Payments

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau plans to release neutral credit card pricing data in the coming months to help consumers get the best deal, according to Director Rohit Chopra. Deceptive reward programs, late fees and data portability remain concerns, too, he says.

Banks, especially big ones, have become too dependent on hidden-fee income. As the consumer credit market evolves toward greater transparency, the CFPB's rules will be the least of their problems.

Wars in Ukraine and the Middle East. Fiercely polarized U.S. politics. Rapidly multiplying payments options on social media networks and elsewhere. Those factors and more are making it harder than ever for banks to combat illicit financial transactions.

Despite further delays, the country has taken two key steps to opening up access to its Real-Time Rail, including allowing payment companies to participate without a bank partner, but it has yet to commit to a date for the project to go live.

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The launch of Apple Pay a decade ago set the tone for how the tech giant would interact with banks and credit unions in the years to come. The Justice Department is now pushing back.

Criminals who buy and sell consumer data on the dark web are perpetrating increasingly complex credit and debit card fraud schemes, according to the card network's latest threats report.

The U.S. Justice Department and 16 attorneys general sued Apple Thursday, accusing the iPhone maker of violating antitrust laws by blocking rivals from accessing hardware and software for digital wallets and other features.

At an American Bankers Association event, Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., who's up for reelection this year, said that he hopes the Durbin-Marshall credit card bill won't go anywhere and criticized the Federal Reserve's debit interchange proposal.

The fast-food chain is analyzing the cause of an issue that affected payments in multiple countries. Separately, dLocal, a payments processor in Uraguay, is making changes at the top.

Thomas Halpin, who heads global cash management for North America, talks about real-time processing, generative AI, central bank digital currencies and why the ISO 20022 messaging standard is cool.

Credit card late fees are annoying, but that's why they work as a disincentive to prevent late payments. By making them much smaller, the CFPB will actually be working against the interests of low-income consumers.

Ant Group, the company behind Alipay, plans to set up independent boards for its international, database and digital technologies operations as it pushes forward the overhaul of its fintech business, according to a memo seen by Bloomberg.

The payments industry is evolving, driven by innovative technologies and a new class of leaders and executives eager to embrace change. Here's what they're prioritizing.

Despite fresh waves of online fraud and scams, czars of social media platforms, peer-to-peer networks and blockchain products have renewed ambitions to marry financial services with social apps.

Samsung and Curve are setting the groundwork for a return of smart rings and other devices that can turn top-of-wallet cards into a fashion accessory.

The pandemic reduced the number of daily mass-transit commuters, but the accompanying surge of contactless payments is expanding and diversifying transit systems' demographic reach, according to data from the card network.