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Fintech Startup of the Week: Secure to Make Emergency Savings Plans as Ubiquitous as the 401k

Fintech Labs Insights

Just out of stealth, Seattle-based fintech startup Secure Save is on the winning side of all these trends. That’s what Secure is launching. Like a retirement plan or HSA, employees agree to have a small percentage of their pay withheld ( though a key difference is the savings account if funded after-tax ). Bassam Saliba , CTO.

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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. These APIs handle everything from acceptance and processing to settlement and reconciliation, while ensuring compliance and security. Virtual card issuance.

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My Fantasy Banking Team

Jeff For Banks

He joined COB's board in 2009 after its $310 million recapitalization which was needed from a disastrous slew of losses incurred starting in 2008 as a result of awful credit decisions, leading to a 21% NPA/Asset ratio peak in 2010. I focused on traditional community banks and did not consider high yield type banks such as credit card banks.

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Bitcoin’s Resplendent Week

PYMNTS

Takach suggested that the general legal rules of libel, taxation, securities and regulations, originally applied to internet models, apply to cryptocurrencies now, and regulations to prevent terrorist financing, privacy rules and consumer protection can be created based on internet-related precedents. And For The Winklevosses, More Delays.

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Meeting Debt Collection Challenges Amid a Squeeze on Income

FICO

It directly relates to research undertaken in 2010 when empirical evidence showed that economic victims have very different risk profiles and often respond very differently when they’re struggling to service personal debt. Increasing inflation, interest rates and income tax are also at 40-year highs.

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What’s Wrong With The Attack On Gig Economy Pay

PYMNTS

It was not uncommon for drivers to have to fork over as much as a third of their wages to the taxi company, as well as payment to lease the taxi and an additional 10 percent for any fares put on a credit card. They want tools to help track their expenses and manage tax payments for the work they perform.

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Fintech Fundings: 22 Companies Raise $300 Million Plus 2 IPOs Raise $5.9 Billion

Fintech Labs Insights

Total raised: Unknown (carved out of Royal Bank of Scotland in 2010). Secure messaging for financial services. Gift cards backed with public company equity. Fingerprint-authenticated payment card. Card rewards management. Here are the deals by size from Oct 10 through Oct 16: . Payment processer. Latest round: $3.3