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Banking
CFPB Head Says Large Banks Should Pay for Insuring ‘Uninsured’ Depositors
May 11, 2023

The head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) says big banks should pay for insuring “uninsured” depositors. CFPB Director Rohit Chopra, who is a member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) board of directors, said in a Thursday (May 11) statement that he supports the FDIC’s proposal to require banks...

Cross-border Payments
Paysend Launches Cross-Border Payments Solution for Small Businesses in US
May 11, 2023

Paysend has launched its cross-border payments solution for small businesses in the United States. The expanded availability of Paysend Business follows its successful implementation in the United Kingdom in 2022, the company said in a Thursday (May 11) press release. “We know that cross-border payments can be a pain point for...

Banking
FDIC: Big Banks to Pay Bulk of SVB Rescue Cost
May 11, 2023

America’s biggest banks are facing a $15.8 billion bill for the recent banking crisis. That’s according to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), which announced in a Thursday (May 11) press release that it plans to extract that amount in extra fees over two years to recoup its losses...

B2B Payments
Turvo Teams With Denim for Simpler Freight Broker Payments
May 11, 2023

Supply chain tech firm Turvo has launched a partnership with freight payments system processor Denim. The collaboration, announced Thursday (May 11), integrates Denim’s solution with Turvo’s platform to let logistics service providers process factored and non-factored payments without needing to involve things like manually uploading...

Retail
Adidas to Sell Remaining Yeezy Sneakers, Donate Proceeds to Charity
May 11, 2023

Adidas has decided what to do with its millions of leftover Yeezy sneakers. The firm will sell the $1 billion worth of products and donate the proceeds to charity, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Thursday (May 11), citing a presentation by Adidas CEO Bjorn Gulden at the company’s annual general...

B2B Payments
BlueCart Adds Vendor Bill Pay Solution to Order Management Platform
May 11, 2023

BlueCart has added a new vendor bill pay solution to its wholesale order management platform. With the new BlueCart Pay, wholesale and distribution businesses can pay vendors for transactions that were made outside the BlueCart platform, the company said in a Thursday (May 11) press...

Banking
NY Fed Study: Small Lenders Weathered the Banking Crisis
May 11, 2023

Smaller lenders emerged from the recent banking crisis relatively unscathed, according to new research. A study released Thursday (May 11) by the New York Fed found that withdrawals from banks in the wake of Silicon Valley Bank’s (SVB) failure in March were primarily centered around 30...

eCommerce
Rokt Launches Marketplace for Presenting Payment-Related Offers to Shoppers
May 11, 2023

Rokt has launched a marketplace that enables eCommerce businesses to monetize their checkout page. With the new Rokt Payments Marketplace, these businesses can allow payment providers to present relevant credit card and payment-related offers to shoppers as they are about to make a purchase, Rokt...

Digital Banking
Plaid Signs Agreements to Migrate Traffic to Financial Institutions’ APIs
May 11, 2023

Plaid is expanding its application programming interface (API)-based data sharing network. The firm is now migrating 100% of its traffic to APIs for financial institutions, including Capital One, J.P. Morgan Chase, USAA and Wells Fargo, Plaid Head of U.S. Financial Institution Partnerships Christy Sunquist wrote...