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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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Bank of Korea's 'Project Hangang' Phase 2 Begins September: 500,000 Users to Test Deposit Tokens

BigGo Finance

“The Bank of Korea’s digital currency pilot program, “Project Hangang,” will enter its second phase in September 2026. Participating banks will expand from seven to nine, while user wallets will increase from 100,000 to 500,000. Phase 2 introduces peer-to-peer transfers, biometric authentication payments, and auto-top-up features. The pilot will also begin testing government subsidy disbursements—such […]
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Indian Payments Firms Oppose One-Click UPI Checkout Proposal, Citing Competition Risks

Yahoo Finance

“Several Indian digital payments firms have opposed a proposal that would allow merchants to store customers’ ‌preferred Unified Payments Interface option for one-click checkouts, arguing it could ‌entrench the dominance of the bigger payment apps. The proposed framework, referred to as UPI Meta or ​UPI Checkout, ​would let users save a preferred payment ​handle or […]
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Checkout.com Moves Airflow to Google Cloud, Cuts Costs

CFOtech Australia

“Checkout.com has migrated its data orchestration platform to Google Cloud’s Managed Service for Apache Airflow, a move that changed the reliability and cost profile of its data platform. The payments company moved away from a self-managed Apache Airflow setup on another hyperscaler, where its data platform team handled server management, patching, upgrades, and incident response […]
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