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SoFi Attracts Big Name In Latest Funding Round

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SoFi , which is based in San Francisco, has launched numerous new products this year. The company teamed up with Coinbase for a zero-fee branded cryptocurrency trading platform, and there are plans for a credit card by the end of the year. percent annual percentage yield. percent annual percentage yield.

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Razer Gaming Company Teams With Visa For Online Payments

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Razer, a gaming hardware company based in Singapore, has partnered with Visa to offer a prepaid card that will let the company’s 60 million users make payments all over the world, according to reports. The region is also the home to more than 213 million millennials.

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Looking Toward Unattended Retail’s ‘Bright Future’ At The Kiosk

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“Sometimes customers don’t have cash, or don’t have the right amount, and cards are fast and convenient.”. 48 percent of people use cards as one of their payment options at vending machines — and of those who prefer card payments, 82 percent cite convenience as the top reason.

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Affirm Challenges Retailers, FI’s To Practice ’Honest Finance‘

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So started Affirm’s Co-Founder and CEO Max Levchin ’s remarks at his firm’s first-ever AFFIRMation conference for its retail partners in San Francisco yesterday. Sixty percent of Americans fear credit cards,” Levchin noted. For people who live on the coasts, a credit card is an API access to money. Broken by the Numbers.

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Why Partners And Profits Are Meal Kit Startup Chef’d Secret Ingredients

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One PYMNTS reader living in San Francisco noted that between the various meal delivery startup services in her area, she and her spouse could literally sign up for free trials for a year and never once pay to make their own meals. Searches on Yelp and Instagram both show younger people are talking a lot about it.

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Fintech And Financial Institutions – Bridging the Gap

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Bankrate’s conversion of the Quizzle app (purchased from Quicken Loans in 2016) to Score & Report, white-labeled for use by community banks and credit unions, enables a branded and cost effective solution for quick adoption of new technology. US Bank has 42 branded apps in the App Store. One App Is Not Enough. BBVA has 34.

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Unbundling Bank Of America: How The Traditional Bank Is Being Disrupted

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The pandemic has also accelerated recent trends in banking, especially among the millennial demographic, which tends to favor digital banking and online brands over traditional banks. However, both brands have expanded to additional products, such as Venmo’s credit card and Cash App’s stock investing offering. .

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