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First Bankcard, Provident Bank Team For Commercial Payments

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First Bankcard , a division of First National Bank of Omaha , has formed a strategic partnership with Provident Bank , First Bankcard announced Wednesday (Jan. The corporate card program has higher limits to accommodate individual client spending habits.

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Credit Card Charge-Offs Reach Highest Rate Since 2009

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Moody’s Investors Service reported Thursday (June 8) that credit card charge-offs — debts that are so delinquent that lending institutions have basically given up on collecting them — are at their highest rate since 2009 , possibly due to loosening lending standards. Synchrony Financial saw the highest charge-off rate at 5.4

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Zest AI raises $18 million in funding

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Underwriting software provider Zest AI has raised $18 million in a funding round led by VyStar Credit Union and the First National Bank of Omaha, the firm announced last week.

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Why AI Risk Tech And Banks Could Be A Match Made In Heaven

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A solution, he told PYMNTS four years ago , that had nothing to do with financial services or lending at all — they were actually studying hiring and figuring out ways to track employability over time with data. Our simple idea was that better technology and better data science could improve access to credit,” Girouard said.

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Walmart Amazon Whole Paycheck Tracker: New Expansions, Partnerships And Reorganizations

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According to reports out earlier this week, Goldman Sachs and Amazon are in discussions about possibly partnering for small and medium-sized (SMB) business lending in the U.S. The partnership would apply Goldman’s lending technology to SMB loans on Amazon’s underwriting platform, according to unnamed sources.

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Cabela’s Up On The Block And The Bids Are Coming In

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When rumors of sales and acquisitions start popping up, it’s usually in a given retailer’s best interest to play their cards close to the chest and avoid spooking investors and markets alike. However, there’s only so long gossip like that can be kept under wraps, and especially so for sought-after Cabela’s.

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

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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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