PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

The virtual card can be a valuable payment solution for the enterprise thanks to the technology's security features and mobility. Yet adoption remains limited, largely thanks to corporates' ongoing use of more traditional payment methods like ACH or even physical cards. Aussie Alt-Lender Execs Team Up For Corporate Card.

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American Banker

MARCH 28, 2024

The top five bank holding companies have combined total credit card loan portfolios of more than $705 billion.

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Bank Innovation

MAY 8, 2017

Affirm, the lending startup that provides loans at the POS, is looking into launching everyday-use virtual credit cards, Bank Innovation has learned. The company, launched by a PayPal cofounder Max Levchin, provides point-of-sale loans that allow customers, particularly millennials, to finance purchases with participating merchants.

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Perficient

JANUARY 24, 2023

In this blog, we will look at how a non-banking company can offer bank-like perks to its clients and workers. When a non-financial firm offers embedded banking, they offer a branded checking account to hold funds and make payments for the betterment of the company and its clients or workers. Consider the evolution of eBay.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 31, 2018

Oakland-based Final is a credit card service, which announced that it would close its card portfolio back in December. Goldman Sachs has agreed to purchase fintech startup firm Final, as a part of its efforts to expand in retail-banking products. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

is collaborating with Goldman Sachs Bank USA on digital transaction banking, while Sezzle has created a partnership with digital financial services company Ally Lending. BNPL Firm Sezzle Allies With Ally Lending To Expand Loan Options. Sezzle has formed a partnership with digital financial services company Ally Lending.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Americans cut their credit card balances in August for the sixth consecutive month, the Federal Reserve System reported Wednesday (Oct. Revolving debt — mainly credit card debt — as reported by the central bank declined by $9.4 Economic forecasters surveyed by Bloomberg had, in the whole, predicted an increase in credit card spending.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Smaller companies were the focus of innovation in the commercial card space this week thanks to new cards designed for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). American Express, Amazon Rollout Card For UK SMBs. American Express, Amazon Rollout Card For UK SMBs. US Bank Instant Card Connects With Concur Expense.

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PYMNTS

JULY 2, 2020

With the pandemic nudging businesses further into the digital payments realm, commercial card innovation is heating up to capitalize on the opportunity for adoption. Boost Bolsters BMO Harris Bank’s Biz Cards. Global Cash Card’s Legal Saga Ends. ADP Eyes Payroll Card Adoption Jump.

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Bank Innovation

APRIL 10, 2018

EXCLUSIVE— Lending startup Upgrade is opening a new personal credit line today, designed to give customers all of the benefits of credit with none of its flaws. The product is essentially a cross between a typically credit card and a traditional personal loan, Renaud Laplanche, company CEO and c0-founder, told Bank Innovation.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 25, 2020

Nexo , the digital currency lending platform, is now letting retail investors utilize PAX Gold as loan collateral, Cointelegraph reported. Now, the program’s growth to encompass retail clients lets anyone use those assets as collateral on the platform of the company.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Zest AI , which is developing software that it claims will help wring the bias out of lending, just got a multimillion-dollar vote of confidence. In one of the most high-profile cases of machine bias, Goldman Sachs was hit with a major backlash after it launched the new Apple credit card. Zest on Tuesday (Oct.

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Abrigo

MARCH 14, 2024

You might also like this SMB Lending Insights report for banks and credit unions Download report Takeaway 1 Banks need to implement customer retention strategies to keep their valuable customers, not just attract new ones. Instead of just sending a card, take your business clients out to lunch for their birthdays.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

With checks still so heavily in play, small businesses must not only wait to receive a check, but banks often enact a holding period that forces a company to wait even longer to see the funds they’ve been paid. B2B payments is all too often a waiting game, one that can be damaging to the survival of a small business (SMB).

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 18, 2019

17) after markets closed that missed the Street, as merchant and services revenues were both below expectations, and write-offs tied to its lending business grew. Specifically, card member loan provisions were $679 million, up 21 percent from last year. Total cards in force were up 7 percent to 54.5

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 2, 2019

To let consumers spend the value of their digital currency, instant crypto loan company Nexo is rolling out a cryptocurrency credit card that is Mastercard-branded. Additional credit is automatically and instantly available on the card upon appreciation of your crypto’s value.” dollar, the British coin and the Euro.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2020

The pandemic has cast a chill across the loan process, but Matt Harris , co-founder and CEO of Bloom Credit , told PYMNTS that a lack of credit data and creative alternative solutions might be causing even more lending problems. Bloom’s New $13 Million In Funds.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Credit card companies have not been shy when it comes to lending to subprime customers , but according to new data from TransUnion, that strategy is starting to backfire for the credit card issuers. percent for credit cards issued in 2014 and 1.5 percent for credit cards issued in 2013.

