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Young Consumers Love to “Buy Now, Pay Later” – Here’s What to Know About the Explosive Fintech Trend

Perficient

Since Square purchased Afterpay, customers can get an Afterpay card to use with participating retailers that operate with Square, which lets customers use Afterpay for in-store purchases. Pay in 4 is not currently available for residents of Missouri, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, or any US Territories.

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Colorado passes 36% payday loan rate cap

CFPB Monitor

As described on the Colorado Secretary of State’s website , Proposition 111 “would restrict the charges on payday loans to a yearly rate of 36 percent and would eliminate all other finance charges and fees associated with payday lending.”. The other states to have done so are South Dakota, Ohio, Arizona, and Montana.

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What Is Powering The Emerging Pawnaissance?

PYMNTS

While short-term lending in general has a pretty rough reputation, the pawn loan is the most ill-regarded arena in an already unloved category of consumer lending. The loan amount a borrower can get from a pawnbroker is determined solely by the value of the item itself; as in most forms of short-term lending, there is no credit check.

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“Dormant Commerce Clause” case law continues to evolve

CFPB Monitor

Companies that engage in cross-border lending should continue to closely monitor decisions involving the dormant Commerce Clause since the law in this area continues to evolve. Petitioners argue that states cannot constitutionally condition in-state sales on requiring out-of-state businesses to operate in a particular way.

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The United States Of Fintech: The Most Well-Funded Fintech Startup In Each State

CB Insights

Across the US, well-funded companies are rethinking how the financial system operates. California-based lending unicorn SoFi is the most well funded fintech company with just over $2B raised since 2011. South Carolina. South Dakota. Click on the image below to enlarge. The company was last valued at $4.5B

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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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Banking's Top 5 in Total Return to Shareholders: 2019 Edition

Jeff For Banks

The bank operates thirteen branches, eleven in northern California and two in Nevada. It also operates four loan production offices, three in California and one in Oregon. billion in asset financial institution based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. It is the $888 million holding company for Plumas Bank. They are a $6.2

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