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

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“Given how much the demand for installments is increasing, we are also using the already existing parts of the credit system today to scale installment payments with every [Visa] card across the board,” Cetin Duransoy , Visa ’s global head of installment solutions, told PYMNTS. Fast and Furious BNPL Action.

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Square Tries To Create A Bank, Again

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San Francisco-based FinTech company Square, known for its white card readers, has once again decided to become a banking establishment, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal. billion in cash advances and loans through Square Capital , its digital lending subsidiary. Square said it has already given out more than $3.5

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PayPal Teams With ebizmarts To Integrate With Magento

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PayPal has inked a deal with point-of-sale (POS) company ebizmarts to help retailers offer both POS and digital payments. According to news from Mobile Payments Today , under the partnership, PayPal’s mobile card product will be combined with ebizmart’s mobile app Magento.

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Stripe Teardown: How The $35B Payments Company Plans To Supercharge Online Retail

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As businesses and consumers become more comfortable using credit cards online, the proportion of US commerce that takes place online has steadily increased over the last 20 years. Virtual card issuance. Business lending and corporate cards. Fraud prevention tools. Supporting merchant partner growth. Source: Stripe.

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Why The ICBA Is Fighting Industrial Loan Charters For FinTechs

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All industrial banks are chartered in Utah – and there are only 17 such charters issued, 15 of which are currently active. Walmart claimed it wanted to leverage the proposed bank mainly for the purpose of lowering costs of its backroom processing of check and credit card transactions and to offer high-interest certificates of deposits.

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2021 GonzoBanker Awards

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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. Rex Johnson, Baxter Credit Union founder and former CEO – Rex was a legend in the credit union industry who will always be remembered as the “Yoda” of lending.

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THE 16TH ANNUAL GONZOBANKER AWARDS

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Best Free Market Research a Retail Banker Will Ever Get. The 2016 Gonzo Marketing Medal – Goes to Elevations Credit Union for its “Egg Lending” campaign. A “Making a Difference” Nod – Goes to S andy Dubois, executive secretary at People’s Utah Bancorp in American Fork, Utah, for her work in establishing “Project Teddy Bear.”

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