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PYMNTS

JULY 29, 2019

A company called Glint Pay has launched a debit card that’s backed by gold instead of currency, according to a report in The Denver Post. The company is London-based, and its U.S. The card was released in the U.S. The debit card was introduced early in 2018 in Europe. They lend out more than they have.”.

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PYMNTS

JULY 10, 2020

Although commercial card products can offer working capital benefits on both ends of the B2B transaction, adoption lags behind other digital payment methods in accounts payable (AP) departments. And with the pandemic all but wiping out business trips, the commercial card could be at a crossroads. General acceptance is not there.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

From flexible repayment plans for cash flow management to sustainability programs that offset carbon emissions from fleet vehicles, the commercial card is versatile in this week's innovation roundup. American Express is expanding its Pay Over Time offering on credit card bills to business cardholders in the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 8, 2020

There is more than one way to drive commercial card innovation. For vendors, commercial card acceptance can be a matter of wielding technology to lower interchange costs. For vendors, commercial card acceptance can be a matter of wielding technology to lower interchange costs. Uber Jumps Into Biz Card Rewards.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Apple and Goldman Sachs, through joint efforts, will issue a credit card that links with the iPhone, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday (Feb. The new card is aimed at helping consumers with money management, and bringing the companies into new areas of business.

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PYMNTS

JULY 12, 2020

Although actual defaults have been stalled, for both consumers and investment-grade companies borrowing from banks, new accounting rules have forced banks to look further into the future for projections on how they’ll deal with the environment.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2020

Commercial cards remain only a fraction of the B2B payments space, but FinTech firms, banks and other financial service providers continue to develop new solutions aimed at boosting adoption. For companies like SmartEquip and Unified Payments Group , that means introducing new ways to lift the burden of suppliers accepting cards.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Capital One Financial and Discover Financial Services, two of the largest credit card issuers in the country, are tightening lending standards, which is reportedly an unusual move in an economy that is booming. The WSJ noted that 33 percent of Capital One’s domestic card balances are owed by consumers who are considered subprime.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 7, 2019

The card network has partnered with Open Banking service Konsentus to add an identity and regulatory checking service to its roster of Open Banking tools and technologies. How PSD2 is Changing Lending in the U.K. Since that point, regulators and companies in the U.S. and how third-party players are coping with it.

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PYMNTS

JULY 8, 2020

With commercial cards an increasingly popular choice in the B2B payments space, industry innovators are exploring pockets of opportunity to drive adoption through mitigating friction. For others, commercial card innovation comes in the form of overcoming the adoption hurdle of a lack of supplier acceptance. InstaRem Expands BizPay.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 15, 2019

He added that jumping into more traditional lending “can get us a good way to profitability, if not even all the way.”. The eBank joins smaller rival Starling Bank on the lending front, becoming the second online bank in the U.K. The company is hopeful that its consumer lending division will lead to profits, according to the report.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Cryptocurrency-backed lending platform Cred is opening up its technology to third-party developers, the company has announced. 11), Cred revealed the rollout of its developer platform CredX (not to be confused with the new credit card accounts payable solution recently launched by Finexio ). In a press release on Tuesday (Dec.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 25, 2018

Capital One logged stronger than expected results when it posted its earnings yesterday — the growth was driven largely by rising interest rates and an uptick in its largest lending categories, cars and cards. Supply of card credit is on the high side, although it has settled out a bit. billion from a year earlier.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

As consumers pay down credit card debt – in some cases with the aid of stimulus checks – and are ever wary about their financial situations, issuers have been muted when it comes to rolling out new cards. It may seem like a dubious time to introduce a new card. The card offers 3 percent cash back on dining and at drug stores.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 14, 2021

Silicon Valley credit card startup X1 raised $12 million in a funding round led by Spark Capital, a backer of Twitter, Plaid, Slack and Affirm. 14) press release that the company has received a positive response to the credit card’s debut, with almost 300,000 users signing up for the waiting list. Consumer borrowing dropped 19.6

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Goldman, according to reports in Bloomberg, would be added to the Amazon lending platform, which has traditionally helped merchants get the funding they need to get inventory. Amazon Lending traces its roots back to 2011, and the company had $863 million in SMB loans, according to recent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

That need for speed is also critical when it comes to loan disbursements , according to Paul Gu, co-founder and head of product for personal lending provider Upstart , as slow payouts can create frictions and frustrate customers. Disbursements in the Lending World. Instant Payments, Lending and New Technologies.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Today in B2B payments, Wells Fargo rolls out its virtual card services for B2B payments, while PayPal Ventures makes a B2B payments investment. 19) announced in a press release that it is adding a new solution to its WellsOne Virtual Commercial Card , enabling business customers to digitally pay invoices to suppliers and others.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 5, 2020

Brex, the corporate card and financial product startup, has partnered with human resources company TriNet to reach new customers through exclusive rewards. Brex aims to reach the more than 18,000 TriNet client companies through cash-back rewards on coffee, gyms and food delivery with the tie-up.? “If

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