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McDermott Will & Emery

New PCI DSS 4.0 Credit Card Compliance Requirements Effective April 1, 2025

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As of April 1, 2025, all merchants and third-party service providers (TPSPs) involved in processing credit or debit card payments must fully adhere to the enhanced security requirements outlined in the Payment Card Industry...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

PCI SSC Clarifies Obligations for Ecommerce Merchants That Outsource Payment Card Processing

The Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) has issued an FAQ for ecommerce merchants that outsource their payment card processing to a vendor using an embedded payment page or form (such as an "iframe")....more

Clark Hill PLC

The Growing Cybersecurity Risks in the Cannabis Industry

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Those familiar with the industry know that cannabis retailers find themselves in a unique position compared to other product retailers. Cannabis retailers face significant regulatory hurdles to their operation—particularly in...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

FSB recommends data flows changes and supervision of cross-border payments

Recently, the FSB released its final recommendations aimed at improving data flows and the regulation and supervision of cross-border payments. These recommendations aim to facilitate greater efficiency of cross-border...more

A&O Shearman

Financial Stability Board publishes work program for 2025

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The Financial Stability Board has published its work program for 2025. Priority areas of work for 2025 include: - supporting global cooperation on financial stability: the FSB will continue monitoring global financial...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

The UK’s Pursuit of Open Finance

In April 2024, the UK government reiterated its vision for open finance, with UK Economic Secretary Bim Afolami (MP) announcing the creation of the Open Finance Taskforce at the 2024 Innovate Finance Global Summit. The...more

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CFPB Publishes Circular Confirming Failure to Safeguard Consumer Data Could Be Unfair in Violation of CFPA

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In This Issue: ..The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) published a Consumer Financial Protection Circular 2022-04 (Circular) in relation to safeguarding consumer data under the Consumer Financial Protection Act...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Fintech and Financial Privacy: Regulatory Developments on the Use of Financial Data

So you're a fintech startup, buying a fintech company, or expanding the technical capabilities of your financial business. Or you're a tech company that is getting into the payments space. Where do you start when it comes to...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

CNIL Publishes White Paper on Digital Payments and Data Privacy

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The French Data Protection Authority’s white paper discusses how companies can comply with data privacy and security obligations. The use of card, contactless, and innovative digital payment solutions has significantly...more

Cozen O'Connor

Water Filtration Retailer Settles Allegations Stemming From 2019 Data Breach

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New York AG Letitia James reached a settlement with online water filtration retailer Filters Fast LLC to resolve allegations that it failed to protect customers’ payment card information in a 2019 data breach in violation of...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Privacy and Payments: New Draft EU Advice for Financial Institutions

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As contactless transactions boom, EU regulators publish draft guidelines on the interplay between the GDPR and PSD2. Last year, more than half of all payments in the UK were made by card and contactless methods, while cash...more

Hogan Lovells

Global Payments Newsletter, August 2020

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Key developments of interest over the last month include: United Kingdom: HM Treasury publishes Call for Evidence for Payments Landscape Review, seeking industry input on how payment systems could be improved. The deadline...more

King & Spalding

Energy Newsletter - April 2020

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Developing Contingency Plans: The NYDFS Mandate on Licensed Virtual Currency Businesses - The events surrounding COVID-19 have increased the use of fintech products, both out of necessity and convenience. Shelter-in-place...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - December 2018

In this month's edition of our Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we examine the European Commission's second annual review of the Privacy Shield and the Department of Commerce's guidance on how to comply with the Privacy Shield...more

A&O Shearman

U.S. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System Commission Study Regarding Payments Fraud and Security Vulnerabilities

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The U.S. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System announced that it is undertaking a study that will begin this month with respect to fraud in the U.S. payments system. The study will identify causes and contributing...more

BCLP

New Security Standard for PINS Will Give Retailers Less Costly Processing Options

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A new standard published by the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council (“PCI SSC”) may make it easier and less costly for retailers to take advantage of lower cost PIN based transactions in card present scenarios....more

Proskauer Rose LLP

Regulation Round Up - February 2017

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The FCA and PRA announced changes to enforcement process with the aim of strengthening the transparency and effectiveness of enforcement decision-making processes. Some of the changes have already come into force, the rest...more

A&O Shearman

US Federal Reserve Board Secure Payments Task Force Seeks Comments from Industry Participants

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The Secure Payments Task Force, a 160-member task force convened by the US Federal Reserve Board to advance the safety, security and resiliency of the national payment system, requested comments from payment system industry...more

Clark Hill PLC

UDAAP: Regulating the "Could've, Would've, Should've"

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Yesterday's Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's (CFPB) Consent Order against Dwolla, Inc., a company that operates an online payment system, is yet more evidence of the murky world of Unfair, Deceptive, or Abusive Acts or...more

BakerHostetler

New PCI Guidance Provides Businesses With Security Incident Response Assistance

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A security event involving payment card data, especially card present data, can be one of the most costly events a company may face. Not only did a recent study report the average total cost of a data breach as $3.8 million,...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Trump Hotel Collection Confirms Year-Long Data Breach

Trump Hotel Collection, the high-end hotel chain owned by the billionaire Republican presidential hopeful and real estate developer Donald Trump, has confirmed a data security breach involving malware that the company says...more

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC

3rd Circuit Says: FTC Can Take Action Against Companies That Suffer Data Security Breaches

Companies can be fined by the federal government for failing to properly safeguard consumer data, according to a decision this week by Pennsylvania's federal appellate court....more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau releases Consumer Protection Principles

In response to advanced payment technology and consumers’ preference to non-traditional payment systems of writing checks, paying cash, or swiping a credit or debit card, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)...more

Morgan Lewis

CFPB Issues List of Consumer Protection Concerns for New Faster Payment Systems

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The Consumer Protection Principles continue the CFPB’s expansive approach. Stating that it wants to ensure that “any new payment systems are secure, transparent, accessible, and affordable to consumers” and have “robust...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

CFPB Lays Out Consumer Protection Principles for New Payment Systems

Earlier today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) released a series of consumer protection principles for the development of new payment systems (“Principles”). The CFPB’s stated purpose in releasing the...more

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