PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Goldman, according to reports in Bloomberg, would be added to the Amazon lending platform, which has traditionally helped merchants get the funding they need to get inventory. Amazon Lending traces its roots back to 2011, and the company had $863 million in SMB loans, according to recent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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PYMNTS

JULY 14, 2020

For example, its retail banking division posted a $176 million loss versus a $4.2 Moreover, Dimon noted that while the bank saw some of its lending portfolio hit hard by the pandemic during the second quarter, JPMC has also started seeing some green-shoot signs of returning consumer demand. billion profit at the same time last year.

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PYMNTS

MAY 2, 2017

For small businesses, expansion is key, and expansion needs capital. In a partnership formed recently with Puerto Rico’s Oriental Bank, Biz2Credit said late last month that it has begun offering its digital lending platform to the bank’s commercial clients. 500,000 in the United States, with terms of three to five years.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 5, 2019

Cards (as in prepaid, stored-value cards that consumers can use for gambling, payroll and a variety of other uses, many of them novel) are only half the battle. To get a sense of how the world of payments and cards has changed, Cregan told Webster a story about a conference he attended in Las Vegas in 2009. Take payroll cards.

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PYMNTS

JULY 14, 2020

“Given how much the demand for installments is increasing, we are also using the already existing parts of the credit system today to scale installment payments with every [Visa] card across the board,” Cetin Duransoy , Visa ’s global head of installment solutions, told PYMNTS. Fast and Furious BNPL Action. The account comes with 1.30

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 25, 2017

This week in retail, we’ve seen news coming in from multiple sides, including that of Apple’s projected increase in smartwatch sales , U.K. Moving into lending news, U.K.-based The discount retailer has also announced two partnerships this week, one with Google and one with IBM. Virgin Islands. Virgin Islands consumers.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 24, 2020

Now, in addition to car and personal loans on behalf of retail and institutional investors, Zopa will introduce savings accounts this week, to be followed by the addition of credit cards later this year. Zopa received those funds from a group linked to IAG Capital Partners, a U.S.-based million) to become a challenger bank.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 14, 2020

consumer banking and spending on credit cards. But drilling down a bit, to get a sense of the state of the consumer, retail banking saw fourth-quarter profit rise by about 5 percent to $4.2 And in what may be a reflection of that same positive sentiment and activity, credit card loans were up 8 percent year over year to $168 billion.

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Bank Innovation

MAY 9, 2016

Investors were looking to today’s Lending Club Corp. earnings as a sign of validation for the troubled marketplace lending sector. Instead, they got scandal. The company said Renaud Laplanche has resigned as chief executive and chairman after an internal review found sales of $22 million in near-prime loans to a Read More.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

PYMNTS’ latest roundup finds investor interest for B2B eCommerce , small business banking, corporate card technology, cybersecurity and autonomous supply chain tech, but it was a ResTech startup that secured the most funding of the week, by a considerable margin. MaxWholesale. CybelAngel.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 14, 2020

consumer banking and spending on credit cards. But drilling down a bit, to get a sense of the state of the consumer, retail banking saw fourth-quarter profit rise by about 5 percent to $4.2 And in what may be a reflection of that same positive sentiment and activity, credit card loans were up 8 percent year over year to $168 billion.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 8, 2020

The platform offers help with physical and virtual credit cards, invoice processing and early payments discounts, BusinessLine reports. Cardpay was founded by Kumar Srinivasan , who boasts two decades of experience with payments, retail and credit lending services. “Payments-led lending is the new growth mantra for us.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 26, 2018

launched its Marcus digital bank in late 2016, the conventional wisdom was the investment bank wanted to expand into retail banking. EXCLUSIVE— When Goldman Sachs & Co. But, apparently, that’s not the whole story. Marcus, it seems, is an asset pricing play, Goldman’s CEO implied yesterday.

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Bank Innovation

AUGUST 9, 2019

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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PYMNTS

JANUARY 12, 2021

Plus, Pilot Company collaborates on fleet factoring, Revolution Payments launches Level III commercial card processing and Porter Capital launches new PPP funding tools. Revolution Payments has unveiled a Level III credit card processing offering for those who use Salesforce , according to a Monday (Jan. 11) announcement.

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South State Correspondent

AUGUST 16, 2023

Home equity lines of credit (HELOCs) and bank card usage are up 24% and 17%, respectively. Capital rotation is to HELOCs and away from autos. Within autos, the capital rotation is for new cars over used cars. Consumer Credit – Cards There is a shift of capital occurring to the prime tiers of cardholders.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 19, 2018

San Francisco-based FinTech company Square, known for its white card readers, has once again decided to become a banking establishment, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal. The bank will be led by Lewis Goodwin, a former executive at Green Dot, and capitalized with $56 million from Square.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Accounting for everything, especially when it comes to credit — in other words, taking stock and measure of where lending activities have been concentrated, where risk is and where losses may loom — is as much art as science. Within that tally, allowances for credit cards have almost doubled, rising by $5.5 Peeking Under the CECL Hood.

