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PYMNTS
JULY 29, 2019
A company called Glint Pay has launched a debit card that’s backed by gold instead of currency, according to a report in The Denver Post. The card was released in the U.S. The debit card was introduced early in 2018 in Europe. Users are then given a debit card, licensed by Mastercard USA. office is in Boulder, Colorado.
PYMNTS
MAY 23, 2017
trillion peak it reached in the fall of 2008 — the same time that the Great Recession was earning its place in the history books. trillion at the end of the first quarter of 2017, up $473 billion from a year ago and $50 billion above the previous 2008 record. trillion in household debt of 2008 represented 85 percent of the U.S.
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PYMNTS
SEPTEMBER 18, 2018
And in lending, with the financial crisis in the rearview mirror, a decade on, invention – okay, innovation – has become a hallmark, at least in some corners. 15, 2008 fall of Lehman, which filed for bankruptcy that day. 15, 2008 fall of Lehman, which filed for bankruptcy that day. Mortgages and Credit Cards and Student Debt….
PYMNTS
NOVEMBER 28, 2018
FinTech firms have taken a few approaches to this issue, either by working to replace paper checks with different payment rails or trying to work with checks by addressing their particular pain points. The check system creates a financial environment in which a small business has money, but can’t use it.
PYMNTS
MAY 25, 2018
We have a lot of predatory lending out here, which we want to regulate,” Geoffrey Mwau, director general of budget, fiscal and economic affairs at the country’s treasury, said on Thursday (May 24). Suri told the paper the kiosks act as debit cards. Once the money is deposited, Kenyans can spend it anywhere in the country.
PYMNTS
MAY 31, 2019
The 2008 financial crisis gave rise to the alternative lending market as a result of a massive gap in available capital, especially for small businesses and startups. It encouraged banks to develop their own digital lending solutions and collaborate with their one-time rivals to step up the borrowing experience for SMBs.
Fintech Labs Insights
APRIL 12, 2024
Long before fintech was a thing (1995), I launched the first, and by most measures the biggest, newsletter during the first two decades of online/digital banking. It’s still going under the stewardship of fintech famous Jim Marous, who modernized the name to Digital Banking Report (and recently opened the archives for free access).
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