February 6, 2025 | Your Inbox Last Night | DAY SIX - Crisis at the Treasury Department

06/02/2025 14 min

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The CRISIS at DOT
CNN | Treasury payments system controversy involving
Musk & Doge | link
Politico | Treasury defends Doge’s read-only access to payments system |
link
CBS News | Musk’s Treasury and Social Security access raises concerns | link
Reuters | Treasury confirms Musk-led team has read-only access to
payments data | link
U.S. Treasury Department | Official statement on payments system access
| link
Liberal Currents | Editorial: Treasury control and the threat to
democracy | link
New York Times | Elon Musk and federal payments access controversy | link
Notes on the Crises | Day Six of the Trump-Musk
Treasury Payments Crisis of 2025: Treasury has been denying that they gave
Marko write access, but I am looking at his access request right now | Link
Payments & Banking News
Federal Reserve Services | Fed360 Newsletter | link
Federal Reserve Services | Wires FedTransaction Analyzer & ISO 20022
updates | link
Digital Transactions News | Key payments industry updates | link
Digital Transactions | Financial services companies adopt AI for
customer interaction | link
Globe Newswire | Fiserv tops Javelin’s instant issuance providers
scorecard | link
IBS Intelligence | How new fintech regulations strengthen global finance
| link
The Paypers | Stablecoins explained: Insights from BVNK’s report | link
The Paypers | Okoora announces expansion into the U.S. | link
Glenbrook | Payments strategy and industry insights | link
Business Wire | Checkbook launches global push-to-card payments via Visa
Direct | link
Mastercard | Checkout Complete: Fixing Europe’s longest town name
payment issue | link
Payments Dive | Sanders & Hawley push for credit card interest rate
cap | link
Payments Dive | Cash App & Venmo downloads declining in latest data
| link
Payments Dive | Gamers back CFPB’s new video game payments rule | link
Banking & Crypto Regulation
Banking Dive | Senate debates "debanking"
with Warren, JPMorgan, BoA, FDIC | link
Banking Dive | Coinbase urges regulators to clarify crypto banking rules
| link
New York Times | SEC launches crypto task force amid regulatory battles
| link
Wall Street Journal | SEC removes top litigator who clashed with crypto
firms | link
DeFi & Fintech Trends
The Defiant | Tokenized real-world assets reach
record $17B valuation | link
The Defiant | Crypto czar David Sacks prioritizes stablecoin bill &
Bitcoin reserve | link
The Fintech Times | Bi-weekly fintech news roundup | link
Fintech Wrap Up | AI’s growing impact on payments and fintech | link


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