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New study finds Military Lending Act expansion had limited impact for military credit card customers

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A new report from the Urban Institute examining the 2015 expansion of the Military Lending Act (“MLA”) concludes that it did not lead to better credit and debt outcomes for servicemembers and may instead have limited access to credit for some servicemembers with deep prime credit scores. Continue Reading

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CFPB issues 2015 fair lending report

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The CFPB has issued a report covering its fair lending activities during 2015. The report states that in 2015, CFPB fair lending supervisory and public enforcement actions required institutions to provide approximately $108 million in remediation.

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Digital Bank Monzo Jumps Into Lending In The UK

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He added that jumping into more traditional lending “can get us a good way to profitability, if not even all the way.”. The eBank joins smaller rival Starling Bank on the lending front, becoming the second online bank in the U.K. App-based Monzo has more than 2 million users but over £85 million in losses since its 2015 launch.

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Amazon Reveals Interest In Bringing SMB Lending To China

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As Amazon presses further into China to compete with rivals like Alibaba , a job posting on the Amazon website may have just revealed plans for the eCommerce conglomerate to extend its small business lending program into the country. Amazon first began lending to small businesses in 2015, beginning with the U.S., Japan and U.K.

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Global Payment Card Numbers Rise To 14B As Debit Card Issuance Grows

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A new study has found that the number of payment cards issued globally reached 14 billion last year and is predicted to rise to 17 billion by 2022, boosted by an increase in overall debit card issuance. RBR , a strategic research and consulting firm, recently published its “Global Payment Cards Data and Forecasts to 2022” report.

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SoFi Looks For $500M To Expand Lending Services

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That tally is likely to be led by Silver Lake Partners, the newswire said, and will be geared toward boosting the online lending and personal finance offerings now under SoFi’s umbrella. The financial platform has expanded to embrace products as disparate as lending across personal, individual lines, mortgages and insurance.

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Credit Card Companies’ Focus On Subprime Increases Rate Of Missed Payments

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Credit card companies have not been shy when it comes to lending to subprime customers , but according to new data from TransUnion, that strategy is starting to backfire for the credit card issuers. percent for credit cards issued in 2014 and 1.5 percent for credit cards issued in 2013.

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