Melissa in the Morning: Zelle Fraud

Connecticut's State Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, a candidate for the Senate, addresses allegations that he lied about serving in Vietnam during a news conference in West Hartford, Connecticut May 18, 2010. Blumenthal, the early favorite to win retiring fellow Democrat Christopher Dodd's U.S. Senate seat from Connecticut, never served in the military in Vietnam despite his public comments indicating he had done so, the New York Times reported on Monday. REUTERS/Michelle McLoughlin (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS)

Melissa in the Morning: Zelle Fraud

Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are looking into peer-to-peer payment system Zelle and the growing number of scams on the platform. The Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations heard testimony Tuesday from the CEO of Early Warning Services, the company that runs the Zelle network. There was also testimony from executives with Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, and Wells Fargo, the three biggest Zelle owner banks.  Committee Chair, Senator Richard Blumenthal, was at the hearing and shared the big takeaways from it as well as what will happen next.

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