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Marqeta and Rain Team to Offer Earned Wage Access Debit Cards
Marqeta and Rain Team to Offer Earned Wage Access Debit Cards
April 18, 2024  |  Consumer Finance

Marqeta is expanding its earned wage access program with assistance from financial wellness provider Rain. The card-issuing platform announced its collaboration with Rain Thursday (April 18), with...

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Discover Financial: Inflation Is Pressuring Lower Income Consumers
Discover Financial: Inflation Is Pressuring Lower Income Consumers
April 18, 2024  |  Earnings

The $35 billion deal for Capital One to buy Discover Financial Services remains on track. And in a truncated first-quarter earnings call — where the...

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Stability AI Lays Off Employees; Restructures After CEO’s Departure
Stability AI Lays Off Employees; Restructures After CEO’s Departure
April 18, 2024  |  artificial intelligence

Stability AI is laying off an unspecified number of employees as part of a restructuring process. The company will hold a town hall meeting Thursday (April...

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WorldFirst Launches Cross-Border Payment Solution for B2B Trade
WorldFirst Launches Cross-Border Payment Solution for B2B Trade
April 18, 2024  |  B2B Payments

Digital payments platform WorldFirst has debuted a solution to help small businesses speed cross-border payments. WorldTrade, announced Thursday (April 18), is aimed at small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that...

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Revolut Invests $100 Million in Mexico as Remittances Jump
Revolut Invests $100 Million in Mexico as Remittances Jump
April 18, 2024  |  Digital Banking

Revolut has reportedly made a $100 million-plus bet on Mexico’s remittance market. Speaking with Reuters Wednesday (April 17), Revolut Mexico CEO Juan Miguel Guerra said...

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Mastercard Brings Commercial Cards to Digital Wallets
Mastercard Brings Commercial Cards to Digital Wallets
April 18, 2024  |  Mastercard

Continuing the industry’s migration of business payments and expense management to digital platforms, Mastercard announced today (April 18) that it is bringing its commercial cards to mobile...

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High Costs Hobble Small Businesses’ Adoption of Instant Payments
High Costs Hobble Small Businesses’ Adoption of Instant Payments
April 18, 2024  |  Money Mobility

Nonrecurring or ad hoc payments remain a significant part of the monthly revenues of small to mid-sized businesses (SMBs). One way that SMBs streamline the...

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GenAI Bridges Small Business Lending Gap
GenAI Bridges Small Business Lending Gap
April 18, 2024  |  artificial intelligence

An unavoidable truth in business is that it frequently takes money to make money.  And in today’s world, where small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) often...

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More Payments Friction Coming for Customers
More Payments Friction Coming for Customers
April 18, 2024  |  Opinion

The recent credit card surcharge agreement brings into focus the impact regulations could have on businesses. Spreedly Vice President of Product Joe Meuse explains what...

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