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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. Specifically, the Collisons aimed to more seamlessly connect online businesses and payment processors, allowing more businesses to accept online payments.

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The link between mortgage debt servicing burdens and arrears: is there a critical threshold?

BankUnderground

Some countries restrict lending to borrowers with high debt-servicing burdens There are different metrics that measure a household’s debt-servicing burden. It is calculated by taking a household’s mortgage payments (including interest and principal) and dividing them by their pre-tax income.

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AltFin’s Bumpy Ride Into An Uncertain 2019

PYMNTS

consumers owe roughly 26 percent of their annual income to debt, up from 22 percent in 2010. These secretly vulnerable consumers, Webster noted, often use debt to make ends meet, either on credit cards or through alternative vehicles like online lenders. According to the Federal Reserve , U.S. That amounts to $13.2 trillion, up 18.5

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Why Aspiration Says Big Banks’ “Bad Decisions” Were Its Gain

PYMNTS

The new program, first launched in 2010, was a digital-only offer for customers with low-balance checking accounts. They also questioned the move in light of the lift BoA received from last month’s federal legislation, which slashed taxes for corporations.

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The 260 Fintech Unicorns of the 21st Century (Oct 2021)

Fintech Labs Insights

Netherlands. Mar 2021 round. 5 Nov 2021. June 2021 round. 5 Nov 2021. 5 Nov 2021. 5 Nov 2021. August 2021 exit to Square. 5 Nov 2021. Aug 2021 round. FTX Exchange. Oct 2021 round. Nov 2018 transaction. 5 Nov 2021. 5 Nov 2021. 5 Nov 2021. Secondary market May 21. Plaid Technologies. April 2021 round. Infrastructure. Oct 2021 round. One97 (PayTM).

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Predicting the Next Banking Crisis Is a Fool’s Game. Not Learning From the Last One: Equally Foolish

Jeff For Banks

The old borrow short, lend long strategy. When the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 passed, the top capital gains tax rate was lowered, providing yet another incentive for equity speculators to pour money into the fledgling internet industry. To fight inflation, the Fed raised rates aggressively (familiar?). Let those numbers sink in a bit.

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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. Mar ’21 SPAC (proposed). Dec ’19 round. Wise ( TransferWise ). Aug ’21 round. Payroll/SMB. Oscar Health. Dec ’21 round. Jan ’16 round. Better.com.

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