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News Roundup
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Paycheck advance apps like Even.com, PayActiv, EarnIn, DailyPay and FlexWage are helping to...
During the week I share the latest marketplace lending news on Twitter as it...
This week we had the Fed finalizing guidelines for access to its payment systems, a look at the Visa-Mastercard duopoly, projections on what an Apple checking account might look like, Affirm CEO wishing for a recession, fintech lenders with higher borrowing costs and more.
During the week I share the latest marketplace lending news on Twitter...
Visa notified WaveCrest that they were terminating their membership with the company for non compliance; WaveCrest is a third party processor where prepaid cards were being used for crypto based activities; the terms and conditions of their agreement with Visa stated that funds could only be loaded to the card via an employer on a regular basis; the termination note leaves a number of companies in limbo and looking for another option to service customers. Source.
Seed offers small businesses of all stripes the ability to open an account in less than 5 minutes on their website or mobile app; they now offer banks software to help them digitize account openings; they are one of a handful of fintech companies offering banks a white label solution to increase small business deposits; Seed comes with KYC procedures but has the ability to adapt to the bank as they know banks need customization. Source.
PayPal COO Bill Ready talked to Karen Webster of PYMNTS.com about the...
According to new reporting by Sifted and Finance Forward N26’s exit from...
According to new research by the global headhunting firm DHR International, fintech companies have only 8% women directors as compared to the top 30 banks in the world who collectively have 22% women directors; while many fintech companies see their culture as more inclusive and diverse, the data shows the opposite; formerly of JPMorgan Chase and now CEO at Digital Asset Holdings, Blythe Masters understands the importance of workplace diversity, "I know what our company would look like if we weren't consciously thinking about this issue — we would only have one female director." Source