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Brex Offers FDIC Insurance, Adds Chief Legal Officer

PYMNTS

The new feature in Brex Cash allows customers the choice to hold cash savings with FDIC insurance, or invest in Money Market Funds. a financial services holding company based in Kansas City, Missouri. Brex said the FDIC insurance on uninvested cash reserves up to $250,000 is the result of a partnership with UMB Financial Corp. ,

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Small banks: Big challenges and big opportunities

Abrigo

For smaller banks, longer-term industry consolidation trends and competition are also eroding deposit market share. According to the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City , community banks’ deposit market share dropped to 15% in 2022 from 22% in 2013. Check out our 1071 compliance resources. “A The result?

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Online Sales Tax’s ‘Pivotal,’ Post-Wayfair 2019 — And What Lies Ahead

PYMNTS

In an interview with PYMNTS, Liz Armbruester, senior vice president of Global Compliance at Avalara , said 2019 represented a watershed year for tax compliance as states embraced the economic nexus model and passed marketplace facilitator laws. Even the consequences of non-compliance can be fragmented. And we’re not done.”.

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Another Maryland threat to bank partner model lending

CFPB Monitor

In the litigation that followed , Maryland’s highest court held that nonbanks cannot market loans originated by a bank without being licensed as credit services businesses, and affirmed $5.6 In 2016, the OCFR brought an enforcement action against CashCall, a nonbank operating a high-rate bank model program.

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Sizzle Or Fizzle: Facebook, Online Lending, Cash – And The Twilio Surge

PYMNTS

But Facebook got the jump on the news cycle this week with the big news that it was opening up Facebook Canvas for retailers and other marketers on the site, as opposed to just advertis e rs. But maybe only for a l ittle while , since o ne soaring IPO on a big up day in the stock market does not a unicorn exit strategy make. .

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Ben Pankonin named “Executive of the Year” by SPN

Social Assurance

Pankonin joined eight other businesses and individuals who were recognized for their outstanding contributions to start-up communities in the Midwest from Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas and Missouri. The platform allows for leveraging all marketing collateral to help financial institutions to market with confidence.

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Fintech Fundings: 9 Companies Raise $73 Million Week Ending Dec 31

Fintech Labs Insights

Social media financial compliance specialist Gremln raised $1.4 Payments and commerce solutions for unbanked in emerging markets. Social media management & compliance for financial institutions . Louis, Missouri. Tags: Enterprise, compliance, social media, regulations, marketing, Finovate alum.