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

PYMNTS

This week it was Minnesota, and then yesterday Walmart really got warmed up and announced the expansion of their new payments service in: Michigan, Virginia, the Carolinas, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Tennessee, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi and Washington, D.C. Online lending .

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NY DFS announces multistate investigation of payroll advance industry

CFPB Monitor

In its press release, the DFS claims that the investigation will look into “allegations of unlawful online lending” and “will help determine whether these payroll advance practices are usurious and harming consumers.” North Carolina Office of the Commissioner of Banks. North Dakota Department of Financial Institutions.

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The Big Gorilla

Independent Banker

Far more than any other issue, regulatory compliance is the biggest challenge community bankers experienced in 2015, with 43 percent naming it as such in ICBA’s State of the Community Banking Industry survey. See ICBA’s legislative summary online at www.icba.org/advocacy/highwaybill.). Fearful of mistakes. Making adjustments.

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The case for end-to-end digital lending

Independent Banker

In early 2021, the $490 million-asset community bank launched its Finastra Consumerbot product, which offers online applications for consumer loans for items like boats and vehicles. began offering online applications nearly a decade ago and rolled out its custom online loan application tool in 2016.

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Deep Dive: The Unfolding Legacy Of South Dakota v. Wayfair

PYMNTS

Charging sales tax on online purchases made at out-of-state businesses has therefore become a tempting target for states seeking to maintain strong financial bases and to level the playing field between in-state sellers and remote online retailers. Such a levy was not legal until last year’s South Dakota v.