Senate Banking Committee Chair Sherrod Brown urged Cameron Fowler, the CEO of Zelle, the instant payment platform co-owned by seven "Big Banks," to clarify the firm's policies protecting consumers from scams.
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Senate Banking Committee Chair Sherrod Brown warned that "scammers and fraudsters have ramped up their efforts to take people’s money" through peer-to-peer payment apps, and criticized banks and financial service companies for standing "on the sidelines."
House Financial Services Chair Patrick McHenry challenged a CFPB proposed rule to expand its regulatory authority into the market for digital consumer payments.
The CFPB proposed defining a market for general-use digital consumer payment applications that would cover digital applications that allow consumers to make payments.
Federal Reserve Board Vice Chair for Supervision Michael S. Barr reviewed developments in payment system innovation and emphasized the importance of "carefully weigh[ing]" the benefits and risks of the new technologies as to stablecoins and central bank digital currencies.