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Financial Regulators Regulatory Environment

Episode 298 - The Patchwork of Payments Regulation in the US, with Duncan Douglass, Alston & Bird LLP

Kicking off a series of regulation-related episodes, Duncan Douglass, payments attorney and Partner at Alston & Bird LLP, joins Chris Uriarte and Samantha Gordon to turn the confusing and sometimes tedious topic of US payments regulation into an entertaining and enlightening update. The conversation begins with who actually regulates payments in the US and how US payments oversight differs from the UK and EU, then flows into developments on current regulatory topics.
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Singapore to Upgrade PayNow, Launch New Finance Institute to Drive Innovation

The Business Times

“The Republic will upgrade its national payments infrastructure with new PayNow capabilities, including interoperable QR payments and support for artificial intelligence-driven commerce. Singapore will also expand payment capabilities for emerging business needs including request-to-pay; structured data fields for automated reconciliation; a micropayments rail; expanded cross-border connectivity; enhanced resilience to payment operations [offline payment capabilities]; and […]
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Zelle Must Face New York Attorney General’s Lawsuit Over Fraud, Judge Rules

Yahoo Finance

“A judge rejected Zelle’s bid to dismiss a lawsuit by New York Attorney General Letitia James, who said the electronic payment ‌platform’s refusal to adopt critical safety features enabled fraudsters to steal more than $1 billion ‌from consumers. Justice Phaedra Perry-Bond of a New York state court said James sufficiently alleged ​that Zelle’s parent Early […]
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European Central Bank: Payments Statistics: Second Half of 2025

EIN News

The European Central Bank (ECB)  published statistics on non-cash payments for the second half of 2025. In the second half of 2025 the number of card payments within the euro area was 47.8 billion, 7.9% higher compared with the second half of 2024. The corresponding total value of card payments was €1.8 trillion, 6.9% higher […]
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