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London FinTech Glint Pay Launches Gold-Backed Debit Card

PYMNTS

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 card was released in the U.S. The debit card was introduced early in 2018 in Europe. Users are then given a debit card, licensed by Mastercard USA. on Monday (July 29).

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B2B Lender Liberis Raises £32M

PYMNTS

Liberis , a London-based FinTech that lends to small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) for future credit and debit card sales, has raised £32 million (more than $42 million), according to City A.M. The FinTech has offices in Denver, London and Stockholm. It also has plans to expand its workforce by 30 percent.

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5 New Year’s Resolutions For Any Sized Bank That You Must Get Right in 2023

South State Correspondent

Popular projects for 2023 include online loan and deposit onboarding utilizing third-party data to speed the process, compliance-as-a-service, payments, card controls, service case management, leveraging data for customer insights, and providing open banking APIs to customers. Remember all those five-year fixed-rate loans you booked at 4%?

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US Bankcards Industry Benchmarking Trends: 2023 Q1 Update

FICO

Trends in the macro environment are seen throughout the credit card industry Rising prices, increases in the cost of securing and carrying debt, and the fear of higher unemployment rates are trickling through to consumer behavior on credit cards. Credit card lenders are not only dealing with higher loss forecasts in 2023.

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US Bankcards Industry Benchmarking Trends: 2022 Q4 Update

FICO

Increasing of the fed funding rates leads to higher interest rates when seeking new credit or carrying balances on credit cards. For example, the average interest rate on credit cards accruing interest in Q4 2022 was 20.40% compared to 16.44% in Q4 2021 (Source: Federal Reserve G.19 19 report on Consumer Credit).

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Top 63 Online Digital Banks for U.S. Consumers (Nov 2023)

Fintech Labs Insights

Centered around deposit and debit/charge card services Predominantly focused on consumers Primarily digitally delivered (rules out Wells Fargo, BofA, and the majority of traditional banks*) Founded since 1999 Do you run a small business :? Let’s start with our definition. Looking for small business resources?

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Launching: Self Lender Helps Build Credit with Digital "Credit-Builder" Loans

Fintech Labs Insights

That''s created a Catch-22 around new credit that Denver-based startup Self Lender looks to address. Users can make their monthly transfers via ACH, debit card, paper check/money orders, or via cash through PayNearMe''s network. Therefore, with no credit history or score, it becomes even harder to get credit.

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