FinTech & AI on 10 October: 3 stories
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Trump Urges Congress to Pass Credit Card Competition Act
President Donald Trump is urging Congress to pass the Credit Card Competition Act, which would require cards issued by major banks to support at least two networks, the Wall Street Journal reported on 8 October. Merchant lobbyists want to attach the bill to existing legislation, while bank and payment lobbyists are meeting the White House and lawmakers to oppose it.
Read the sourceWhy it matters
Open White House backing turns network choice on credit cards from a lobbying fight into a live legislative risk for issuers, Visa and Mastercard. If it passes, interchange economics and routing logic on US credit cards would have to be rebuilt.
Takeaway
Teams that route US card traffic should check whether their routing layer could choose between two networks on a credit transaction. Watch whether the bill gets attached to other legislation; that is the signal to start scoping.
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- 02German regulator extends Deutsche Bank deadline to fix money laundering prevention systemsBaFin said on 9 October it had set new deadlines for Deutsche Bank to fix known deficiencies in the systems it uses to monitor transactions for money laundering and terrorist financing, after earlier timeframes in 2021 and 2023. The regulator cited changed technical requirements; Deutsche Bank said significant progress had been made on a substantial portion of the measures.Why it mattersA third deadline in five years shows how slowly transaction-monitoring systems at large banks catch up with moving technical requirements. Firms that rely on big banks for clearing or accounts should not assume their partner's monitoring is finished work.TakeawayIf a partner bank is under a remediation order, expect tighter or changing monitoring requirements to flow down to you. Keep your own transaction-monitoring rules documented so you can show them during partner reviews.ReutersRead the source
- 03OPay Files for US IPO with 50 Million Active Users and Expansion PlanOPay, a digital financial platform for emerging markets, filed a registration statement with the SEC for a US initial public offering, reporting 50.1 million monthly active users. The filing shows $806m in revenue for the 12 months to 30 June and 137% year-on-year revenue growth in the first half.Why it mattersA US listing for an emerging-market payments platform tests whether public investors will pay for scale built on payments, savings and AI-based credit in those markets. Its pricing will become a benchmark for other emerging-market fintechs considering a listing.TakeawayNo direct practical consequence for teams running payment orchestration and control.PYMNTSRead the source
03Past issues
- Sat10 October 2026Trump Urges Congress to Pass Credit Card Competition Act
- Fri9 October 2026OCC Assesses $350 Million Civil Money Penalty Against American Express
- Thu8 October 2026NPCI receives requests to postpone UPI MDR implementation to January 2027
- Wed7 October 2026Fed's Bowman unveils major overhaul of its bank supervision
- Tue6 October 2026ANZ completes cross-border tokenised deposit payment with Swift ledger
- Mon5 October 2026Mal Raises $230m Seed to Build AI-Native Islamic Bank from Abu Dhabi
- Sun4 October 2026Exclusive: ICBA sues OCC over trust charters
- Sat3 October 2026EMVCo Framework Targets Consumer Intent in Agentic Payments
- Fri2 October 2026Fiserv’s stablecoin system starts
- Wed30 September 2026Circle and Volante partner to help banks integrate stablecoins into payment operations
- Tue29 September 2026Fed proposes stablecoin rules
- Sat26 September 2026Fed proposes stablecoin rules
- Tue15 September 2026ECB calls on merchants to join digital euro pilot scheme