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Brex Offers FDIC Insurance, Adds Chief Legal Officer

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Brex , the San Francisco financial technology startup, is offering FDIC insurance on its no-fee cash management account, the company announced Wednesday (July 22). a financial services holding company based in Kansas City, Missouri. This partnership aligns with UMB’s strategy of working with best-in-class innovators like Brex.”.

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Community Bank Outlook: Challenges and Opportunities in 2021 and Beyond

Abrigo

Takeaway 2 Community banks are at a crossroads: innovate or be left behind (or acquired). Economy , supervisory and risk specialists from the Federal Reserve of Kansas outline top challenges and opportunities regarding the future of community banking. In the recent publication, Community Banks’ Ongoing Role in the U.S.

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How The FedNow Service Could Keep Checks In B2B Payments

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The longer it takes for payments to move, the longer it takes for us to get paychecks, for small businesses to get funds,” said Federal Financial Analytics Managing Partner Karen Shaw Petrou in an interview with the publication. It’s costly because people run overdrafts or take out short-term loans, and it’s economically inefficient.”.

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Onward Financial’s Employer-Backed Payday Loan Alternative

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In an effort to innovate a solution to these cash flow challenges, Washington founded Onward Financial. The first is practicality – the vast majority of the financially unstable derive their income from work, and the source of that income is an ideal point to start managing money. But now, they are ready to think about expanding.

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CFPB announces new appointments to advisory groups

CFPB Monitor

Lynn Drysdale, Managing Attorney, Consumer Law Unit, Jacksonville Area Legal Aid, Inc., Arjan Schutte, Founder and Managing Partner, Core Innovation Capital, Los Angeles, CA. Trent Sorbe, President, Central Payments Division, Central Bank of Kansas City, Kansas City, MO. Jacksonville, FL.

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State Regulation, Conference of State Bank Supervisors, Financial Services, FinTech, Charles Clark, Washington State Department of Financial Institutions, License, Regulation, Bank of Indonesia, FinTech, Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency, News

PYMNTS

Through the Conference of State Bank Supervisors, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Massachusetts, Texas, Tennessee and Washington are looking to standardize the ways firms across traditional financial services and FinTech upstarts apply for, and are granted, licenses. Can the states make licensing – of the money movement kind – any easier?

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Nurturing New Businesses

Independent Banker

However, capital isn’t the only or even primary need of startups, various business incubator experts agree. Some entrepreneurs have never raised capital. They’re not managed well. A bank representative would teach commercial money management, while the business owner could relate his or her real-world operating experience.

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