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Call It Alt-Credit Or POS Lending, ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ Just Got Bigger

PYMNTS

In addition to its core POS lending business, Affirm branched out into financial services in June, debuting a high-yield savings account called Affirm Savings. Silicon Valley FinTech Affirm is also a regular in the top 5 this year. The account comes with 1.30 The account comes with 1.30 stores for Google Pay and Apple Pay users.

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Ballard Spahr Submits Comment Letter to OCC in Support of Proposed True Lender Rule

CFPB Monitor

Our letter draws on Ballard Spahr’s two-plus decades of experience in representing banks and savings associations (“Banks”) in establishing lending programs (“Bank-Agent Programs”) where a Bank obtains substantial assistance from a fintech or other non-Bank company (an “Agent”) to offer Bank loans to consumers or small businesses. .

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Top 63 Online Digital Banks for U.S. Consumers (Nov 2023)

Fintech Labs Insights

161 $323 21 Branch 357 2015 Minneapolis 222,000 $633 22 Albert 315 2015 LA 1,270,000 $176 23 Current 307 2015 NYC 856,000 $402 24 Greenlight 302 2014 Atlanta 458,000 3.8 197,000 $1,700 2 Robinhood 6080 2013 SF 17,190,000 $6,200 3 SoFi 4017 2011 SF 13,080,000 4.6 8,860 $2,300 6 Upgrade 1426 2016 SF 3,013,000 4.5