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Corporate Cards Flex Their Rewards Muscles To Support Business Growth

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With businesses large and small increasingly turning their attention toward recovery efforts, the commercial credit card market is exploring ways to help their corporate card holders. Commercial Card, Global Commercial Services, Courtney Kelso in a statement. Neat Debuts Its Visa Card For Small Businesses.

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FDIC Approves Square For Banking License

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The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ( FDIC ) gave the green light to an application from the FinTech firm Square to create a de novo industrial bank in Utah, the agency said on Wednesday (March 18). The headquarters will be in Salt Lake City, Utah. Square, Inc.

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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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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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Call It Alt-Credit Or POS Lending, ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ Just Got Bigger

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“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. Leveraging Risk the Right Way.

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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. Instead, SoFi as a bank will exist so it can “provide its customers an FDIC insured NOW account and a credit card product. The bank will offer no other products and services.”.

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Simplification Serves LendingClub Well As It Pushes To Get Back To Profitability

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I think if you look at the economic environment,” Nayar noted, “you see the Fed is cutting the rate, but the banks aren’t cutting rates on credit cards, so the spread between credit card lending and personal loans has never been bigger.”.