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CFPB settles with military base retailer and related companies for alleged unlawful debt collection practices

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Mishkin As part of this week’s flurry of enforcement-related announcements, the CFPB announced the settlement of a lawsuit filed jointly with the Attorneys General of North Carolina and Virginia against Freedom Stores, Inc. CFPB Enforcement Debt Collection Military Issues cfbp debt collection military'

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Fans and Foes of OCC True Lender Rule Spar at Senate Committee “Rent-a-Bank” Hearing

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The rule disallows “rent-a-bank schemes” where the bank allows its name to be used on loan documents but disclaims any compliance responsibility for loans, as pointed out in a recent letter to the Committee from Blake Paulson, Acting Comptroller of the Currency.

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The 2023 GonzoBanker Awards

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In addition, it has has opened more than 400,000 debit cards and is opening as many as 75,000 per month, creating a whole other disruption risk we need to discuss. Venmo and Cash App have moved to add merchant adoption as the big revenue opportunity for their growth and the potential for alternative payments displacing cards is real.

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Spreedly Raises $2.5 Million in New Funding

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” Spreedly helps marketplaces and platforms accept a wider range of payment types while reducing cost, complexity, and compliance burden. Founded in January 2008 and headquartered in Durham, North Carolina, 12-person Spreedly demonstrated its universal credit card, token technology at its FinDEVr 2015 debut in San Francisco.

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Fintech Fundings: 23 Companies Raise $120 Million Week Ending Oct 30

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HQ: Durham, North Carolina. Virtual card numbers on the fly. Tags: Payments, security, debit/credit cards, consumer. Open API issuer/payment processor platform. Latest round: $25 million Series C. Total raised: $45.5 HQ: Emeryville, California. Source: Crunchbase. Electronic trading marketplace for corporate bonds.

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Fintech Fundings: 32 Companies Raise $210 Million Second Week of July

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Compliance Science. Compliance platform for financial institutions. Lost/stolen credit & debit card solution. HQ: Morrisville, North Carolina. Tags: SMB, merchants, credit/debit cards, acquiring, bitcoin, crypto-currency, blockchain, point of sale. P2P currency exchange. Latest round: $8.4 million Seed.

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Fintech Fundings: 22 Companies Raise $300 Million Plus 2 IPOs Raise $5.9 Billion

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Gift cards backed with public company equity. Fingerprint-authenticated payment card. Bitcoin compliance solutions. Card rewards management. HQ: Raleigh, North Carolina. Tags: SMB, small business, merchants, acquiring, payments, mPOS, cards. Source: Re/Code. HQ: San Jose, California. Scorechain.