Weekly News Update

Payments News Update - April 23, 2020

Legal and Regulatory Developments SPOTLIGHT: AAI Says It’s Time to Cancel Amex: Sabre-Farelogix Opinion Makes a Mockery of Market Definition American Antitrust Institute – April 21, 2020 (click here for the AAI commentary) In a new commentary addressing the Department of Justice’s recent defeat in attempting to block the merger of Sabre and Farelogix, AAI Vice President of Legal Advocacy Randy Stutz...

Payments News Update - April 16, 2020

Legal and Regulatory Developments SPOTLIGHT: Small Business Lending: Paypal, Intuit, Square to Facilitate SBA Paycheck Protection Loans International Business Times – April 14, 2020 A number of fintech firms, including PayPal Holdings Inc., Square Inc. and Intuit Inc., have retooled their lending programs and begun facilitating Small Business Administration Paycheck Protection Program loans through major U.S....

Weekly News Update -- December 19, 2019

Legal and Regulatory Developments SPOTLIGHT: Visa, Mastercard $6.3 Billion Settlement With Merchants Wins Approval MLex – December 13, 2019 (subscription required) (click here for Judge Brodie's Order) Visa and Mastercard's $6.3 billion class action settlement over their rules for merchants has won a judge's final approval. The deal is fair, reasonable and adequate, US District Judge Margo Brodie said in an...

Payments News Update -- November 21, 2019

Legal and Regulatory Developments SPOTLIGHT: Visa Confirms the FTC Is Probing Its Debit Transaction Routing Practices Digital Transactions News – November 18, 2019 Confirming rumors that the Federal Trade Commission is looking into issues involving debit card transaction routing, Visa Inc. late last week reported the Federal Trade Commission has asked it to voluntarily provide information about its routing...

Payments News Update -- August 28, 2019

Legal and Regulatory Developments As Brexit Nears, Uncertainty Swarms Cross-Border Payments PaymentsSource – August 28, 2019 (subscription required) Processors that rely on cross-border payments to reach new territories are feeling the economic squeeze of the looming Brexit deadline. The problem with Brexit is less about politics and regulation, and more about how these factors will impact processing...

Payments News Update -- August 21, 2019

Legal and Regulatory Developments SPOTLIGHT: Visa Critical of India's Move Toward No-Fee Debit Card Transactions Reuters – August 19, 2019 Global card payments group Visa is critical of the Indian government’s decision to boost adoption of electronic payments by requiring banks and card payment networks to offer no-fee debit card transactions, a senior Visa executive said. Last month, India’s Finance...

Payments News Update -- August 14, 2019

Legal and Regulatory Developments SPOTLIGHT: UK's Financial Conduct Authority to Delay PSD2's SCA, FT Reports The Paypers – August 8, 2019 The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority is set to delay enforcement of PSD2’s SCA by more than 18 months, after warnings that the rules would threat online sales. Strong customer authentication (SCA) rules, which are due to be introduced in September 14, 2019, require...

Payments News Update -- August 7, 2019

Legal and Regulatory Developments SPOTLIGHT: It’s Official: The Fed Is Jumping Into Real-Time Payments With FedNow Digital Transactions News – August 5, 2019 Ending months of speculation, the Federal Reserve confirmed Monday it will launch a real-time payments service by 2023 or 2024. The banking regulator, which also published Monday a notice in the Federal Register outlining its plan and requesting...

Payments News Update -- July 31, 2019

Legal and Regulatory Developments SPOTLIGHT: Visa and Kroger Settle Debit-Routing Lawsuit, but Partial Credit Card Boycott Continues Digital Transactions News – July 31, 2019 The Kroger Co. and Visa Inc. have settled a 2016 federal lawsuit in which Kroger alleged Visa interfered with its transaction-routing plans for EMV debit cards, Digital Transactions News has learned. In a separate dispute, however, the...

Payments News Update -- July 24, 2019

Legal and Regulatory Developments SPOTLIGHT: US Reps, Senators Present Faster Payments Legislation PYMNTS – July 24, 2019 To reinforce the Federal Reserve’s authority to create a real-time payments system and mandate that the Fed brings about its own process, two U.S. representatives and two U.S. senators have introduced the Payment Modernization Act of 2019. The legislation was brought forward...