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Call It Alt-Credit Or POS Lending, ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ Just Got Bigger

PYMNTS

That alternative method of paying for purchases “on credit” got a boost with news this week that Visa Installments , a new point-of-sale (POS) credit solution, is being rolled out in pilot markets across the U.S. This follows a pilot rollout in Russia last month. Fast and Furious BNPL Action. The account comes with 1.30

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2021 GonzoBanker Awards

Gonzobanker

Lots of tech and operations to clean up, it appears, but no solid bank is better qualified than the team from Minneapolis. million gets the vaunted consumer lender a much-prized bank charter, low-cost deposits to juice current earnings, and a business lending capability to drive future growth. Acronym of the Year. Has to be M-O-E.

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Ballard Spahr Submits Comment Letter to OCC in Support of Proposed True Lender Rule

CFPB Monitor

Our letter draws on Ballard Spahr’s two-plus decades of experience in representing banks and savings associations (“Banks”) in establishing lending programs (“Bank-Agent Programs”) where a Bank obtains substantial assistance from a fintech or other non-Bank company (an “Agent”) to offer Bank loans to consumers or small businesses.

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

Fintech Labs Insights

The legacy players held their market share by providing digital services deemed “good enough” to retain customers loath to switch banks. 161 $323 21 Branch 357 2015 Minneapolis 222,000 $633 22 Albert 315 2015 LA 1,270,000 $176 23 Current 307 2015 NYC 856,000 $402 24 Greenlight 302 2014 Atlanta 458,000 3.8

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Fintech Fundings: 38 Companies Raised $300 Million First Week of June

Fintech Labs Insights

Prepaid debit card for youth. Alt-lending. Tags: Consumer, merchants, POS, point of sale financing, lending, credit, underwriting. Source: Crunchbase. Mobile savings account. Latest round: $22.5 million Series B. Total raised: $36.3 HQ: San Francisco, California. Source: Crunchbase. Qingshongchou Network Technology.

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Fintech Fundings: 18 Companies Raise $230 Million Week Ending June 11

Fintech Labs Insights

million in a private placement bringing their market cap to $8.6 Alt-lending platform to SMBs. HQ: Minneapolis, Minnesota. Alt-lending for the elective surgery industry. Tags: P2P, peer-to-peer lending, underwriting, investing, SMB, small biz, Finovate alum. Bright Funds raised a $1.8 Latest round: $129 million.

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Fintech Fundings: 21 Companies Raise $440 Million Week Ending July 23

Fintech Labs Insights

The second biggest round was also in the insurance arena, as Sweden’s BIMA (aka Milvik ) raised $38 million for its micro-insurance products in emerging markets. Mobile insurance provider in emerging markets. CircleBack Lending. Consumer lending P2P marketplace. government. HQ: Darien, Connecticut. BIMA (Milvik).

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