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Varo Achieves Milestone As First Consumer FinTech To Get National Charter

PYMNTS

On Friday (July 31), the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) announced Varo Bank has been granted its full-service national bank charter. As a new national bank, Varo joins the world’s most respected system of financial institutions and has the opportunity to become a household name as many other national banks have become.”.

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Uber Eats Says Customers Donated $3M To Help Unemployed Workers

PYMNTS

Uber Eats said it will send its matched portion to the National Restaurant Association’s Restaurant Employee Relief Fund. As reported in early April, the National Restaurant Association created the fund to support U.S. Two days later, it expanded citywide and then was introduced over the next week to the rest of the nation. “We

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Regional Banks Guide Corporates To Future-Proof Accounts Payable

PYMNTS

People’s United Bank Senior Vice President of Treasury Management Cris Sigovitch told PYMNTS that while access to payables FinTech solutions is important, perhaps even more essential is access to a trusted partner that can guide firms toward a resilient and future-proof AP department. . ” Offering the Right Tools.

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A bridge to affordable housing

Independent Banker

Daniel Galindo, pictured, and Doug Schaeffer of Woodforest National Bank helped involve the community bank in providing funding for and access to affordable housing. Name: Woodforest National Bank. Doug Schaeffer, Woodforest National Bank. Doug Schaeffer, Woodforest National Bank. By Aileen McDonough. Assets: $9 billion.

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CFPB highlights bank account or service complaints in fifth monthly complaint report

CFPB Monitor

The new report highlights bank account or service complaints and complaints from consumers in Connecticut and the Hartford metro area. General findings include the following: As of November 1, 2015, the CFPB handled approximately 749,000 complaints nationally, including approximately 23,300 complaints in October 2015.

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Behind Whole Foods’ Vendor Summit, New Landscape For Sellers — And Buyers

PYMNTS

At issue is the way Whole Foods is repositioning itself in the new, Amazon-led era, where a national focus supplants the regional and local one, where the supply chain and the way fees are levied up and down that supply chain are changing too. National suppliers have to pay a $165 fee for those demonstrations.

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The Perfect Credit Score: Understanding the 850 FICO Score

FICO

This slight uptick is not surprising as we have been seeing the average FICO® Score on the national population increasing as time since the “great recession” ages. . According to Becker’s Hospital review , Hawaii, Connecticut, New Hampshire and Minnesota are in the top 10 states in terms of overall health rankings. of the U.S.