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Call It Alt-Credit Or POS Lending, ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ Just Got Bigger

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“Given how much the demand for installments is increasing, we are also using the already existing parts of the credit system today to scale installment payments with every [Visa] card across the board,” Cetin Duransoy , Visa ’s global head of installment solutions, told PYMNTS. Fast and Furious BNPL Action. Afterpay Co-Founder and U.S.

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Why SoFi Has Changed Its Tune

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The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday (July 12) that the online lender, commonly known as SoFi, with $10 billion in student loans and mortgages across its books, may be forced to don more traditional financial services garb as the online lending sector is buffeted about by negative headlines and looming regulations.

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

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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. Stripe really did come about because we were really appalled by how hard it was to charge for things online.” — John Collison.

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PayPal Teams With ebizmarts To Integrate With Magento

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According to news from Mobile Payments Today , under the partnership, PayPal’s mobile card product will be combined with ebizmart’s mobile app Magento. PayPal said when combined, the technology can help retailers synchronize online inventory with products in stores.

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SoFi Officially Files For A Bank Charter Of Its Own

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Officially SoFi is looking for an industrial loan charter under the name SoFi Bank in Utah. And though its mailing address will be in Salt Lake city, SoFi will continue to operate as it has since its inception — as an online-only institution, with no branches or deposit-taking ATMs. The bank will offer no other products and services.”.

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Funding Lands T&E Firm TripActions $4B Valuation

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The $1 million in Seed funding for India-based Recko will help the firm grow its payments reconciliation solution for companies in the banking, lending, insurance, eCommerce and telecom industries. Small business lending startup Lulalend is driving alternative finance growth in South Africa, and just announced $6.5 TripActions.

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Why The ICBA Is Fighting Industrial Loan Charters For FinTechs

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All industrial banks are chartered in Utah – and there are only 17 such charters issued, 15 of which are currently active. Walmart claimed it wanted to leverage the proposed bank mainly for the purpose of lowering costs of its backroom processing of check and credit card transactions and to offer high-interest certificates of deposits.

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