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PSCU And Welcome Technologies Team Up On Credit Card Aimed At Immigrants

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Welcome Technologies , which builds data-driven tech for immigrant communities, has chosen PSCU , a credit union service organization, to provide processing services and support for the first credit card program to be offered by Welcome, an online consumer platform that focuses on immigrant communities, according to a press release.

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A Decade On, Lending Transformed By Crisis And Innovation

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And in lending, with the financial crisis in the rearview mirror, a decade on, invention – okay, innovation – has become a hallmark, at least in some corners. But a standstill in the credit markets created a vacuum for a bit, at least along traditional lending conduits. Mortgages and Credit Cards and Student Debt…. Mortgages ?

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FIS Partners With Liberis For SMB Alt Lending

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Florida FinTech Fidelity National Information Services (FIS) is partnering with London FinTech Liberis , to offer small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) an alternative funding source, FIS announced in a press release Wednesday (Jan. FIS merchants in the U.S.

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Off The Continent And Into Puerto Rico For Online SMB Lending

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In a partnership formed recently with Puerto Rico’s Oriental Bank, Biz2Credit said late last month that it has begun offering its digital lending platform to the bank’s commercial clients. Drilling down a bit into the Puerto Rico market in particular, Arora noted some differences between small business lending versus, say, the United States.

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Military Lending Improvement Act of 2018 Introduced in the U.S. Senate

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Bill Nelson (D-Florida) introduced S. 3334 captioned “ The Military Lending Improvement Act of 2018” in the United States Senate to “expand and improve” credit protections afforded to service members by the Military Lending Act (MLA) and the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA). On August 1, 2018, Sen.

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The Main Street Rescue That Wasn’t (And Still Isn’t)

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To that end, as evidenced by a number of statistics (and no shortage of commentary), the Main Street lending program — designed to, well, help Main Street — is falling short. The Main Street lending program is focused on companies that cannot raise funds in the capital markets through issuing, say, bonds, or selling equity.

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Kabbage Steps Up Payments Offering With SMB Loans

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Alternative lending firm Kabbage is introducing a new loan product that offers customized cash flow solutions to small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), the payments startup announced on Tuesday (Feb. percent per credit card transaction until June 2020. The new loan product for Kabbage Payments customers aims to give U.S.

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