Tag: Federal Government

Explore how the federal government regulates the payments and banking industry, implementing policies that ensure financial stability, consumer protection, and secure transactions across financial systems.

Faster Payments Is Pressuring Businesses to Dump Checks

Even Recipients of Government Funds Are Trying to Move Away from Checks

by Tom Nawrocki

April 17, 2024

Recipients of government program funds prefer not to receive checks, according to data from Morning Consult on behalf of Visa. ...

Attention in Washington Shifts from Crypto Writ Large to Stablecoins

by Tim Sloane

April 11, 2022

The lack of a primary concern regarding crypto has Washington in a pickle and the closest they can get to ...

White House Issues Executive Order on Crypto and CBDCs

by Steve Murphy

March 10, 2022

This brief posting in Finextra points out the 15-page executive order issued by the White House yesterday around the topic ...

Credit Unions and Credit Cards: Plenty of Room to Grow

by Brian Riley

November 16, 2021

The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) is often called the “congressional watchdog” because it oversees how the federal government operates ...

U.S. Gov’t Shut Down: Credit Card Lenders, Brace for a Slight Bump

by Brian Riley

September 30, 2021

In what has become a regular event, the federal government might officially close as of 12:01 AM, Friday, October 1, ...

Obligated to Pay, Not Obligated to Hate You: Why Payments Are the First Step to Human-Centered Government Services

by Mike Duffy

July 7, 2021

If you had told me in 2019 that Kanye West would run for President, murder hornets would storm our shores, ...

PayPal Likes To Hold Your Assets: Allows You to Purchase up to $100,000 of Cryptocurrency per Weekq

Fed Official Warns CBDCs Could Be Embarrassing Fad

by Steve Murphy

June 30, 2021

Those who have been following the activities around CBDCs will know that in certain markets there are quickly advancing trials ...

No Surprise: Government Faces Increased Criminal Attacks Same As Consumers and Businesses

by Tim Sloane

June 17, 2021

If anyone doubted that criminal actors were targeting more than just businesses and consumers, this research from TransUnion and the ...

Biden Executive Order Mandates MFA, Zero Trust Model and Standardized Incident Reporting

by Tim Sloane

May 13, 2021

The Executive Order signed by President Biden yesterday will mandate government agencies implement multifactor authentication that is based on risk ...