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Rakuten files third application for FDIC insurance

CFPB Monitor

based bank, Rakuten Bank America. Per the Utah Department of Financial Institutions website, Rakuten Bank America’s application for a Utah ILC charter was received on July 26, 2019 and remains pending. . Rakuten’s first FDIC deposit insurance application was filed in July 2019, and was withdrawn in March 2020.

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Insurance Helps Bitcoin Become Safer for Mainstream Consumers

Bank Innovation

Bank depositors get tax-payer funded insurance in many jurisdictions (such as FDIC in America) in case a bank goes bankrupt. People paying by Credit Card can fight back against a fraudulent charge. Your Bitcoin in Mt.Gox or BitFinex….buyer buyer beware. Once you send those Bitcoin it is like handing over cash…buyer Read More.

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5 Campaigns to Increase Deposits Targeting Digital Wallets

South State Correspondent

FDIC insurance doesn’t matter until it matters, and the funds in many digital wallets are not insured. to move the money via a real-time payment or debit card, taking 30 minutes. Sometimes banks need to take advantage of broad, sweeping movements such as the Investing in America Programs that we highlighted HERE.

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Aeldra Taps i2c To Enable Global Banking Services

PYMNTS

resident and non-resident international clients of Aeldra can open an FDIC-insured U.S. account with a Global Mastercard Debit Card in five minutes on a mobile device. Aeldra, whose partners include Blue Ridge Bank, N.A, provides global clients with smooth access to U.S. With i2c's partnership we're making it real.

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Getting Stimulus Funds To Those Who Need Them — Without The Paper Check

PYMNTS

million recipients faster through Direct Express, where Comerica Bank acts as the Treasury Department’s financial agent for prepaid debit cards. Visa’s own push payments offerings come through Visa Direct , which “reverses” payment flows across the Visa network, enabling real-time payouts to debit and re-loadable prepaid cards.

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For America’s Unbanked, Mobile And Digital Save The Day

PYMNTS

FDIC) study found that the number of unbanked U.S. Because for those with a smartphone but not a bank account or charge card, life is extra tough right now. A recent Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. consumers will likely start rising again as a result of the pandemic recession.

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Amazon Cash Comes To 7-Eleven

PYMNTS

The company has 10,900 stores in North America. As cited by TechCrunch, the FDIC has estimated that cash-wielding consumers comprise about 27 percent of shoppers, and are likely to want to buy in-store, given their use of credit or debit cards at the register or checkout locales. TechCrunch reported the news on Monday (Nov.