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Affirm Looks To Launch Everyday-Use Virtual Cards

Bank Innovation

Affirm, the lending startup that provides loans at the POS, is looking into launching everyday-use virtual credit cards, Bank Innovation has learned. The company, launched by a PayPal cofounder Max Levchin, provides point-of-sale loans that allow customers, particularly millennials, to finance purchases with participating merchants.

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OnePlus Brings Mobile Payment Platform To China

PYMNTS

Chinese smartphone manufacturer OnePlus said it would debut its mobile payment system this year when its OnePlus 7T series of mobile phones rolled out in September 2019. The company’s mobile payment platform is now said to be live in China, GizChina reported.

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Millennials Actually Trust Traditional Banks More than Venmo

Bank Innovation

No matter what industry you’re in, the chance of success depends on the knowledge and insight you have regarding your customer base, which for both traditional banking institutions and fintech startups means focusing on millennials.

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Focus: New-To-Credit Millennials, Credit-Rating Systems & Borrowing Credit

BankBazaar

Owing much to the changes in banking trends and the emergence of fintech companies, millennials across India have become open to the idea of borrowing credit. Access to credit products such as Credit Cards and loans may be rather easy today, but it wasn’t the case till a few years ago. Check out these amazing offers on Credit Cards!

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Mastercard Card Clearing In China, Unattended Retail, Rapid Settlements Top This Week’s News

PYMNTS

11 to set up a bank card clearing business, providing it with access to a $27 trillion payments market. The People’s Bank of China said it has approved an application by Mastercard’s Chinese joint venture to run a bank card clearing business in the nation. Reynolds CEO: Recreating Grocery’s Home Goods Aisle For The Millennial.

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How Digital Disbursements Tools Are Changing Low-Dollar Lending

PYMNTS

As Americans increasingly turn to their mobile devices to instantly pay through peer-to-peer (P2P) services like Venmo and Zelle, the act of writing a check or heading to the ATM for quick cash is becoming a thing of the past. What we’re trying to do is bring that technology to lending.”. P2P Payments To Power Loans.

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Breaking Payments Stereotypes And Finding New Commerce Avenues

PYMNTS

As we mark an historic IPO anniversary , it’s becoming even more clear that mobile commerce stereotypes need to be overcome. And the conventional wisdom on alternative lending comes in for a gut check as more merchants learn how to reverse the course on subscription churn. 18 percent: Average current interest rate for credit cards.

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