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Investment News: New bill would let advisers unlock accredited investor status for clients

Legislation seeks to loosen access to private markets to include professional advice from RIAs and broker-dealers, not just income or net worth.

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Law360: House Bill To Regulate Earned Wage Advances Clears Panel

The House Financial Services Committee has advanced a federal framework for fintechs offering paycheck advances despite pushback from some Democrats that the proposal hamstrings

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Bloomberg Law: Tennessee’s Tax on Money Sent Abroad Hit With Fintech Lawsuit

A new Tennessee law imposing a fee on some international money transfers is an unconstitutional tax on cross-border payments, a financial technology industry group

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Payment Dive: Tennessee levies tax on remittances

The Volunteer State will add a $10 tax for cross-border payments, and an extra 2% fee for some, under a new law drawing the

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Capitol Account: Fed proposes new account for fintechs

The Fed proposed a new type of account for fintech firms, one day after Trump issued an executive order asking for a report on

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Payment Dive: Trump order seeks to open Fed rails

The administration mandated a review of how the Federal Reserve and federal agencies can aid fintech firms through more central bank access.

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Fox 5 Atlanta: Demystifying buy now, pay later with Miranda Margowsky

There’s a new national campaign to educate consumers more on buy now, pay later

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Payments Dive: Senators query credit bureaus on BNPL

A group of Democrats wants to know how credit agencies are using buy now, pay later data and what changes may be planned in

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Capitol Pressroom: Industry discusses NYS BNPL Proposal

The state’s financial regulators are in the process of implementing a law designed to regulate the evolving “buy now, pay later” lending industry. We

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Inside Influence Podcast: The Evolution of Corporate Affairs with Penny Lee

Penny Lee, the CEO of the Financial Technology Association, talks about building an industry association from the ground up. She shares valuable insights on

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Hoodline: Tennessee Takes Aim at Money Transfers to Fund Child Care Push

Tennessee lawmakers signed off Wednesday on a controversial plan to tax certain money transfers sent from the state to other countries, steering a slice

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Payments Dive: Fintechs push bill for Fed payment rail access

The Payments Access and Consumer Efficiency (PACE) Act is designed to widen fintechs’ access to the U.S. electronic payments systems and lower the cost

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