In today’s top payments news, SoftBank sells back its 50 percent stake in Wag, and Moody's predicts poor showing for department stores in 2020.

Goldman plans to launch a robo advisor for clients with lower capital, and Apple offers 0 percent installment financing on iPhones via the Apple Card.

In today’s top news in payments, Visa has announced it’s going to begin a new certification program in dispute resolution.

News: In today's payments news, the ECB has mulled using a public cryptocurrency if international payments inside of Europe stayed too costly.

In payments news, the CFPB seeks to boost the number of smaller banks and credit unions that wouldn't be governed by rules tied to global money transfers.

In today’s top payments news, Wells Fargo has selected former Santander head executive Scott Powell to be its new chief operating officer.

In today’s top payments news, millennials — as well as bridge millennials — were the big Black Friday spenders this year.

In today’s top payments news, over half of the 3,114 counties in the United States lost bank branches from 2012 to 2017.

In today's top payments news, India’s mobile payments startup Paytm secured $1 billion in new funds from Japan’s SoftBank and China’s Alibaba affiliate Ant.

In today’s top payments news, SunTrust and BB&T have announced they have received the regulatory green light to become Truist Financial Corporation.