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Newly delinquent credit card users now top pre-pandemic levels: New York Fed

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credit card balances continue to march above $1 trillion, the number of newly delinquent credit card users now exceeds the pre-pandemic average and millennials and those with student or auto loans are driving the increase in past-due payments, the New York Fed said.

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New York Banks Should Get Into Online Lending

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Online lending may be dominated by startup companies based outside of New York, but the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) wants New York banks to get into the business as well. “Don’t be left behind.” “Don’t be left behind.”

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Fed Bets Trillions In SMB Lending That Consumers Will Return

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A quick recovery may be in the cards. Federal Reserve said that it had launched a multi-trillion dollar lending program that targets smaller businesses, and in a broadened salvo, targets local governments, too. economy, that “we want to avoid a false start” tied to a partial reopening and a new spike in coronavirus cases.

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Payroll Cards Find Opportunity In Corporates’ Digitization Push

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With the pandemic nudging businesses further into the digital payments realm, commercial card innovation is heating up to capitalize on the opportunity for adoption. Boost Bolsters BMO Harris Bank’s Biz Cards. Global Cash Card’s Legal Saga Ends. ADP Eyes Payroll Card Adoption Jump.

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Enticing Suppliers, Buyers To Embrace The Commercial Card

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Commercial cards remain only a fraction of the B2B payments space, but FinTech firms, banks and other financial service providers continue to develop new solutions aimed at boosting adoption. For companies like SmartEquip and Unified Payments Group , that means introducing new ways to lift the burden of suppliers accepting cards.

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Digital Bank Monzo Jumps Into Lending In The UK

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Monzo is “more nuanced than we were probably two or three years ago,” CEO Tom Blomfield told the news outlet. He added that jumping into more traditional lending “can get us a good way to profitability, if not even all the way.”. The company is hopeful that its consumer lending division will lead to profits, according to the report.

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NY Fed: Credit Applications, Acceptances Plunge During Pandemic

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A new survey has revealed the steep plummet the consumer credit market took as the pandemic began, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York reported. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Center for Microeconomic Data released results on Monday (Dec. Debit card spending, however, was up.

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