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Kate Childress will run government affairs, communications and member engagement for the newly formed Bank Policy Institute.

Contactless payments have simplified the checkout experience around the world, allowing customers to get on with their lives a bit quicker with a simple tap of a contactless-enabled card, phone or device, writes Dan Sanford, vice president of consumer products at Visa.

The Senate recess is postponing the committee's vote as Democrats press Kathy Kraninger on involvement with zero-tolerance immigration policy at OMB.

Payment companies have a responsibility to both merchants and consumers to emerge as brands in their own right, with values that resonate not just with the businesses they are supporting, but with the customers using their services, writes Koen Vanpraet, CEO of Intrapay.

Catch up on a deluge of sexual harassment disclosures from banks and regulators. Brace yourself — it gets ugly, with rape and strangulation among the lowlights. Then marvel at how one fintech CEO who fell early in the #MeToo era engineered a fast comeback. Plus valuable insight on anger.

The larger the business grows, the more difficult and time-consuming it will be to make the fundamental changes required, according to Justin Shipe, vice president of information security for CardConnect, and Aaron Largent, director of infrastructure for CardConnect.

Jamie Dimon and Lloyd Blankfein remain prominent public figures, but many other crisis-era CEOs have kept low profiles over the past decade.

Emerging faster-payment technology can address processing and settlement gaps between banks and fintechs that can cause financial challenges for families, according to Rahm McDaniel, vice president of strategic solutions for Q2 Holdings.

Time is running out to apply to win one of Credit Union Journal's Best Practices Awards.

In a post-Equifax world, independent sales organizations, acquirers and payment processors are under much more scrutiny over merchant account applications and underwriting.

Merchants looking at third-party fraud services should also for detailed information regarding their modus operandi and results, including the steps they take to protect clients' data, according to Bernardo Lustosa, co-founder and COO of ClearSale.

Kathy Kraninger, a senior official at the Office of Management and Budget, largely avoided answering direct questions at her nomination hearing.

Mel Watt's term as director of Federal Housing Finance Agency ends in January, but his exit may be accelerated if the accusations in a new report prove true.

Joe Kaplan, former president of the Electronic Transactions Association and most recently CEO of Paya, died unexpectedly on July 26.

Politico reported Friday that the head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency is being accused by an employee of making inappropriate sexual advances.

The Stamford, Conn., issuer of store credit cards has two potential options after the retail giant chose to partner with Capital One. But the decision over which path to take is out of its hands.

The ongoing threat of data breaches serves as a reminder that every business is subject to PCI DSS compliance, no matter their size. Any company that handles cardholder data in any way must adhere to PCI DSS standards, which can be time-consuming and expensive, writes Matt VanderZwaag, director of product development at US Signal.

Since the marketplace model is relatively new, the vast majority of the merchants selling through that channel are new too, meaning they do not have the track record that banks look for when providing loans, writes Keith Smith, CEO of Payability.

While U.S. machines migrate to EMV, there's a mix of physical security and software that can mitigate the mounting security risk, according to Mark D. Smith, director of business development for MVP Financial Equipment.

Consumers are already in shopping mode, so retailers that focus on personalized and targeted offerings, and promotional campaigns around Prime Day can all reap the rewards of the Prime Day halo effect, according to Tom Caporaso, CEO of Clarus Commerce.