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US Contactless Card Payments Rose 28-Fold. Still Under 40%

Oct 16th, 2026, 12:00

US contactless card payments rose 27.8-fold to 43.0 billion between 2019 and 2024, but are still only 38.8% of in-person card payments.

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A contactless card fare reader on a San Francisco Muni tram, its screen showing a tap symbol and an adult fare of 2.85 dollars

The stone facade of the Bank of Mexico in Mexico City, with "Banco de México" engraved above the entrance between two carved figures.

Mexico's Remittances Fell for the First Time Since 2013

Oct 15th, 2026, 10:20

After eleven straight years of growth, remittances to Mexico fell 4.2% in 2025 to $65.1 billion, according to new World Bank figures. Every other economy in the top twenty grew, from Nigeria at 3% to Egypt at 40.5%, and the world total rose 6.4% to $925.6 billion. Mexico is still the second-largest recipient. The change is in direction, not rank.

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Cash App Gave Money Back Three Times in 10,178 Complaints.

Oct 14th, 2026, 11:00

The CFPB publishes how every company closes the complaints it forwards. In the money transfer and wallet category, PayPal closed 39.2% of 9,404 complaints with relief of some kind. Block, which runs Cash App, closed three of 10,178 with money back. Zelle's operator and Western Union closed every single one with an explanation.

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The entrance to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau headquarters in Washington, with the bureau's name in large letters above the glass doors.

The Frankfurt banking district seen across the river Main at dusk, with the Commerzbank tower and the Eiserner Steg footbridge in the foreground.

Inside the Euro Area, 93% of Banks Do Instant. Outside, 22%

Oct 13th, 2026, 10:00

The European Payments Council publishes the full membership of all five SEPA schemes as downloadable files. Diff the credit transfer register against the instant one and 687 participants are missing — 72% of them outside the euro area. Switzerland has 185 and four. Norway has 82 and one.

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OFAC Has Sanctioned 1,066 Crypto Addresses. 341 Are Tron.

Oct 12th, 2026, 11:30

The US sanctions list names 19,416 parties. Only 106 have a wallet on file — but those 106 carry 1,066 addresses. OFAC tags them by currency, not by chain, and reading the addresses by their own format moves 80 of them from Tether to Tron. Two do not match their tag at all.

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