Law and Regulation

Merchants are looking forward to making their case now that a judge has rejected a proposed settlement of their two-decades-long litigation with Visa Inc. and Mastercard Inc. over transaction costs. Late Tuesday morning, Margo K. Brodie, U.S. District Court Judge for the Eastern District of New York, issued a written …

Groups representing Illinois financial institutions, along with the Electronic Payments Coalition, say they will fight to overturn the Illinois Interchange Fee Prohibition Act, which was passed earlier this month and is set to go into effect July 1 next year. Opponents of the bill are continuing an ad campaign to …

With the judge in the massive credit card interchange litigation apparently insisting on a trial, a new and unsettling element of uncertainty now hangs over the nearly 20-year-old case, in which merchants allege anti-competitive behavior by the big credit card networks in setting interchange fees. The latest development comes nearly …

As criminals’ knowledge of how to beat multi-factor authentication through phishing schemes increases, the need for payment providers to implement phishing-resistant solutions continues to grow. Phishing attacks are a form of social engineering in which cybercriminals deceive consumers into revealing personal and account information. The cybercrime can also involve installation …

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said it has settled on a process by which companies can comply with an upcoming personal financial data rights rule related to open banking. Cloud-based phone-service provider Ooma Inc. announced an integration with Square, the point-of-sale unit of Block Inc., to incorporate Square transaction data into business communications …

Cantaloupe Inc. announced early Tuesday it will install its Cheq point-of-sale platform at professional soccer club Detroit City FC’s home stadium for all games and live events. Cantaloupe will begin providing POS services at the stadium in June as part of a multi-year deal. The deal builds on Cantaloupe’s acquisition …

FreedomPay Inc. said Big 5 Sporting Goods has signed with the company to process payments at its 424 stores throughout the U.S. market. Canada-based identity platform Trulioo said it will work with Mastercard to offer identity-verification services in onboarding both merchants and consumers to help prevent fraud. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau finalized a rule …

With summer travel on the rise, fraudsters are readier than ever to take advantage of unwary motorists. Toll-road fraud is generating complaints in at least a dozen states, says the Identity Theft Resource Center in a report issued this month. The latest scam involves text messages impersonating a toll authority …

PayIt LLC announced on Tuesday it is processing payments for fishing licenses for the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in North Carolina. The deal, which was consummated March 20 but not announced immediately, is the latest for PayIt, an 11-year-old Kansas City, Mo.-based platform that specializes in digital payments for …

Merchants have been granted a 90-day extension to file a monetary claim as part of the settlement of a nearly two-decades-old interchange lawsuit filed against Visa and Mastercard. Merchants now have until Aug. 30 to file their claims, the court overseeing the settlement has ruled. A settlement between Visa and …