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Today In Digital-First Banking: Ternio’s BlockCard Collaborates With Paxful For Debit Card; Fed Changes Main Street Lending Terms

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In today’s top news in digital-first banking, BlockCard is teaming with peer-to-peer (P2P) bitcoin marketplace Paxful for a new crypto debit card, while the Federal Reserve Board has modified the terms of its Main Street Lending Program (MSLP). Ternio’s BlockCard Teams With P2P Bitcoin Marketplace Paxful for Crypto Debit Card.

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Commercial Cards Find Opportunity In Transparency, Lower Fees

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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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What Is Powering The Emerging Pawnaissance?

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While short-term lending in general has a pretty rough reputation, the pawn loan is the most ill-regarded arena in an already unloved category of consumer lending. The loan amount a borrower can get from a pawnbroker is determined solely by the value of the item itself; as in most forms of short-term lending, there is no credit check.

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PayPal Teams With ebizmarts To Integrate With Magento

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According to news from Mobile Payments Today , under the partnership, PayPal’s mobile card product will be combined with ebizmart’s mobile app Magento. In addition, employers can directly deposit their wages into accounts, while debit cards can withdraw cash at ATMs.

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Sizzle Or Fizzle: Facebook, Online Lending, Cash – And The Twilio Surge

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Last week , Walmart Pay rolled out in Alabama and Georgia. Online lending . Costco Card. The Costco Card has generated a lot of buzz. But all that buzz was based on anticipation and the hope that the card would be all it is cracked up to be. Slam dunk sizzle. Is payment enabling those storefronts next? .

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B2B eCommerce Tips The VC Scales

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based alternative small business lending isn’t dead with investors and an India startup landed more than half a billion dollars. million investment round in commercial card startup DiviPay, reports said this week, via the bank’s venture capital unit ANZi. See all of the latest B2B fundraises below. SaaSOptics.

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How Automated Authentication Helps Propel SMB Loan Disbursements

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The small- to medium-sized business (SMB) lending industry is in a unique position during the pandemic. This importance is especially tangible because many SMBs remain underserved by traditional banks, Kathryn Petralia , co-founder and president of Atlanta, Georgia-based SMB lender Kabbage , explained in a recent interview with PYMNTS. “Of

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