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SAN FRANCISCO--Visa is acquiring Israel-based fraud intelligence company BioCatch for $2.4 billion in cash, a deal aimed at strengthening Visa’s ability to help financial institutions combat account takeovers, scams and other increasingly sophisticated forms of digital fraud, according to PYMNTS.

WASHINGTON—The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has granted preliminary conditional approval to a closely watched charter application from World Liberty Financial, moving the Trump family-tied cryptocurrency venture closer to operating a federally regulated national trust bank.

SAN JOSE, Calif.—PayPal Holdings is again negotiating a potential sale to a group led by Stripe and private-equity firm Advent International, with the parties discussing a price above a roughly $53 billion proposal PayPal previously viewed as too low, according to The Wall Street Journal.

ATLANTA—A federal judge in Georgia has rejected an Atlanta investment company's emergency bid to force Bank of America and Merrill Lynch to explain what happened to an alleged $7.5-billion wire transfer or preserve the disputed funds while litigation proceeds. According to Law360, the court found International Power Incorporated had failed to establish that it faced the irreparable harm required for emergency injunctive relief.

WASHINGTON—America’s Credit Unions is urging Congress to ensure credit unions can adopt artificial intelligence and other innovative technologies on a level playing field with banks and fintechs.

JACKSON, Miss. — Former Jackson Area Federal Credit Union President and CEO Leigh Bridges has invoked her Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination at least 16 times in responding to the NCUA’s $95-million civil lawsuit, the clearest indication yet of how an expected federal criminal case is beginning to reshape the agency’s effort to recover the missing funds, according to WLBT.