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Startup Branch wants to build a money services platform for hourly workers

Bank Innovation

Among them, Minneapolis-based Branch is working with employers to offer such employees digital money management tools and a portion of a worker’s paycheck in advance. With the growth of digital finance tools, a group of startups is looking to reach those who may be left behind, namely hourly workers.

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Kristen Larson joins Ballard Spahr’s Consumer Financial Services Group

CFPB Monitor

She is resident in the firm’s Minneapolis office. Kristen’s practice involves consumer, small business, and treasury management products and services; digital banking; emerging payments; servicing; innovative technology; information security; operations; marketing; and complex service contracts.

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BNPL Firm Sezzle Allies With Ally Lending To Expand Loan Options

PYMNTS

This will allow the Minneapolis-based Sezzle to offer more long-term loans. Our collaboration with Ally Lending enhances our customer financing offerings, making it possible for consumers to better manage their finances," said Charlie Youakim , executive chairman and CEO of Sezzle, in a press release. "Our

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FICO Named America's Best Mid-Sized Employer by Forbes Magazine

FICO

We’re very proud of our colleagues for the spirit of ownership and innovation that has allowed FICO to achieve this honor. Richard Deal Richard Deal leads FICO’s Human Resources function focused on attracting, engaging, developing and deploying talent through innovative human capital management strategies.

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SoftBank Announces $100M Fund For Minority-Led Startups

PYMNTS

Overseeing the fund will be Claure, a number of prominent black executives from Silicon Valley, and Shu Nyatta, a managing partner at SoftBank’s Latin America -focused Innovation Fund.

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Receivable Savvy Founder To Chair Fed’s B2B Payment Group

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The founder and managing director of Receivable Savvy, Ernie Martin, will reportedly lead a sub-group under the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis’ Business Payments Coalition, an announcement said Tuesday (Jan. Martin will lead the group in 2017, reports revealed.

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The Future Of Banking Comes To Sunday’s Big Game

PYMNTS

Bank Stadium in Minneapolis will see a spike in activity with the influx of consumers for the big game. In the Lounge, guests will have the opportunity to try out a contactless payments experience featuring Diebold Nixdorf’s latest concepts — and some other innovations, too. “We ATMs in and around U.S. The Championship Spike.