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Wild Cards? Gambling, Payroll, Other Models Provide Fresh Fuel For Prepaid

PYMNTS

Cards (as in prepaid, stored-value cards that consumers can use for gambling, payroll and a variety of other uses, many of them novel) are only half the battle. To get a sense of how the world of payments and cards has changed, Cregan told Webster a story about a conference he attended in Las Vegas in 2009.

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Bank Customers Lose Real Money

Jeff For Banks

Heck, maybe there'll be a reassessment and your real estate taxes will go down. Taxes go down? Retiree: That's Not So Funny To the retiree that prefers the safe haven of FDIC insured deposits held at the local bank that lends it out locally, this is a serious issue. I made a funny.

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A Decline in Personal Savings

TrustBank

The BEA calculates the personal saving rate by subtracting taxes from personal income to arrive at “disposable personal income” and then subtracts personal outlays. Adding to the observation is the fact that from roughly 2001-2006, a devastating housing price bubble formed due to lax lending standards.

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Stripe Teardown: How The $35B Payments Company Plans To Supercharge Online Retail

CB Insights

As businesses and consumers become more comfortable using credit cards online, the proportion of US commerce that takes place online has steadily increased over the last 20 years. Virtual card issuance. Business lending and corporate cards. Fraud prevention tools. Supporting merchant partner growth. rate per transaction.

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The 238 Fintech Unicorns of the 21st Century (Sep 2021)

Fintech Labs Insights

Lending/SMB. 9 Sep 2021. Ant Technology. 2018 round. 9 Sep 2021. 9 Sep 2021. Netherlands. Mar 2021 round. August 2021 exit to Square. 9 Sep 2021. 9 Sep 2021. South Korea. Aug 2021 round. 9 Sep 2021. 9 Sep 2021. April 2021 round. Jan 2016 round. Better.com. May 2021 SPAC annoucement. April 2021 round. Aug 2021 round. Toss (Viva Republica).

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From Investing To Budgeting, How Millennials Are Disrupting Personal Finance

CB Insights

Being comfortable with the idea of alternative financial systems has opened the door to a variety of innovations, from alternative investment vehicles like cryptocurrency to point-of-sale lending alternatives. Borrowing: Credit-shy millennials embrace PoS lending. Budgeting & Saving: Millennials go mobile and embrace automation.

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The Fintech Unicorns of the 21st Century (Dec 2021)

Fintech Labs Insights

Mar ’21 round. Netherlands. Block ( Square ). August ’21 exit to Square. Aug ’21 round. FTX Exchange. Oct ’21 round. South Korea. Nov ’18 transaction. New Zealand. Accounting. Secondary market May 21. Jan ’22 round. Jan ’22 round. Mar ’21 SPAC (proposed). Dec ’19 round. Wise ( TransferWise ). Aug ’21 round. Payroll/SMB. Oscar Health. Jan ’16 round.

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