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Close collaboration between leading payment innovators and regulators could help regulators better understand the direction the industry is headed, says Arkose Labs' Vanita Pandey.

There’s never been a better time, nor better technology available, to make cardholders safe from card-not-present fraud, says Keyno's Robert Steinman.

Close collaboration between leading payment innovators and regulators could help regulators better understand the direction the industry is headed, says Arkose Labs' Vanita Pandey.

Citigroup’s $900 million payment blunder in a normally low-profile part of the financial market dominated by a handful of banks has experts wondering if regulators will uncover a deeper problem.

The bank — which said it has been upgrading its loan operations platform after a review it undertook last year — said it mistakenly transmitted the payments after an employee didn't manually select the correct system options in its loan operation software.

By one method of estimating, Wells Fargo has missed out on roughly $4 billion in profits — and counting — since the cap was imposed, and it's unclear when the Fed will lift it.

An appeals court ruled that diversity jurisdiction applies to federally chartered credit unions, allowing them to bring suit in federal courts.

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Dozens of suspects were reportedly arrested for allegedly using prepaid cards to illegally withdraw large sums of cash.

Reports say dozens of suspects were arrested on charges of using prepaid cards to illegally withdraw large sums of cash.

Citigroup scored court orders freezing almost half of the more than $900 million it says was accidentally sent to Revlon lenders this month.

Mary Mack is expected to say that other employees were scared of Carrie Tolstedt, according to the bank’s regulators. Tolstedt, one of five former Wells executives facing civil charges in connection with the bank’s phony-accounts scandal, could be fined as much as $25 million.

The bank has recouped part of the payment, which it blamed on a clerical error, but some of the lenders say they were owed the money in connection with an ongoing dispute.

The executive shuffle at the company continues as Credit Suisse America’s Paula Dominick is hired to replace Mike Roemer as chief compliance officer. It also hired or promoted four line-of-business chief risk officers and an enterprise testing leader.

The federal banking agencies clarified that minor violations of Bank Secrecy Act rules will typically not result in a cease-and-desist order.

The Trump administration has dismantled digital campaigns by al-Qaeda and other terrorist groups that used social media to obtain cryptocurrency for carrying out terrorist attacks, the Justice Department said Thursday.

The rapid move online boosts false positives, false negatives and actual fraud, says Adara's Nguyen Nguyen.

The complexity of the migration is an opportunity to examine other elements of the payment experience, says TNS' Brian DuCharme.

The rapid move online boosts false positives, false negatives and actual fraud, says Adara's Nguyen Nguyen.

Chargeback requests have surged since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, as airlines have canceled flights, performers have postponed concerts and supply chain disruptions have delayed the delivery of many goods.