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Chime, Challenger Banks And The Challenges Of (Lofty) Valuations

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On a day that saw a stock market rout – particularly on the tech-heavy NASDAQ, which was down a percent – in at least some areas of finance, investors remain sanguine. Perhaps “overly optimistic” might be the mindset that marks private markets. Regional players like BankUnited have even smaller market caps (at about $2 billion).

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Top 10 Crypto scams to look for in 2023

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Crypto market a perfect environment for fraud. The events of the past year have been marked by significant volatility and the exposure of vulnerabilities in the crypto-asset sector," read a joint statement from the Federal Reserve, FDIC, and the OCC. Growing popularity. The invested crypto goes straight into the scammer's wallet.

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High-Yield Deposit Accounts Come To Robo-Advisory Service Betterment

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High-yield checking and savings are now being offered by online wealth advisor Betterment as a way to attract new customers. . Profits from the new offerings will come from debit card interchange fees, the article said. Like other FinTechs, Betterment will partner with FDIC-insured institutions since it doesn’t have a bank charter.

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Chime, Challenger Banks And The Challenges Of (Lofty) Valuations

PYMNTS

On a day that saw a stock market rout – particularly on the tech-heavy NASDAQ, which was down a percent – in at least some areas of finance, investors remain sanguine. Perhaps “overly optimistic” might be the mindset that marks private markets. Regional players like BankUnited have even smaller market caps (at about $2 billion).

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FIS, Fiserv, Infosys In The Running For Robinhood’s Bank Business

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Last week Robinhood, the company behind the free mobile trading app, filed an application to open an online bank that would be FDIC insured and offer high rates on savings and low rates on credit cards. Marcus, the online lending unit of Goldman Sachs, uses Infosys for its core banking platform, the report noted.

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SoFi Officially Files For A Bank Charter Of Its Own

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Which means it really doesn’t come as all that huge a surprise that as of June 6th, SoFi had applied for a new (de novo) bank charter according to the FDIC. Instead, SoFi as a bank will exist so it can “provide its customers an FDIC insured NOW account and a credit card product. SoFi has confirmed the news.

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Reacting Quickly to SVB Fallout, Mercury Launches Vault, with $5M FDIC Deposit Insurance

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Within days of the fall of Silicon Valley Bank, challenger small-business banking provider Mercury , was in market with a timely solution to deposit insurance stress. The new Mercury Vault ( company announcement , 13 March 2023 ) includes $5M of FDIC insurance (achieved by shipping deposits in excess of $250k to a network of 20 banks).

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