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The Case For Localizing Mom-And-Pop Investment

PYMNTS

At the same time, many early stage startups, particularly in the technology sector, still have access to traditional financing, like venture capital and private equity. Last week, small business accounting company ScaleFactor released a new survey on how SMBs access capital. Localizing Capital.

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How ButcherBox ‘Meats’ The Challenges Of Subscription Commerce

PYMNTS

Americans are enthusiastic carnivores, according to a study from Oklahoma State University, which found that beef consumption in the U.S. ButcherBox has had a few instances of fraud since its founding, with fraudsters using stolen credit cards to have subscriptions sent to random addresses. will reach 56.8

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Considering The Surcharge Path To Commercial Card Adoption

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Though adoption is on the rise , commercial cards still hold only a fraction of the corporate payments market — and an even smaller share of transaction volumes in accounts payable (AP). does allow, in many cases, for companies to add a surcharge to transactions when accepting commercial card payments. An Evolving Regulatory Framework.

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Open Letter to the OCC: Make Real Innovation Possible

Bank Innovation

A trifling blogger on banking innovation writes to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, despite its historically apathetic view on such matters.

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GonzoBanker Awards 2017

Gonzobanker

GonzoBanker of the Year – The Gonzo team would like to salute the career of David Rainbolt of BancFirst in Oklahoma. The Get Outta Dodge (and Focus) Award – Goes to Capital One for exiting a significant mortgage business to focus on cards and direct banking. THE BANKING AWARDS. At a banking conference.

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Who were ICBA’s Top Lenders of 2022?

Independent Banker

Two years ago, Lead Bank and Self expanded the program to include a secured credit card. Since the successful Credit Builder Account participants end the program with $1,000 in the bank, they have the cash to secure the card. More than 500,000 customers have received secured cards through the program. First Capital Bank.

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Fintech Fundings: 25 Companies Raise $1.6 Billion Week Ending Aug 20

Fintech Labs Insights

HQ: Owasso, Oklahoma. Capital Match. Drip Capital . Tags: Merchants, SMB, card acquiring, POS, mobile, tablet. Revel Systems. iPad-based point-of-sale system. HQ: San Francisco, California. Latest round: $13.5 million ($500+ million valuation). Total raised: $129 million. Source: Crunchbase. Canadian marketplace lender.