The Federal Reserve can lawfully turn away crypto banks seeking access to its payment system, a federal appeals court ruled Friday, siding with the central bank’s discretion to protect the financial ...

Federal Reserve money transfer services that are crucial to funneling cash around the financial system experienced a disruption for several hours Wednesday, an outage ...

The government and the crypto firms are moving closer towards banking regulations. The U.S. Federal Reserve is moving forward with a proposal to create a streamlined version of its master accounts.

On October 21, a member of the Board of Governors for the Fed, Christopher Waller, spoke on integrating new technologies from the decentralized finance and cryptoasset sectors as mainstream payments.

Industry watchers welcomed the idea of “skinny” master accounts as another sign of the end of crypto’s banking troubles, which insiders described as “Operation Chokepoint 2.0.” The US Federal Reserve ...

The Federal Reserve Board requested public comment on a so-called "payment account" that financial institutions would use solely for clearing and settling their payments, the central bank said on ...

The Federal Reserve (Fed) has unveiled plans to grant stablecoin issuers and fintech companies direct access to its payment infrastructure without requiring partnerships with traditional banks. The ...

A federal judge on Saturday temporarily blocked an effort led by Elon Musk from accessing federal payment systems that hold millions of Americans’ sensitive personal data and financial information.

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NEW YORK, Dec. 22, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Federal Money Services Business Association (FedMSB) today announced that it has submitted a comprehensive comment package to the Federal Reserve in ...