based First Financial scooped up Westfield Bank near Cleveland after Westfield's parent company decided to exit the bank space and focus on its core insurance business.
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