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Figure CEO: Figure Pay, National Bank Charter Will Boost Financial Inclusion

PYMNTS

While many digital-first companies springboard from payments into lending, Figure Technologies , a FinTech focused on home improvement, debt consolidation and retirement products that leverage blockchain protocols, is branching out from lending into payments. Blockchain and a bank charter might do much to boost financial inclusion.

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Rebeca Romero Rainey: We make every day better

Independent Banker

I’ll be speaking at the community banking program at Montana State University, visiting TCM Bank in Tampa, Fla., We will spark fresh momentum around key initiatives—such as advocating for a level playing field and expanding our technology offerings—as we assemble as a community. Where I’ll be this month. Rebeca Romero Rainey.

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Try as they might, state courts cannot override the FAA in enforcing online arbitration agreements

CFPB Monitor

Uber Technologies, Inc. , In a seminal opinion by Justice Ginsburg, the Supreme Court held that the FAA preempted a Montana statute that provided: “Notice that a contract is subject to arbitration. The FAA thus displaces the Montana statute with respect to arbitration agreements covered by the Act.

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The Digital Evolution Of The Online Gaming Ecosystem

PYMNTS

states, with only Arizona, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada and Washington labeling DFS as illegal. Fighting that means building an onboarding process that makes the platform inaccessible to fraudsters from the start, noted Jennifer Aguiar, vice president of compliance and risk for DraftKings , during a recent interview with PYMNTS.

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