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OCTOBER 1, 2020

Goldman Sachs has beat out competitor Barclays to buy General Motors (GM)'s credit card business, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal (WSJ). billion, and it furthers Goldman Sachs' push into Main Street lending. Without a well-known brand or branches, Goldman has turned to partnerships like the Apple Card , which had $4.5

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Abrigo

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Data collection for small business lenders Financial institutions, fintech companies, and other small business lenders will need to begin collecting a wide array of small business lending data under the Consumer Financial Protection Board’s (CFPB) proposed small business lending data collection rule. Proposal Issued. securities credit.

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Perficient

JANUARY 24, 2023

As a baseball card collector since childhood, I remember when eBay opened its URL back in 1995. One could buy and sell baseball cards on the site but had to mail a check, or await the arrival of a check, via snail mail. Baseball card heaven for both buyer and seller. Consider the evolution of eBay.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

Cape , a new Australian FinTech made up of professionals in finance, is debuting its new “recession fighting” credit card, powered by open banking and intended to allow access to new functions like buy now, pay later (BNPL), according to a report from AltFi. Common plans offer four-installment payments as ways to buy items.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 20, 2016

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. The report noted Vullo’s remarks follow the launch last week of Goldman Sachs’ online lending platform, dubbed Marcus.

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MAY 2, 2017

In a partnership formed recently with Puerto Rico’s Oriental Bank, Biz2Credit said late last month that it has begun offering its digital lending platform to the bank’s commercial clients. Drilling down a bit into the Puerto Rico market in particular, Arora noted some differences between small business lending versus, say, the United States.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Smaller companies were the focus of innovation in the commercial card space this week thanks to new cards designed for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). American Express, Amazon Rollout Card For UK SMBs. American Express rolled out co-branded cards with Amazon for British SMBs.

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Independent Banker

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Digital lending capabilities are quickly becoming table stakes, particularly when it comes to small business lending. It’s critical for community banks to have online loan applications, process automation staff skilled in digitization and more. Benefits of digital lending. Ensure a more consistent lending process.

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Bank Innovation

MAY 8, 2017

Affirm, the lending startup that provides loans at the POS, is looking into launching everyday-use virtual credit cards, Bank Innovation has learned. Once approved, consumers receive a one-time use virtual card via Affirm’s […].

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CB Insights

AUGUST 16, 2021

Upgrade , an online lending platform, has raised $105M in a Series E. Since its inception in 2017, Upgrade has provided mainstream customers with over $7B in credit through cards and loans. Since its inception in 2017, Upgrade has provided mainstream customers with over $7B in credit through cards and loans.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 23, 2018

As mobile wallets and consumer-to-business payments platforms grow in popularity as the preferred payment method among retail shoppers, it seems only natural that merchants should consider digital POS lending or instant financing options as a means to encourage more online purchases. Indeed, they are. Read More.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 17, 2016

Not all is lost in the online lending space. The company makes loans to people who seek to pay off their credit card debt. The publication also noted that, according to financial consultant Todd Baker, some online lenders must transition to resemble traditional models, perhaps emulating or doing business with those firms.

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AUGUST 15, 2019

Monzo , an online bank out of London, has added loans to its menu of services, the Financial Times reported on Thursday (Aug. can apply for loans as the online bank advances its efforts toward profitability. . He added that jumping into more traditional lending “can get us a good way to profitability, if not even all the way.”.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Goldman, according to reports in Bloomberg, would be added to the Amazon lending platform, which has traditionally helped merchants get the funding they need to get inventory. Amazon Lending traces its roots back to 2011, and the company had $863 million in SMB loans, according to recent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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BankBazaar

JANUARY 25, 2024

What have your Credit Card ’s ancestors been up to? There’s probably nothing new we can tell you about the Credit Card. Today, we’re aiming at remedying that, so we’re all left with a new-found respect for our spend-friends and who knows, maybe it’ll just inspire us to go find the right Credit Card to fit our finances!

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Bank Innovation

APRIL 10, 2018

EXCLUSIVE— Lending startup Upgrade is opening a new personal credit line today, designed to give customers all of the benefits of credit with none of its flaws. The product is essentially a cross between a typically credit card and a traditional personal loan, Renaud Laplanche, company CEO and c0-founder, told Bank Innovation.

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Perficient

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Taking out a credit card and entering its number is a friction point that can cause consumers to abandon both online purchases (7% of abandoned online carts are due to not having a credit card handy or the same credit card accepted by the merchant) and in-person purchase decisions. from a bank.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Card networks like Mastercard are seeking ways to bring faster disbursements to workers that may be living paycheck to paycheck or are reliant on gig or freelance work. Consumers are fairly used to applying for everything from a personal to a business loan online. Deep Dive: How Instant Payments Are Changing The Lending Industry.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

From flexible repayment plans for cash flow management to sustainability programs that offset carbon emissions from fleet vehicles, the commercial card is versatile in this week's innovation roundup. American Express is expanding its Pay Over Time offering on credit card bills to business cardholders in the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

JUNE 5, 2019

Cards (as in prepaid, stored-value cards that consumers can use for gambling, payroll and a variety of other uses, many of them novel) are only half the battle. To get a sense of how the world of payments and cards has changed, Cregan told Webster a story about a conference he attended in Las Vegas in 2009. Take payroll cards.

