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Pension Advance Companies Sued For Deceiving Customers
August 21, 2015

Pension advance companies are facing heat from the CFPB and the New York Department of Financial Services after the regulatory agencies filed a suit Thursday (Aug. 20) against the pension financing companies for allegedly misleading consumers on loan costs. Get the Full Story Complete the...

Banking Giants Back Online Lender Avant
August 21, 2015

Avant, the online lender that offers funds to consumers with less than stellar credit, has garnered debt financing from a series of big banks, Fortune reported on Thursday (Aug. 20). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

CFPB Fines Lending Club Unit $700K
August 21, 2015

Springstone Financial has been ordered by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to pay $700,000 to redress victims of deceptive credit enrollment practices. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...

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Alibaba Pushes Paytm Into India’s Banking Ecosystem
August 21, 2015

Alibaba-backed Paytm is venturing into offering financial services in India as a “payments bank” after receiving an approval from the country’s central bank. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...

Visa Int’l May Roll Up Visa Europe For $21B
August 21, 2015

In the latest twist in the ongoing saga between Visa and its European counterpart, Sky News reported Thursday (Aug. 20) that the payments giant has “proposed the outline” of a takeover, which has as a hallmark a large upfront payment in a deal that could...

Big Banks Consolidate Efforts To Clean Up Data
August 21, 2015

JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley are teaming up to clean and store reference data at a cheaper price than it would cost for them to do undertake the process individually, according to people close to the matter.

Affirm Now Offers Shopify Merchants Financing
August 21, 2015

Shopify’s platform has gotten a little more inclusive, now offering a payment financing option. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS...

Apple Pay Gets A Starring Roll In iPhone Ad Campaign
August 21, 2015

Everyone in the U.S. has seen the ads — the lists of all the wonderful things that an iPhone can do better than its Android equivalent, with the tag line, “If it’s not an iPhone, it’s not an iPhone.” Get the Full Story Complete the...

Intuit And Quicken To Part Ways
August 21, 2015

It’s not easy in the era of the Internet to keep big news quiet, but Intuit managed it this week. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....