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March 5th, 2021 – As Congress nears enactment of another round of stimulus payments, today Financial Innovation Now urged the Treasury Department to re-open the IRS portal for stimulus [...]

January 11, 2021 – The following statement can be attributed to Brian Peters, Executive Director, Financial Innovation Now: “FIN and its member companies strongly condemn the violence of [...]

March 19, 2020 – In response to the COVID-19 economic crisis, Financial Innovation Now today called on Congress to help small businesses immediately by using alternative lenders to help [...]

Payment Apps Are a Vital Part of Everyday Life for Millions of Americans Two in three Americans (66%) use payment apps or have used them in the past Usage is common across all ages, urban and [...]

February 4, 2020 – Financial Innovation Now filed comments with the OCC and the FDIC supporting both agencies’ efforts to restore national treatment of loans made available via [...]

January 25, 2019 — Today in a letter to House Financial Services Committee Chairwoman Waters, Financial Innovation Now highlighted member company efforts to help workers affected by the federal [...]

April 24, 2018 – Under leadership of the Federal Reserve, an industry group today called for public input on a draft proposal for a new payments governance organization that aims to facilitate [...]

January 30, 2018 – FIN’s Executive Director, Brian Peters, today testified before the House Financial Services Committee at a hearing about the opportunities and challenges of [...]

Policy Forum Tech Tools for Small Business Financial Health How technology improves financial inclusion and empowers small businesses RSVP HERE July 20th 4:00PM – 6:30PM Google, Washington [...]

April 13, 2017 – Today Financial Innovation Now submitted six policy recommendations to Senate Banking Committee Chairman Mike Crapo (R-ID) and Ranking Member Sherrod Brown (D-OH) in response to [...]

April 5, 2017 – Today FIN filed comments in response to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s proposal to delay implementation of its new rule on prepaid cards. The following statement [...]

FIN Welcomes CFPB Oversight of Consumer Access to Financial Records, Urges Industry Effort on Standards February 21, 2017 – Today Financial Innovation Now responded to the Consumer Financial [...]

Tonight, the U.S. House of Representatives is expected to pass H.Res. 835, a resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should adopt a national policy [...]

There was a great article this week in the Wall Street Journal that examines the current state of EMV (technology that was developed back in the 80s, BTW). Click here to read.

Brian Peters, Executive Director of Financial Innovation Now, was interviewed and quoted in a recent Financial Times article titled, “Washington steps up fintech oversight.” Click on [...]

The following statement is attributed to Brian Peters, Executive Director: The Treasury Department and its partner agencies have produced an informative white paper that helps bring much needed [...]

The following statement is attributed to Brian Peters, Executive Director of Financial Innovation Now, in response to today’s announcement by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC): [...]

In response today’s announcement from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the following statement is attributable to Brian Peters, Executive Director of Financial Innovation Now: [...]

This week, the House Committee on Financial Services held a full committee hearing titled, “Monetary Policy and the State of the Economy,” and heard testimony from Janet Yellen, Chair of the [...]

This piece originally appeared on AmericanBanker.com. It was not that long ago, before the internet, when consumers were forced to conduct their banking by walking or driving to the nearest [...]