P-to-P payments

How Venmo's card keeps the attention on its app

06/25/18

Despite a reputation for being the go-to P2P app of digital natives, Venmo is once again pushing its market in the opposite direction with the debut of a plastic card.

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BofA’s AI play, Zelle departure, more guidance (please): Top stories of the week

05/18/18

Bank of America on where its AI hopes (and worries) lay; Zelle founder Paul Finch announces his leave from the payments network; the one area where banks and fintechs want more regulation; and more from this week's most-read stories.

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Zelle founder Paul Finch to step down

05/17/18

"It was a difficult decision, but we’re at a good spot to do this,” Finch, 55, said in an interview.

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Will Wells Fargo hurt Zelle by improving on it?

05/11/18

The irony of the explosive growth of mobile P2P is this: As consumers get more comfortable with paying one another through mobile devices, they're thinking of P2P less as a service that one should find within a bank's app.

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Mulvaney's BCFP, Zelle's bumpy ride, BB&T's glitch: Top stories of the week

04/27/18

In addition to changing the name of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the acting director wants to also nix public complaints; the good, bad and ugly in Zelle's ascendance; a case study for digital outage recovery; and more from this week's most-read stories.

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Barclays adds PayPal in its app, sets foundation for linking P2P, rewards

04/26/18

PayPal and Barclays have formed a strategic partnership enabling Barclays customers in the U.K. and U.S. to manage their Barclays and PayPal accounts within each app.

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Zelle’s bumpy ride toward ubiquity

04/25/18

Banks using Zelle share the good, the bad and the indifferent of the person-to-person payment network.

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State AGs look to fill CFPB void; Dimon's glass-half-full on JPM

04/06/18

Several states have created their own operations aimed at shoring up what they see as oversight holes created by the CFPB; JPMorgan CEO’s annual letter (47 pages, this one) runs the gamut.

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P2P payments still have an adoption problem

04/03/18

Despite increased bank and investor activity around digital P2P payments, consumers haven't flocked to P2P in expected numbers.

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PayPal settles Venmo disclosure complaints with the FTC

02/27/18

The Federal Trade Commission contends Venmo misled consumers on funds availability and security disclosures.

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