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FTA Op-ed in American Banker: Lawmakers should embrace an overhaul of financial regulation

A divided Washington faces the task of finding common ground to tackle these pocketbook challenges. Supporting an open and competitive economy should be a

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American Banker covers inaugural FTA Fintech Summit

At the summit, which took place in Washington, D.C., fintech leaders and researchers made their case that fintech has made a difference in enabling

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Fintech Nexus: Wise, Stripe, and Brex payments post up

“A second panel, the day before, featured payments leaders and their thoughts about the industry’s future. Naturally, FedNow came up. Nick Catino, Head of

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Protocol: The CFPB’s Rohit Chopra wants an open banking ‘race to the top’

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau kicked off a rule-making process Thursday to give consumers more control over their financial data, a step toward an

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Bloomberg: US Banks Face Fresh Push to Share Client Data with Fintech Firms

Penny Lee, chief executive officer of the Financial Technology Association whose members include PayPal, Plaid Inc. and Intuit Inc., applauded the move. “We look

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Payments Dive: Fintechs clamor for FedNow access

The Financial Technology Association, which represents fintechs that include Block, Marqeta, Stripe and Wise, among others, is urging the Fed to make direct access

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Protocol: What will have the most significant impact on the number of credit card users in the next three years?

Americans increasingly want alternatives to high-interest products whose revenue models rely on consumer fees and often trap users in cycles of debt. For good

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FTA Calls for Broader Entity Access to Instant Payments as FedNow Rule Takes Effect

The Federal Reserve will test the FedNow system between now and its expected launch in 2023 WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Financial Technology Association (FTA)

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Protocol: A consumer watchdog watched closely

All eyes in the fintech world are on open banking…”We believe that consumers, not financial institutions, own their data and hope the CFPB will

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Protocol: How do you take your bank CEOs?

The Financial Technology Association, a trade group that counts PayPal and Block as members, called Demchak’s comments misleading. “As the banking CEOs know, non-banks

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FTA Weighs in on BNPL in AP

Americans have grown fond of “buy now, pay later” services, but the “pay later” part is becoming increasingly difficult for some borrowers. In a

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Protocol: Consumers are buying “buy now, pay later”

If you’ve used “buy now, pay later,” you get it and you love it. Of survey respondents who have used one of the pay-in-four

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