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FinTech Startup Sezzle Tops 1M Active Customers

PYMNTS

Digital payments FinTech startup Sezzle announced on Monday (Feb. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Minneapolis, Sezzle’s buy now, pay later (BNPL) payments platform is in the U.S. Sezzle’s payments platform expedites quick, safe and simple payments among consumers and retailers. and Canada and is quickly growing.

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Buy Now Pay Later Startup Sezzle Tops 1M Active Customers

PYMNTS

Digital payments FinTech startup Sezzle announced on Monday (Feb. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Minneapolis, Sezzle’s buy now, pay later (BNPL) payments platform is in the U.S. Sezzle’s payments platform expedites quick, safe and simple payments among consumers and retailers. and Canada and is quickly growing.

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BNPL Firm Sezzle Allies With Ally Lending To Expand Loan Options

PYMNTS

The FinTech Sezzle has struck up a partnership with Ally Lendin g, a digital financial services company. This will allow the Minneapolis-based Sezzle to offer more long-term loans. Sezzle said it has more than one million active customers and 10,000 merchants in partnership with its services.

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Sezzle Names Former PayPal Exec To Lead Sales

PYMNTS

Sezzle , the Minneapolis-based installment-based payments platform, has announced the appointment of Reid Bork to its leadership team. In the newly created role, he will be responsible for leading the company’s large-scale retail acquisition efforts. In January, Sezzle was denied a crucial lending license from California.

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

PYMNTS

Silicon Valley FinTech Affirm is also a regular in the top 5 this year. In May, the New York-based FinTech cut a deal with payments platform Stripe , giving consumers more credit to access at checkout. Rounding out the top 5 of PYMNTS Provider Ranking of Alternative Credit Apps at present is BNPL player QuadPay.

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2021 GonzoBanker Awards

Gonzobanker

A few years ago, very few people would have guessed that tens of billions of dollars would be invested in fintech vendors and solutions annually – except it happened. 2021 fintech investments, merger activities, and overall focus were off the charts. Best Fintech Acquisition by a Bank. Fintech Acquiring Bank.

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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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