Tag Archives: Payment

Today, the U.S. Department of Education (the Department) announced it is placing Alexandria City Public Schools, Arlington Public Schools, Fairfax County Public Schools, Loudoun County Public Schools, and Prince William County Public Schools (the Divisions) in Northern Virginia on high-risk status with the condition that all federal funding flowing to these districts is done by reimbursement only. This action is …

Citigroup considers custody and payment services for stablecoins, crypto ETFs  Reuters How Citi and JPMorgan’s blockchain moves influence payments  American Banker The Tipping Point: How Citigroup’s Digital Asset Strategy is Reshaping Traditional Finance  AInvest Two Major Wall Street Names Are Planning To Enter The Stablecoin Market  FXDailyReport.Com Citigroup weighs crypto custody as ETFs, stablecoins gain momentum  Cointelegraph Source link

Retail consumer Investing Federal agencies Corporate news See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link New York Attorney General Letitia James on Wednesday sued Early Warning Services (EWS), which operates Zelle, alleging the electronic money-transfer service fails to protect its users from “massive amounts of fraud.” The lawsuit alleges that EWS knew that key features of Zelle’s service made it susceptible …

To speedily summarise a lot of very knotty reporting, last month a bunch of credit card companies and payment processors forced Steam and Itch.io to alter their definitions of acceptable sexual material in PC games. Seemingly faced with the prospect of having all transactions blocked, the two storefronts now require developers to comply with the extremely open-ended adult content policies …

ZOOM Platform that sell a lot of retro games, as well as publish upgrades for retro games, announced they’ve also been a target of payment processors for adult games. In the announcement they noted: As you are likely aware, there have been a number of adult title de-listings across the industry. One of our payment processors made us aware …

Itch.io – the digital distribution platform known for its focus on independent game developers and other artists – is today re-indexing adult NSFW (Not Suitable For Work) content that is available for free. In addition, it is currently in discussions with payment processors who are comfortable with adult material, and will be reintroducing paid content “slowly” to ensure it can …

Itch.io have announced that they are seeking out new payment processing partners who are more willing to handle the purchase of NSFW games, after delisting or removing a vast swathe of games in accordance with the content restrictions of companies such as Paypal and Stripe. They’ve also offered an explanation for why they’ve recently delisted so many more “infringing” …

Fintech giant PayPal launched a new payment option on Monday that will let smaller U.S. merchants accept more than 100 cryptocurrencies, including mainstays like Bitcoin and Ethereum but also zanier options like Trump’s memecoin and even the novelty token Fartcoin. Any U.S. business using PayPal’s online payments processing platform can opt in, said a spokesperson. PayPal will charge merchants a …

The UK games industry trade body UKIE has provided a statement to GamesIndustry.biz regarding the recent removal of adult games from the Steam and itch.io platforms. Last week, itch.io said it had “deindexed” all adult NSFW content from its browse and search pages following pressure from its payment processors. Similarly, Steam has removed several adult-only games and updated its guidelines …

Indie-focused video game marketplace Itch.io has deindexed all adult content from its browse and search pages at the behest of payment processors. The company shared the news in a blog post and said it has become a target of the Collective Shout campaign, which has accused payment companies including Mastercard, Visa, and PayPal of “profiting from rape, incest [and] child …