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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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The x402 Foundation Activated a 27-Year-Old Internet Code. 200 Million Transactions Later, the Real Volume Is Still Tiny.

Forkast

The HTTP 402 status code, long allocated to “Payment Required” in the internet’s technical specifications without widespread deployment, has been repurposed as the foundational layer for machine-to-machine commerce. The gap between headline volume and present-day commercial reality is still wide. The network has recorded over 200 million transactions as of June 2026, according to Major […]
Global

China’s mBridge CBDC Network Challenges Swift with Cheaper Cross-Border Settlement Alongside CIPS

VT Markets

“China is preparing to launch mBridge, a blockchain-based cross-border payment platform that uses wholesale central bank digital currency (CBDC) issued on a shared distributed ledger rather than routed as bank deposits across multiple institutions. The system is set to be backed by central banks in China, Hong Kong, Thailand and the UAE, with operations overseen […]
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Companies

Wells Fargo to Launch Tokenized Deposits for Corporate and Commercial Clients

Wells Fargo

“Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) today announced the introduction of tokenized deposits, a blockchain-based representation of commercial bank money that when fully deployed will enable Wells Fargo’s corporate and commercial clients to move, program, and settle funds 24/7/365 — without leaving the regulated, insured banking system. The program will roll out this fall with […]
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