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Alexa Speaks to U.S. Bank Customers

More than a year after Capital One unveiled the feature, U.S. Bank customers still are among the first in the U.S. to be able to complete banking tasks, such as checking an account balance or paying a credit card bill, by speaking a command to an Amazon Alexa device.

N.Y. DOL Fires Back at Industrial Board of Appeals, Global Cash Card

The New York Department of Labor has fired the latest salvo in the battle over the use of payroll cards in the state. The agency has filed an appeal that could jeopardize the outcome of a petition granted to Global Cash Card to revoke the N.Y. DOL payroll card regulations, which were due to go into effect March 7, 2017. At stake are rules that are considered so burdensome by the prepaid industry that—if restored—could force some payroll card providers out of New York.

Zelle Makes Presence Known in P2P Arena

The recent performance of Zelle Network, the P2P payments platform with the funny name, is no laughing matter for competing P2P providers. Early Warning Services, a provider of real-time payments, authentication and risk mitigation services, announced April 17 that its Zelle Network processed more than 170 million P2P payments in 2016, totaling $55 billion in transaction value.