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Today In Payments: Biden Expected To Name Michael Barr To Head OCC; Biden’s Treasury Pick Yellen Leary Of Crypto

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In today’s top news, President Biden is expected to pick Michael Barr to head the OCC, and Janet Yellen, Biden’s pick for Treasury Secretary, is expected to take a hard stance toward crypto. Biden’s Treasury Pick Yellen Leary Of Crypto. 20) at the request of U.S. President Joe Biden, newly sworn in as the 46th U.S.

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Payment Firm Moneycorp Acquires Australia’s Rochford Group

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moneycorp, has acquired an Australian independent treasury advisory company called the Rochford Group for an undisclosed sum, according to reports. Rochford helps its clients manage how treasury risks affect their balance sheets, cash and profitability. A payments service provider based in the U.K., The company said it took care of 5.9

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Euronet Prepares To Battle For MoneyGram

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In a new report , Euronet has urged the U.S. So we can rest assured the company will not be questioned or examined as a potential risk to U.S. That’s what may be in it for investors: a price tag to be paid that is higher than Ant’s (for now) and absence of the gimlet eye of regulators. The same scale across the U.S.

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Deep Dive: How The Pandemic Is Giving Treasurers An Instant Payments Jolt

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Treasury or cash management services that used to be fast enough may therefore no longer be adequate as businesses fight to stay afloat during the economic downturn. Interest in the Real-Time Payments (RTP) system from The Clearing House (TCH) is growing in the U.S., Breaking Away From Checks .

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Musical Chairs For Payments Mergers?

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The Trump administration has signaled its desire to keep U.S. The politics may be enough to make Ant think twice, while the price tag, thrice. The MoneyGram/Ant deal would likely have received rigorous screening via the Treasury Department through its Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, because China is involved here.

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Transcript: Robert Koenigsberger

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Now, it’s sovereign, quasi-sovereign U.S. In the U.S., as we learned during the financial crisis, the government-sponsored enterprises like Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and by extension, Sallie Mae, you go down the whole list of these things, the U.S. We’ve seen a big uptick in rates here in the U.S.

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Amazon Prompts USPS To Monetize The Mailbox

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The idea held a bit of a spotlight in a government report that bowed last week, and, as the Department of the Treasury noted, “the legal mailbox monopoly remains highly valuable. The Treasury report stated that “the USPS’ long-term sustainability is in question,” even in an age when eCommerce has boosted shipping volumes.