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Spring Speculation Has Sprung: Walmart, Amazon, Trump And Target

PYMNTS

If last week’s reports are accurate, Walmart is reportedly in early-stage talks to acquire Humana, the 13-million-member health insurance company based in Louisville, Kentucky. President Trump’s Amazon Card. Will Walmart Buy Humana? If it happens, the deal would very likely mark Walmart’s largest-ever acquisition.

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CFPB announces new appointments to advisory groups

CFPB Monitor

Hughes, Senior Vice President of Card Marketing, Discover Financial Services, Deerfield, Ill. Spradlin, President and Chief Executive Officer, Park Community Credit Union, Louisville, Ky. Hinojosa-Ojeda, Associate Professor, University of California Los Angeles Division of Social Sciences, Los Angeles, Calif. Christopher G.

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Who were ICBA’s Top Lenders of 2022?

Independent Banker

Two years ago, Lead Bank and Self expanded the program to include a secured credit card. Since the successful Credit Builder Account participants end the program with $1,000 in the bank, they have the cash to secure the card. More than 500,000 customers have received secured cards through the program. Louisville.

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New(ish) Ideas Edition: Google, JPMorgan Chase And Samsung

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The CFPB dropped its latest set of regulations for prepaid payments cards , to some cheers (for offering clarity on fees) and some jeers (for thinking that prepaid cards are credit products and require underwriting for $25, 24-hour overdrafts). What could possibly go wrong? More bad news for Samsung.

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Fintech Fundings: $110 Million Raised by 13 Companies Week Ending Dec 4

Fintech Labs Insights

Mobile bank/card. HQ: Louisville, Kentucky. Tags: Enterprise, merchants, SMB, PFM, transactions, debit/credit cards. Point-of-sale payment processor. Latest round: $72 million. Total raised: $104 million. HQ: Sydney, Australia. Source: Crunchbase. Short-term online consumer loans. Latest round: $11.4 million Series A.

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Fintech Fundings: 21 Companies Raise $460 Million Week Ending April 1

Fintech Labs Insights

HQ: Louisville, Kentucky. Tags: Consumer, payments, bitcoin, crypto-currency, Overstock (investor), mobile wallet, debit card, funds transfers, remittances. Latest round: $4 million Series A. Total raised: $5.5 HQ: Hastings, Barbados. Source: FT Partners. Slice Labs. On-demand insurance. Latest round: $3.9 million Seed. EDJ Analytics.