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Deep Dive: Why CU-Issued Credit Cards Face An Uphill Battle

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Despite these advantages, credit unions’ cards face unique struggles traditional banks do not have. The largest of these is the interest cap, which may be advantageous to customers, but makes it more difficult for CUs to compete with other card issuers due to a lack of capital. First of Omaha Service Corp.

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Top 28 Digital Lenders to U.S. Small Businesses

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CAN Capital. Lighter Capital. Minneapolis. -1. A defunct Canadian bank, Bayshore Trust, launched the first online loan application in March 1996. Online Digital Banks for Small Businesses (SMB) May 2021. Fundera (NerdWallet). Camino Financial. P2Binvestor. IOU Financial. Channel Partners.

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2021 GonzoBanker Awards

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Union has been a stalwart of the California marketplace since the ’50s, and this gives Andy Cecere and team a great expansion into the Golden State and also some nice wholesale banking business. Lots of tech and operations to clean up, it appears, but no solid bank is better qualified than the team from Minneapolis. Enough said?

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Top 33 Digital Lenders to U.S. Small Businesses (SMB) in Nov 2021

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CAN Capital. Lighter Capital. Minneapolis. CAN Capital. Lighter Capital. Related: Top 17 Online Digital Corporate Credit Cards for Small Businesses (Dec 2021). Online Digital Banks for Small Businesses (SMB) November 2021. Fundera (NerdWallet). Biz2Credit. IOU Financial. P2Binvestor.

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The 2019 GonzoBanker Awards

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Chris Myers, President & CEO, Citizens Business Bank – During a tumultuous time for West Coast banks, Myers kept his sights on being a top commercial relationship bank. The company’s market capitalization, which after declining to less than $600 million in the 2009 recession, has now grown to almost $3 billion.

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Fintech Fundings: 21 Companies Raise $215 Million Week Ending Feb 19

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Although we saw one high-flying fintech unicorn crash to earth this week , the fintech sector continued to attract significant capital with 21 companies raising $214.8 ModoPayments scored $2 million for its digital payments platform. FlexScore was bought by United Capital . Digital bank. Latest round: $8.5

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Fintech Fundings: 26 Companies Raise $280 Million in 4th Week of June

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Digital bank startup. Pearl Capital. HQ: Minneapolis, Minnesota. Sentiment analysis for capital markets. Latest round: Unknown amount of new capital in Reverse IPO ($117 million value). Tags: Consumer, payments, debit card, deposits, mobile banking. Total raised: $59.3 HQ: San Francisco, California.