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COVID-19 Scams Target The Business Community

PYMNTS

government's inability to curb the risk of fraud that emerged during the first round of PPP funding. According to the WSJ, nearly 1,500 firms are facing allegations of fraud after receiving a combined $2 billion in federal stimulus aid, while an additional 432 companies are said to have laid off staff after receiving their PPP loans.

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

CB Insights

Fraud prevention tools. Business lending and corporate cards. Additionally, the company must underwrite risk, and is on the hook in the event of fraud or returned items. Payments companies assumed risk for losses associated with chargebacks, fraud, KYC, or AML, while also providing support, dispute management, and reporting.

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2021 GonzoBanker Awards

Gonzobanker

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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Fintech Fundings: 36 Companies Raise $480 Million Week Ending March 18

Fintech Labs Insights

million for its P2P lending platform for small businesses. Emailage raised an undisclosed sum for its fraud prevention technology keyed off email address. Alt-lender focused on lending against existing automobile titles. HQ: Chicago, Illinois. P2P real estate lending marketplace. Peer-to-peer lending marketplace.

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242 Startup Failure Post-Mortems

CB Insights

BTCjam, a P2P marketplace launched in 2012 to borrow and lend using bitcoin, announced the company has made “the difficult decision” to close up shop, according to multiple news sources. Note: Less than a month after the closure announcement, Vasupal was arrested for fraud in a bizarre case involving Stayzilla business dealings.

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