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How Amex is entangled in the Visa-Mastercard settlement

Payments Dive

The settlement gives merchants the ability to surcharge for nearly all Visa and Mastercard credit card transactions, and puts pressure on American Express to allow the same.

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Merchants urged to file claims for $5.5B payment card settlement

Payments Dive

Requests for a slice of the Visa-Mastercard settlement are due by a May 31 deadline. Lawyers are racing to alert eligible businesses.

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ECB conducts first DLT trials for wholesale central bank money settlement

Finextra

The Eurosystem has begun the first of a series of trials to test the use of ditributed ledger technology (DLT) for the settlement of wholesale transactions in central bank money.

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US FS giants explore multi-asset settlement using share ledger tech

Finextra

A host of major US financial services firms - including Citi, JP Morgan, and Visa - are taking part in a Regulated Settlement Network (RSN) proof-of-concept that will explore multi-asset settlement using shared ledger technology.

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Broadridge to offer JPM Coin as settlement mechanism for DLR platform

Finextra

JP Morgan has struck a deal to offer its JPM Coin digital token as a settlement mechanism for Broadridge's DLR (Distributed Ledger Repo) platform.

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NRF objects to Visa-Mastercard settlement

Payments Dive

The National Retail Federation lashed out at a landmark Visa-Mastercard legal settlement Friday, calling the pact reached with some merchants last month “meager and temporary” relief.

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How Google’s settlement will change in-app payments

Payments Dive

Google’s settlement with attorneys general this week includes a lengthy list of changes the tech titan must make in its approach to in-app payments.