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Credit Card Charge-Offs Reach Highest Rate Since 2009

PYMNTS

Moody’s Investors Service reported Thursday (June 8) that credit card charge-offs — debts that are so delinquent that lending institutions have basically given up on collecting them — are at their highest rate since 2009 , possibly due to loosening lending standards. Omaha-based First National Bank rounded out the top three at 4.21

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Director Chopra promotes aggressive enforcement in remarks to National Association of State Attorneys General

CFPB Monitor

In remarks given on Tuesday to the National Association of State Attorneys General (NAAG), CFPB Director Chopra promoted an aggressive approach to enforcement by both the CFPB and state attorneys general (AGs). Advocated for the expansion of state AGs’ authority.

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Pandemic on Wall Street causes rising levels … of bonuses

TheGuardian

Banks on both sides of the Atlantic are finalising bonus pool deals that could be inflated by as much as 50% compared with last year, reaching their highest levels since 2009 and the mergers and acquisitions boom that followed the financial crisis. Continue reading.

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FinCEN AML/CTF Priorities Part 6: Transnational Organized Crime (TOC)

Abrigo

When the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN)’s released its inaugural national priorities list for policy related to anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT), one of the eight priorities included on the list was transnational organized crime (TOC). trillion in 2009 or 3.6%

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MoneyGram, Wing Team Up On Cambodian Digital Wallet 

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billion back into their home country last year, according to the National Bank of Cambodia, and that number is only going to get bigger as more and more Cambodians continue to work abroad. Cambodian migrant workers sent about $1.4

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Today In Payments Around The World: Facebook Takes Dating App To Europe; WhatsApp Allows Businesses To Sell In Chats

PYMNTS

Facebook is bringing its digital dating tool to Europe after experiencing success in the 20 nations where Facebook Dating is provided already. WhatsApp, a cross-border mobile messaging program utilized in 180 nations, is debuting new offerings that will let business users sell directly on the platform inside of chats.

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SMBs Accuse Kabbage Of Abruptly Canceling Credit

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Georgia-based Kabbage claims it has provided small business borrowers with over $9 billion in loans as of its 2009 establishment. Borrowers, who realized the credit lines were halted when they signed onto their accounts, claim the company did not provide them with notice, according to a Bloomberg report.

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