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The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Shopify adds chat; New technology battles card skimming; Checkout-free stores advance in Brazil; South Korean blockchain adds streaming music payments.

Payment companies have made substantial investments into new identity rules in Europe, but the deadline has become a moving target with different agencies offering conflicting or unclear guidance.

Were the Fed to develop its own payments platform, it would be expensive, duplicative, inefficient, and curtail development of real-time services, argues the National Taxpayers Union's Thomas Aiello.

People’s United offered 30% more in the summer of 2018 for United Financial than it agreed to pay in a deal announced last month. What followed the initial talks is a textbook lesson in the impact of indecision and the unexpected in bank M&A.

The LendingClubs and SoFis of the world have a big head start, but HSBC's U.S. unit says its partnership with the fintech Avant will help it close the gap in online personal loans.

The 2020 election is shaping up to be a key yardstick for legislation expanding cannabis firms’ financial services access.

The company withdrew an earlier bid to become an ILC after regulators identified problems with its application. It is seeking a Nevada bank charter because it wants to add deposit management services and expand into small-business lending.

Black and Hispanic owners of one-person businesses are more likely to be discouraged from applying for financing, and they’re less likely to receive financing when they do apply for it, than their white counterparts, according to a new report from the New York Fed.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development will remove some barriers to government-insured condominium lending next month, including a post-crisis measure housing industry groups have long complained about.

The lawsuit claims that the board didn't properly supervisor management, which allowed former CEO Edward Rostohar to embezzle more than $40 million.

Tipping the valet can be tough without cash in hand. It’s only one of many cash-payment scenarios that don't translate well into digital payments, where P2P apps typically emphasize social connections over anonymity.

The Massachusetts Democrat is questioning a claim by the agency about the amount of redress available to those affected by the credit bureau's 2017 data breach.

Indiana Members Credit Union will pay cash for Commerce Bank.

Regulatory sandboxes can create a lot of opportunity for the winners but inadvertently put losers at a competitive disadvantage.

The global bank’s overhaul plan will put taxpayers and the financial system at risk.

Kendall Garrison will lead the Austin, Texas-based institution after its current CEO, Paul Trylko, retires at the end of this year.

Offering 3% on purchases through its App Store, Apple hopes to make its competitors' phones a less-appealing option; a call for speeding up FedNow.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Contactless at the university; LinkedIn co-founder helps launch smart contracts for subscriptions; Alipay and WeChat Pay's processor draws funds; Coincorner pays its staff in crypto; Domino's tries e-bike delivery.

Credit unions across the pond are hopeful that they will be able to push their legislative priorities once Parliament is no longer preoccupied with Brexit.

Checkout-free technology is very limited in availability and very much a work in progress, but developers and investors are relying on its promise to accelerate payments' broader evolution from streamlining execution to determining intent.