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“They’re buying, and they’re paying their bills with Affirm – that seems to be going well.”
More than 15,000 users reported an outage at Schwab at 9:50 a.m. in New York, and the company said some customers “may have difficulty logging in."
The two firms have been embroiled in negotiations around so-called interchange fees, which cost retailers $172 billion last year.
The legal fight over credit card swipe "interchange" fees dates back to at least 2005 — before both Visa and Mastercard were spun off.
The Fed chair told lawmakers on the Senate Banking Committee that the Fed is talking with lenders to make sure they are on top of potential losses.
Charles Schwab Corp. reported declines in profit, new assets and deposits — a set of results that initially sent its shares tumbling.
Traditional lenders are joining firms like Affirm, Klarna, and Afterpay in giving customers shorter-term borrowing options.