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The Payments Pulse: The Courts and the Auditors Are Now Setting the Rules
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The Payments Pulse: The Courts and the Auditors Are Now Setting the Rules

Brazil’s ban meets its first court test, the UK’s Rank settlement becomes an AML blueprint, crypto rules tig…

The Payments Pulse: A Market Gets Switched Off While the Gates Open Everywhere Else
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The Payments Pulse: A Market Gets Switched Off While the Gates Open Everywhere Else

Brazil moves to shut its licensed betting market, US regulators pile on crypto rules, and Mastercard high-risk fees reac…

The Payments Pulse: The Rules Are Stalling. The Rails Aren’t.
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The Payments Pulse: The Rules Are Stalling. The Rails Aren’t.

Congress failed to pass crypto market structure. US regulators are still behind on stablecoin rules. The Supreme Court h…

The Payments Pulse: Regulation Is Moving From the Merchant to the Rail
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The Payments Pulse: Regulation Is Moving From the Merchant to the Rail

This week, five stories that looked unrelated on the surface turned out to be the same story told five times. A state to…

The Payments Pulse: Every Rail Just Became a Liability Surface
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The Payments Pulse: Every Rail Just Became a Liability Surface

This week, five stories that looked unrelated on the surface turned out to be the same story told five times. A state re…

The Payments Pulse: The Processor Is Now the Defendant.
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The Payments Pulse: The Processor Is Now the Defendant.

This week, payment infrastructure stopped being a neutral pipe and became a named party, right as private capital moved …

The Payments Pulse: The Perimeter Is Tightening on Every Rail at Once
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The Payments Pulse: The Perimeter Is Tightening on Every Rail at Once

Five stories broke this week that look unrelated on the surface: a card network closing a $1.8 billion stablecoin acquis…

The Payments Pulse: Trust Is Becoming the Rail
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The Payments Pulse: Trust Is Becoming the Rail

Five stories broke this week that look unrelated on the surface: a $2.4 billion fraud-prevention acquisition, a crypto b…

The Payments Pulse: Compliance Is Becoming the Infrastructure
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The Payments Pulse: Compliance Is Becoming the Infrastructure

Four stories broke this week that look unrelated on the surface: a crypto bill facing a hard deadline, a $36 billion law…

The Payments Pulse: Infrastructure Is Consolidating Around Whoever Owns the Rails
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The Payments Pulse: Infrastructure Is Consolidating Around Whoever Owns the Rails

Four unrelated stories broke this week, a fintech acquisition rumor, a betting company buying a clearinghouse, an AI pay…

The Payments Pulse: Infrastructure Is Moving Faster Than the Rules Meant to Govern It
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The Payments Pulse: Infrastructure Is Moving Faster Than the Rules Meant to Govern It

Four stories broke this week that have nothing to do with each other on the surface and everything to do with each other…

The Payment’s Pulse: The Infrastructure Shift
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The Payment’s Pulse: The Infrastructure Shift

This week did not produce one headline. It produced four, and they all point at the same shift. Circle and Sony Bank pic…