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Fintech Deals to Watch: Back to School

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Thankfully, there was still a smartphone and social media to commiserate. Lending Tech With Almost Steady Grades (Even With Rough Semesters). Then, bad grades came in right as summer party season kicked off, mom and dad took away the car and credit card, and the Venmo transfers came to a screeching halt.

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Fast Action: Tennessee Sportsbook Bets Service Quality On Instant Payments

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Hodges, known as the “Rookie Bookie” on social media, made her comments less than three months after Tennessee became the 20th state to launch sports betting on Nov. While the instant betting and payout abilities are a positive, there is no competing with the black market when it comes to the collection of taxes. Next Steps.

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China Working On Social Trustability Score

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does, which makes it hard for bankers and lenders to make lending decisions. The report noted that Sesame Credit, a unit of Alibaba, is already using a social credit system to determine customers’ scores. What’s more, China doesn’t have the equivalent to a FICO score, like the U.S.

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Steal This 5-Step Banking Innovation Playbook from Gentle Monster

South State Correspondent

Leveraging social media, Gentle Monster started to get traction. These striking designs paid for themselves in media exposure. Many went viral on social media, which then captured the attention of A-list celebrities such as Beyonce, which further brought the brand to new heights.

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Here Are 15 of the Best Deposit Marketing Campaigns Ranked

South State Correspondent

You can’t get ten triple-digit project ROIs in a row in lending, credit, mortgage, wealth, insurance, or several other areas. Most of these campaigns revolve around an email drip campaign, digital advertising, retargeting, social media, podcasts/video, and print. Where else can you get consistent triple-digit ROIs?

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Sizzle Or Fizzle: Bitcoin Busts, Payments Get Faster And The Eyes Have It

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Visa also announced that it had extended the real-time, ubiquitous capability to other disbursement types as well including insurance claims, contractor payments, tax refunds and even merchant account real-time funds settlement. Other social media commentators have noted there is something odd and ironic about this position. .

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Fools Rush In: 37 Of The Worst Corporate M&A Flops

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The housing bubble bursting that same year had the opposite effect and various penalties and real estate losses relating to Countrywide’s lending practices ended up costing BofA about $40B, all told. That skyrocketing popularity is likely what made Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp think it was worth spending $580M to acquire the social network.

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