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PYMNTS

MAY 31, 2019

As has been reported, Global Payments is the third largest merchant acquirer in the United States, while TSYS is the third largest card processor in the country. PayPal Hits $10B SMB Lending Milestone. Citi Said ‘Thanks, But No Thanks’ To The Apple Card. Visa CEO Throws Shade On Real-Time Payments.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2021

While 2021 has kicked off with a bang in the venture capital arena — with several high-value investments on the books — this week's B2B VC roundup is all about the seed rounds. Young B2B FinTechs secured some of their first investments in areas that include small business accounting, alternative lending and financial management.

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BankBazaar

APRIL 11, 2023

National, March 30, 2023: BankBazaar.com , India’s leading fintech co-branded Credit Card platform and online provider of free Credit Scores, closed FY23 with net revenue of ₹160 crore. The company grew its net revenue for FY23 by 60% over FY22 on the back of a 60% growth in its Credit Card issuances.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

On Thursday morning, news broke that the nation’s largest retailer is suing its longtime credit card issuer, alleging breach of contract. Walmart and Synchrony announced the end of their long-term card partnership in July, with reports that Capital One would now be Walmart’s new issuing partner.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 4, 2019

based alternative small business lending isn’t dead with investors and an India startup landed more than half a billion dollars. million investment round in commercial card startup DiviPay, reports said this week, via the bank’s venture capital unit ANZi. See all of the latest B2B fundraises below.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Accounting for everything, especially when it comes to credit — in other words, taking stock and measure of where lending activities have been concentrated, where risk is and where losses may loom — is as much art as science. Within that tally, allowances for credit cards have almost doubled, rising by $5.5 Peeking Under the CECL Hood.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 11, 2017

And in that context, PayPal’s just-announced acquisition of Swift Financial, as it moves to expand the purview of its PayPal Working Capital program, strikes a distinct chord. Working Capital leverages the front seat view that PayPal has into their merchants’ businesses to assess their creditworthiness — and their ability to pay back a loan.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Capital One Halts BNPL Transactions On Its Credit Cards. Capital One Financial Corp is putting a stop to buy now, pay later (BNPL) transactions on its credit cards, calling the dealings “ risky ,” for both consumers and banks. Retail Will Play Major Role In Vaccine Distribution. million in consumer losses.

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Bank Innovation

MAY 21, 2019

Card issuing platform Marqeta confirmed a $260 million Series E funding round to expand to new geographies, build more features and support new customer acquisition. Hedge fund Coatue Management led the round, with participation from Vitruvian Partners, Spark Capital, Lone Pine and Geodesic.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 9, 2019

In today’s top news in payments, Goldman plans to launch a robo advisor for clients with lower investment capital than traditional customers, and Apple plans to offer 0 percent installment financing on iPhones bought with the Apple Card. Apple Updates Wallet App to Reflect iPhone Financing for Apple Card Users.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 1, 2019

A source told the Financial Times that Zopa will receive the funds from an entity linked to IAG Capital Partners, a U.S.-based Launched in 2005, Zopa is considered one of the world’s first P2P lenders, lending almost £4 billion to consumers in the U.K. based fund, and its U.K. investment vehicle Silverstripe. since its inception.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 28, 2018

EXCLUSIVE – Are credit cards the next big hot spot for fintech takeover? That’s what startup Petal hopes its partnership with Salt Lake City-based WebBank achieves, as the startup gears to launch of its first major product: a credit card designed to serve the "credit invisible."

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 23, 2018

EXCLUSIVE – The two fundamental keys to most challenges retail banks and payment companies face on the innovation front are personalization and efficiency, according to Alberto Corvo, a founding partner at fintech focused investment firm Motive Partners.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

New York venture capital firm Thrive Capital is reportedly at the helm of the financing and Spark Capital is participating. Affirm is getting the capital mostly from a line of credit coming from a large financial institution. Because of the nature of its business, companies like Affirm need huge amounts of capital.

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

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. Virtual card issuance. Business lending and corporate cards. Fraud prevention tools. Supporting merchant partner growth.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 23, 2018

As mobile wallets and consumer-to-business payments platforms grow in popularity as the preferred payment method among retail shoppers, it seems only natural that merchants should consider digital POS lending or instant financing options as a means to encourage more online purchases. Indeed, they are. Read More.

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Gonzobanker

AUGUST 17, 2022

Then, bad grades came in right as summer party season kicked off, mom and dad took away the car and credit card, and the Venmo transfers came to a screeching halt. Lending Tech With Almost Steady Grades (Even With Rough Semesters). First, there was the drama leading up to the breakup with the rich hottie.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 12, 2017

The investment was led by GIC, a sovereign wealth fund from Singapore, as well as a host of other participants, ranging from Khosla Ventures to Ribbit Capital and others. With the newest capital raise, Levchin said, “one of the initiatives that we are going to undertake in 2018 is ‘where do we help our merchant partners more?’

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Payments Source

OCTOBER 21, 2019

The credit card lender responded to the closing of Toys R Us stores last year by issuing Synchrony-branded cards to the retailer's customers. Now it's testing a general-purpose card with a wider array of clients.

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