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Payments Source

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Nearly 70% of consumers surveyed said they were confident in their ability to pay their full monthly statement in December, up 5 percentage points from November, according to monthly data from the online lending marketplace LendingTree.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Apple and Goldman Sachs, through joint efforts, will issue a credit card that links with the iPhone, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday (Feb. The new card is aimed at helping consumers with money management, and bringing the companies into new areas of business.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

That need for speed is also critical when it comes to loan disbursements , according to Paul Gu, co-founder and head of product for personal lending provider Upstart , as slow payouts can create frictions and frustrate customers. Disbursements in the Lending World. Instant Payments, Lending and New Technologies.

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CFPB Monitor

DECEMBER 13, 2021

The report discusses the Bureau’s examinations in the areas of credit card account management, debt collection, deposits, fair lending, mortgage servicing, payday lending, prepaid accounts, and remittances that were completed between January 2021 and June 2021. Credit card management. Fair lending. Payday lending.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

And in lending, with the financial crisis in the rearview mirror, a decade on, invention – okay, innovation – has become a hallmark, at least in some corners. But a standstill in the credit markets created a vacuum for a bit, at least along traditional lending conduits. Mortgages and Credit Cards and Student Debt…. Mortgages ?

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PYMNTS

MAY 31, 2019

The 2008 financial crisis gave rise to the alternative lending market as a result of a massive gap in available capital, especially for small businesses and startups. It encouraged banks to develop their own digital lending solutions and collaborate with their one-time rivals to step up the borrowing experience for SMBs.

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Bank Innovation

JULY 12, 2016

Scandals aside, Lending Club has been doing well in the area that mattered — borrowers were paying back their loans. But a new report from the Wall Street Journal indicates that chargeoff rates at Lending Club are up 38% since 2013. This is troubling because credit card default rates decreased over the Read More.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2020

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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PYMNTS

MARCH 7, 2019

The card network has partnered with Open Banking service Konsentus to add an identity and regulatory checking service to its roster of Open Banking tools and technologies. How PSD2 is Changing Lending in the U.K. For more on the security and privacy issues surrounding these regulations, visit the Tracker’s News & Trends section.

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PYMNTS

JULY 4, 2018

As a consumer lending category with the fastest growth, outstanding balances for personal loans jumped by about 18 percent to $120 billion in the first quarter. A lot of credit goes to the FinTech lenders for reinvigorating a loan category that’s been around forever,” Jason Laky, TransUnion ’s consumer-lending business lead, told Bloomberg.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 2, 2020

In today’s top news, the European Central Bank outlines use cases for a digital euro, and Goldman Sachs will buy GM’s credit card business. for General Motor's Credit Card Business. Goldman Sachs will buy General Motors’ credit card business for approximately $2.5 Online Auto Sales Are Where the Rubber Meets the Road .

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PYMNTS

JULY 6, 2017

Online and alternative lending is satiating consumers’ need for speed when it comes to accessing finance. But, while an online loan decision may be near-instant, borrowers may still have to wait several days to actually see the money — and what’s the good in news like that? It’s a no-brainer,” said Edwards.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Small business lending platform Biz2Credit is collaborating with consulting firm Infosys to expand its white label small business lending-as-a-service solution to more financial institutions. We look to partner with leading FinTechs such as Biz2Credit, which are at the forefront of online business financing.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 6, 2018

China has ordered a lockdown of Beijing’s financial district Monday (August 6) to prevent individuals from protesting a crisis in the peer-to-peer (P2P) lending marketplace. Police were checking identity cards of anyone entering the area to prevent organized demonstrations by groups of investors that lost money as P2P lenders went under.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 15, 2019

American Express, the payments company, reported Monday (April 15) that credit card delinquency rates in March were flat with February, which should be welcome news as investors look for more signs the U.S. consumer cards was 1.5 It was also hit by write-offs in its lending business that increases. economy could be slowing.

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BankBazaar

AUGUST 12, 2021

The lending industry has evolved with time, and now thanks to BNPL plans, the world has more options to pay for its needs than ever before. With the pandemic hitting hard, online shopping has seen a monumental rise in the last year. At the same time, BNPL is slated to become the fastest-growing online payment method.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

While recognizing that digital currencies do pose risks, including the possibility of imposing “a macro-economic cost,” Haldane argued that a digital currency could mitigate technological constraints on lending, provide additional payments security, and increase stability. “I Freeman allegedly worked with five co-conspirators.

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