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Parafin Begins Offering Embedded Financing to Walmart Marketplace Sellers
September 11, 2024

Parafin has begun offering financing to Walmart Marketplace sellers. Through the Walmart Marketplace Capital program, eligible sellers can access financing through Parafin, an embedded finance firm and an approved Walmart Marketplace solution provider, Parafin said in a Wednesday (Sept. 11) press release. The Capital by Parafin program...

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Capital Costs vs. Economic Growth: The Fed’s Balancing Act on Bank Lending
September 10, 2024

Regulators have scaled back capital requirements for banks, reducing the holdings that must be on the books to buffer against economic and other shocks. But the ripple effect, even with the lowered “cushion” that must be in place, may be that the banks tighten access...

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MoneyLion and Nova Credit Deliver Cash Flow Data to Lenders
September 10, 2024

MoneyLion and Nova Credit have partnered to give credit issuers a more comprehensive view of consumers’ financial health and expand consumers’ access to credit. With this collaboration, lenders using MoneyLion’s hosted decisioning engine will be able to integrate Nova Credit’s cash flow underwriting data and...

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FDIC Sees Non-Depository Financial Institution Loans Surge, Hinting at New Risks
September 09, 2024

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.’s latest quarterly banking industry report hints at where risks lie if additional pressures come to bear on financial services firms — particularly those that don’t have deposit insurance in the mix. In the tables and discussions that give a read-across...

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Nubank Defends Lending Practices as Late Payments Jump
September 05, 2024

Lending practices at Brazil’s Nubank reportedly have Wall Street analysts uneasy. As Bloomberg News reported Thursday (Sept. 5), the lender — Latin America’s largest — is enjoying rapid growth, with around 60% of Brazilian adults using its app and its stock up 109% over the past year. However, the...

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Robinhood Continues UK Expansion With Stock Lending
September 04, 2024

Robinhood now offers stock lending for British customers, part of the platform’s ongoing U.K. expansion. Introduced Wednesday (Sept. 4), the offering lets customers lend out any fully paid stock in their portfolio, with Robinhood taking care of finding interested borrowers. “Stock Lending is another innovative way for...

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Elepay Debuts 180-Day Pay-Later Offering for Property Owners
September 03, 2024

Australian lender Elepay has introduced its latest pay-later solution for property owners. The Brisbane-based company’s 180-day offering, announced in a news release Tuesday (Sept. 3), is designed to allow property owners to capitalize on their property’s value before selling without having to worry about upfront expenses. “The 180-day Pay...

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Reserve Bank of India to Launch Lending Platform
August 26, 2024

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) plans to launch a technology platform designed to enable frictionless credit, especially for small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs). The RBI began piloting the platform — which it plans to name the “Unified Lending Interface (ULI)” — in 2023 and...

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Consumer Borrowing Rises Less Than Expected in June
August 07, 2024

Consumers’ total outstanding credit increased by $8.9 billion in June, with a rise in non-revolving credit partially offset by a decline in revolving credit. Non-revolving credit increased by $10.6 billion during the month, while revolving credit declined by $1.7 billion, the Federal Reserve said Wednesday (Aug. 7) in...