Law and Regulation

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau early Friday said it has sued Early Warning Services LLC as well as Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, and Wells Fargo, alleging the Zelle person-to-person payments network failed to protect consumers against fraud. The banks are three of the seven financial institutions that own Early …

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau early Wednesday released a circular to law-enforcement agencies warning that operators of credit card rewards may be violating a prohibition against unfair, deceptive, or abusive acts or practices by devaluing earned credit card points and airline miles. The CFPB issued the circular in part due …

A court ruling in Texas earlier this month has delayed an ownership reporting requirement mandated by the Corporate Transparency Act. That is not likely to be a reason to rejoice because a future court could uphold the requirement. Under the act, which went into effect Jan. 1, businesses were supposed …

Card Concepts Inc. will license mobile-payments technology from PayRange Inc. as part of a settlement of a patent-infringement lawsuit PayRange had brought against rival Card Concepts. Both companies provide payments technology for unattended machines, such as laundry equipment. Unattended payments specialist Cantaloupe Inc. said it will provide the point-of-sale technology and Suites management system for …

The American Bankers Association on Thursday issued a long and detailed letter it has sent to the Federal Reserve Board to argue its case against a Fed proposal that would reduce a longstanding cap on the interchange banks can earn on debit card transactions. The ABA’s action follows an analysis …

Merchants using the CardFlight SwipeSimple app have gained easier access to managing customer data and a way to charge to card-on-file credentials. In related acquiring news, Bill Holdings Inc. launched its 1099 Filing service, which enables small businesses to simplify their 1099 taxes. New York City-based CardFlight says the new …

DataVisor Inc., a fraud- and risk-management solutions provider, early Monday announced the launch of an artificial intelligence-based platform that measures hot spot, distinct count, and high-frequency data in real time. The ability to measure these three data points in real time helps speeds the identification of potential fraud threats, which …

Google Inc. has sued the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau following the CFPB’s action Friday asserting federal supervision of the company’s Google Pay wallet. In the suit, filed in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., the same day the CFPB acted, the tech giant argues the case targets a payment service …

Financial firms live and die by their reputation. While we know that, with credit unions, insurance companies, and holding companies, the result of a cyberattack could mean funding challenges, reputational damage, and even insolvency, what many don’t know is that, today, around 70% of business risks enter through an endpoint …

President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Fiserv Inc. chief executive Frank Bisignano to be the next commissioner of the Social Security Administration, headquartered in Woodlawn, Md. The move follows by a day news that Trump has named Jared Isaacman, founder and chief executive of Shift4 Payments Inc., a Fiserv rival, to …