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Commercial Card Innovation Puts SMBs In The Spotlight

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Smaller companies were the focus of innovation in the commercial card space this week thanks to new cards designed for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). American Express, Amazon Rollout Card For UK SMBs. American Express, Amazon Rollout Card For UK SMBs. US Bank Instant Card Connects With Concur Expense.

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Weekly Wrap: Apple channels fintechs with card launch

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In this episode, Suman Bhattacharyya, deputy editor of Bank Innovation, speaks with Alyson Clarke, principal analyst at Forrester Research, about the following developments: With the much-awaited launch of Apple Card, the tech giant has taken a page […].

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Affirm Integrates Its Virtual Card with Apple Pay

Bank Innovation

Startup Affirm is embedding its technology into the Apple ecosystem, allowing customers to load the company’s virtual card into Apple Pay, the startup announced today. The integration will also allow customers to use “Affirm InStore” to finance purchases at physical merchant locations, Affirm said.

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CFPB, Federal Reserve Board: AI bias can’t be ignored

Bank Innovation

Following a recent backlash resulting from allegedly discriminatory underwriting methods for the Apple Card, lenders’ moves are facing scrutiny from regulators. Albert Chang, counsel at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau‘s innovation office, said […].

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Young Consumers Love to “Buy Now, Pay Later” – Here’s What to Know About the Explosive Fintech Trend

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Afterpay does not perform a hard credit check on users, but it can still affect credit if users have a credit card as the form of payment connected to their Afterpay account or if they fail to pay back their loans. Although this is certainly expensive for merchants, it has proven to be a worthy investment. According to Kristen E.

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Ten Years Of Payments Innovation And Reinvention

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As Seedrs CEO Jeff Kelisky told Karen Webster in a recent discussion, while most people in 2009 took one look at the sputtering and shuddering economy, there was a whole class of innovators and entrepreneurs who didn’t see a nuclear wasteland where the economy used to be. When most people asked “what’s next?” The list goes on.

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Apple’s Credit Card Gives Goldman Sachs Rare Customer Role

Bank Innovation

launched a credit card last month, hoping to upend a $175 billion industry much like it did the phone business. At a splashy event, the company made a simple sales pitch and showed off the titanium product in a slick video. Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook called it the "most significant change" to […].

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