Weekly News Update

Payments News Update -- June 5, 2019

Industry Developments SPOTLIGHT: Is It Enough? Digital Transactions Magazine – June 1, 2019 For Mastercard and Visa chargeback process changes to make the most impact on friendly fraud, merchants will have to take matters into their own hands. About a year ago, Visa Inc. rolled out a new initiative to update, modernize, and streamline chargeback procedures and the dispute-management process. Later in the...

Payments News Update -- May 29, 2019

Legal and Regulatory Developments SPOTLIGHT: Financial Institutions Conflicted but Cautiously Optimistic About Open Banking Opportunity The Fintech Times – May 29, 2019 Open banking was launched to spur innovation in the financial services industry and create a better deal for consumers. But new research published today by open banking platform Tink reveals that European financial institutions still have...

Payments News Update -- May 22, 2019

Legal and Regulatory Developments SPOTLIGHT: U.S. May Follow Philly and New Jersey to Ban Cashless Businesses WHYY – May 20, 2019 Earlier this year, Philly and New Jersey passed laws banning cashless businesses, restaurants and retail shops where customers can only pay with plastic or their phones. Now, two Democrats in Congress want the country to follow suit. New Jersey U.S. Rep. Donald Payne,...

Payments News Update -- May 15, 2019

Legal and Regulatory Developments SPOTLIGHT: Supreme Court Says Apple Will Have to Face App Store Monopoly LawsuitDebit Dynamics The Verge – May 13, 2019 (click here for the Court's opinion) The Supreme Court is letting an antitrust lawsuit against Apple proceed, and it’s rejected Apple’s argument that iOS App Store users aren’t really its customers. The Supreme Court upheld the Ninth Circuit Court of...

Payments News Update -- May 8, 2019

Legal and Regulatory Developments SPOTLIGHT: Debit Dynamics Digital Transactions News – May 1, 2019 Merchants have said it before, and they’re saying it again: It’s high time the Federal Reserve lowers its regulated debit card interchange rate. The call by the Retail Industry Leaders Association came shortly after the Fed in March released its latest study of debit card revenues and expenses. The...

Payments News Update -- May 1, 2019

Legal and Regulatory Developments SPOTLIGHT: Factors Align for Widespread U.S. Contactless Payments Adoption, A Fed Study Suggests Digital Transactions News – April 26, 2019 The conditions for the widespread adoption of contactless payments using chip cards are in place, asserts a new report from the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. But when that will happen and what will trigger it are unknown in the Fed...

Payments News Update -- April 24, 2019

Legal and Regulatory Developments SPOTLIGHT: The Government's Set a Steep Learning Curve for Crypto Compliance PaymentSource PayThink – April 22, 2019 The market and regulatory forces that fueled a substantial uptick in merger and acquisition activity in the blockchain industry in the U.S. in 2018 are expected to continue through 2019. Cryptocurrency prices remain significantly below their high-water...

Payments News Update -- April 17, 2019

Legal and Regulatory Developments SPOTLIGHT: Appeals Court Revives £14B Mastercard Class Action Law360 – April 16, 2019 An appeals court in London on Tuesday revived a £14 billion ($18.3 billion) proposed class action lawsuit accusing Mastercard of flouting European Union competition law by charging consumers high credit card fees, in a test of the U.K.’s fledgling class action regime.  The Court of...

Payment News Update - April 10, 2019

Legal and Regulatory Developments SPOTLIGHT: UK Antitrust Watchdog Probe’s Visa’s £247M Takeover Bid Law360 - April 4, 2019 Britain’s antitrust watchdog said Thursday that it has opened a preliminary investigation into whether Visa’s £247 million ($324 million) offer for payment network Earthport PLC will hinder competition in the U.K.’s cross-border payments sector.  The Competition and Markets...

Payments News Update - April 3, 2019

US-China Trade War Deal Could Be Too Late for the Likes of Mastercard, American Express and Visa South China Morning Post - April 2, 2019 A trade deal between President Xi Jinping and United States counterpart Donald Trump could finally fulfil a long-delayed promise to open up China’s 208.1 trillion yuan (US$31 trillion) market for credit cards and other third-party payment processors to American companies like...