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Plaid Offers Lenders Payroll Data To Expedite SMB Loans
Plaid Offers Lenders Payroll Data To Expedite SMB Loans
April 06, 2020  |  Loans

Plaid, a startup being acquired by Visa, wants to help money get to those who need loans faster. To do so, it’s attacking the problem...

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Today In Payments: Airbnb Execs Take Less Pay; Venmo, Square Cash Vie To Disperse Stimulus Funds
Today In Payments: Airbnb Execs Take Less Pay; Venmo, Square Cash Vie To Disperse Stimulus...
March 30, 2020  |  News

In today’s top news, Airbnb’s executives will forego six months of salary, while the company pauses $800 million in marketing plans, and Venmo and Cash...

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Venmo, Square Cash Vie For Stimulus Funds Distribution
Venmo, Square Cash Vie For Stimulus Funds Distribution
March 29, 2020  |  Payment Methods

Venmo and Cash App want to be considered as ways the U.S. government could deliver its stimulus funds to help the coronavirus-wrecked economy. Get the...

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Big Fizzle: The Recession Comes, Quickly
Big Fizzle: The Recession Comes, Quickly
March 20, 2020  |  Sizzle/Fizzle

The numbers only begin to tell a tale — one where the ending seems far off, shrouded in mystery, and more than a bit foreboding....

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Today In Payments: COVID-19 Triggers Job Losses; JPMC First Big Bank To Shutter Branches As Virus Spreads
Today In Payments: COVID-19 Triggers Job Losses; JPMC First Big Bank To Shutter Branches As...
March 19, 2020  |  News

In today’s top news, due to the coronavirus, over 3,600 workers have lost their jobs and JPMC has temporarily closed 1,000 branches. Also, Square won...

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FDIC Approves Square For Banking License
FDIC Approves Square For Banking License
March 19, 2020  |  Banking

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) gave the green light to an application from the FinTech firm Square to create a de novo industrial bank...

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Coronavirus Update: US Cos See Impact, China Begins To Reopen For Business
Coronavirus Update: US Cos See Impact, China Begins To Reopen For Business
February 28, 2020  |  International

Facebook has cancelled its annual F8 developers’ conference over concerns about the coronavirus, reports said. More specifically, the social media company cancelled the in-person component,...

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Square Cash App Users Grow 60 Pct YOY
Square Cash App Users Grow 60 Pct YOY
February 27, 2020  |  Earnings

Square has posted Q4 earnings results, showing continued evolution from the firm’s roots 11 years ago as a point-of-sale payments processor with on-site card readers toward...

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Open Banking Deepens Its SMB Accounting, Lending Presence
Open Banking Deepens Its SMB Accounting, Lending Presence
February 20, 2020  |  B2B Payments

As Open Banking spreads further into the small business (SMB) financial services market, accounting and lending platforms are taking advantage. Get the Full Story Complete...

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