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SCREEN Act Hits Markup. Its Scope Test Catches More Than Adult Sites.

Wed, 05 Aug 2026 06:41:25 +0000

A federal age verification bill just cleared a Senate committee vote, then tripped on attendance rules. The part that should worry merchants is who counts as a covered platform.

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Mastercard Enters Creator Economy Payouts. A Prohibited List Decides Who Gets In

Thu, 30 Jul 2026 07:58:10 +0000

Mastercard just put its brand on creator payouts. The sponsor bank behind the programme, not the network, decides which creators ever get paid through it.

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Mastercard’s SMMP 72 Hour Rule Is Live: The Clock Now Starts at Your Acquirer

Tue, 28 Jul 2026 07:00:00 +0000

The threshold everyone memorised is not the part that bites. Since 24 July, your acquirer has been working against a clock of its own.

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Dutch Server Seizure Turns Content Liability Into Adult Platform Underwriting Risk

Thu, 23 Jul 2026 06:12:00 +0000

Police took the servers, not the merchant. For the acquirer behind an adult platform, that is the harder problem, and it starts with settlement.

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The Broker Who Gamed Return Rates: What the DOJ Case Says About Monitoring

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 21:00:49 +0000

A broker kept $14 million in fraudulent debits flowing for six years by editing the one number banks were watching. The lesson is not about fraud.

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Stripe’s $53B PayPal Bid: What Processor Consolidation Means for Merchants

Wed, 15 Jul 2026 15:53:22 +0000

A single owner could soon sit behind Stripe, Braintree, Venmo and PayPal. Here is what that concentration would do to merchant pricing and routing leverage.

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The ECB Just Named the Acquirers Who Will Carry the Digital Euro

Tue, 14 Jul 2026 15:37:51 +0000

Adyen, Stripe, Nexi and Worldline are all on the ECB pilot list. The acquirers who will carry digital euro acceptance to merchants now have names.

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Ofcom’s £630,000 Fapello Fine Makes Age Assurance an Underwriting Line Item

Sat, 11 Jul 2026 03:33:10 +0000

A £630,000 fine, a geoblocked market, and a compliance record that follows the merchant into underwriting. Here is why the Fapello penalty is a payments story.

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Segpay Adds a Lawyer to the Stack: Compliance Is Now Part of the Processing Offer

Fri, 10 Jul 2026 09:20:00 +0000

Segpay just made a lawyer part of the processing package. When your PSP bundles legal counsel, compliance has officially become the product.

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Digital Euro Clears Parliament: Mandatory Merchant Acceptance Is On the Table

Thu, 09 Jul 2026 15:40:00 +0000

MEPs just pushed the digital euro into final negotiations, and mandatory acceptance for most businesses is riding along. Here is the clock merchants should not ignore.

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