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New(ish) Ideas Edition: Google, JPMorgan Chase And Samsung

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The CFPB dropped its latest set of regulations for prepaid payments cards , to some cheers (for offering clarity on fees) and some jeers (for thinking that prepaid cards are credit products and require underwriting for $25, 24-hour overdrafts). Much of this situation is additionally muddied by the fact that regulators in the U.S.

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Andrew Pyles, president and CEO of $350 million-asset Eclipse Bank in Louisville, Ky., Regulators made no bones about the fact that a number of additional rate hikes are likely to happen this year. Pyles notes that while Louisville, Ky.-based The last six months has been a completely different environment.”. Strengthen controls.

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Fintech Fundings: 21 Companies Raise $460 Million Week Ending April 1

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Bluefin Payments received $6 million to expand its secure payment system. HQ: Louisville, Kentucky. Tags: SMB, payments, security, merchants, acquiring, FinDEVr alum. Stratumn grabbed $670,000 for its blockchain services. Here are the fintech deals by size from 26 March to 1 April 2016: Ceridian. Latest round: $10.03

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