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Square Tries To Create A Bank, Again

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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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SoFi Officially Files For A Bank Charter Of Its Own

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Officially SoFi is looking for an industrial loan charter under the name SoFi Bank in Utah. And though its mailing address will be in Salt Lake city, SoFi will continue to operate as it has since its inception — as an online-only institution, with no branches or deposit-taking ATMs. The bank will offer no other products and services.”.

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Funding Lands T&E Firm TripActions $4B Valuation

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Corporate travel and expense (T&E) management solutions provider TripActions led this week’s B2B venture capital roundup with its announcement of new funding that propelled its valuation to $4 billion. Lulalend lends directly to SMBs that can apply online, with an automated approval process accelerating access to capital.

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Why The ICBA Is Fighting Industrial Loan Charters For FinTechs

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All industrial banks are chartered in Utah – and there are only 17 such charters issued, 15 of which are currently active. Walmart claimed it wanted to leverage the proposed bank mainly for the purpose of lowering costs of its backroom processing of check and credit card transactions and to offer high-interest certificates of deposits.

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Top 17 Online Digital Corporate Credit Cards for Small Businesses (Dec 2021)

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With Brex’s arrival on the scene in 2018 followed by a meteoric rise to multi-unicorn status, there has been considerable attention to, and investment in business credit/charge cards ( see definition below ). Below is a ranked list of the 17 challenger business credit cards currently active in the United States. 1,230,000. 1,410,000.

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Top 17 Online Digital Corporate Credit Cards for Small Businesses (Dec 2021)

Fintech Labs Insights

With Brex’s arrival on the scene in 2018 followed by a meteoric rise to multi-unicorn status, there has been considerable attention to, and investment in business credit/charge cards ( see definition below ). Below is a ranked list of the 17 challenger business credit cards currently active in the United States. 1,230,000. 1,410,000.

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Stripe Teardown: How The $35B Payments Company Plans To Supercharge Online Retail

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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. Sigma aims to streamline business operations. Growing the internet economy.

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