Earned wage access should be free

“This industry simply cannot continue to charge employees to access their pay,” writes a fintech founder. “We cannot expect employers to deduct these fees from paychecks through payroll.”

Chase flags end of gov’t checks

The JPMorgan bank says it’s striving to make branch customers aware of the federal government’s plan to stop sending paper checks next month. Some consumer advocates are still worried.

Q2 credit card charge-offs fell

Increased consumer incomes led to a drop in net charge-offs and delinquency rates for U.S. bank credit cards in the second quarter, a new report says.

Local governments press online payments

To avoid paper checks, cities and counties are pushing residents to use online card and ACH payments, according to industry executives.

Stripe enlists a who’s who, including Anthropic, OpenAI, and Paradigm, to build a new blockchain