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DoorDash, Airbnb IPOs; BNPL Trends; Pet Fraud Top This Week's News

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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. Report: Millennials, Buy Now Pay Later And The Shifting Dynamics Of Online Credit.

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Socure Closes On $13 Million Round Of Funding

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13) it closed a $13 million round of funding led by Flint Capital, with participation from ff Venture Capital, Santander InnoVentures and Two Sigma Ventures, as well as other investors. In a press release, Socure said it will use the capital to scale operations, accommodating the 300 percent growth it has seen in 2016.

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Top News In Payments: Sensory, OEMS Team For Independence From The Cloud; PBOC Says Stablecoins Threaten Yuan

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Stablecoins like Facebook’s Libra could hamper the international development of China’s yuan, leading to fluctuating asset prices and weakened impacts of capital controls, said the People’s Bank of China. China’s Central Bank Says Libra, Stablecoins Are a Threat to Yuan. Analyst: Apple Will See 25 Pct Jump in Stock Price Due to 5G.

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The Gig Economy Drives The Next Major Payroll Disruption

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On-demand access to wages is quickly penetrating the payroll space, and Paylocity CEO Steve Beauchamp says employers are only just beginning to get used to an idea that young millennial and Gen Z workers today consider the norm. “We Moving forward, Beauchamp said he sees this demand having even greater disruption on the payroll arena. “A

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Best New Financial Apps 2016, The List

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Robinhood: On Target Launched in December 2014, Robinhood is a zero-fee stock trading app that quickly gained popularity among financially ambitious millennials. Robinhood was paid the enormous compliment of having “cracked the millennial code” by none other than Jay Sidhu, CEO of Customers Bank and founder of BankMobile.

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The JOBS Act Eyes A New Generation Of SMB Investors

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Among the most disruptive changes introduced in 2016 by the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act is the opportunity for small, private businesses to raise capital via crowdfunding, adding yet another avenue to capital to the long list of traditional and alternative finance options available to small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) today.

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Ceridian Wants To Predict When Employees Are Ready To Quit

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Human capital management company Ceridian HCM Holding announced on Thursday (June 7) a new feature of its Dayforce HCM solution that can help business users address issues with employee retention. Ceridian announced Dayforce Flight Risk, a solution that uses predictive analytics to forecast when an employee may be ready to quit. ”

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