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Marketplace lending company Lending Club is teaming up with a California-based nonprofit organization to make loans to small businesses that otherwise would have had their applications rejected.

Wirecard AG has added a link to Google's search engine marketing service to its Checkout Portal.

Ingenico Group has provided its EMV-enabled terminals and software to the retailer Batteries Plus Bulbs, in preparation for the October deadline for EMV-chip card adoption.

Community banks are facing tough choices when it comes to using outsourced labor or beefing up their own staff to handle risk-management tasks.

The Wisconsin Economic Development Corp., the state’s top jobs agency, has written off $7.6 million in taxpayer-funded loans in the four years since it was created.

A California mortgage bank, Guarantee Mortgage Corp., must pay a civil penalty of $228,000 for paying its branch managers based, in part, on the interest rates of the loans they closed.

In the race to deploy digital payments technology, small businesses have an opportunity to level the playing field with larger companies and better meet the demands of today’s consumers.

The FTC has provided its Annual Financial Acts Enforcement Report to the CFPB on enforcement and related activities regarding key industry regulations.

Square's partnership with Apple to enable small merchants to accept Apple Pay is just one blip in Apple's overall strategy, but for Square it's a fundamental rethinking of its approach to its audience.

The sheriff of Wall Street is moving on — much to the elation of the financial services sector. Benjamin Lawsky, superintendent of the New York Department of Financial Services, is departing from his position this June. But he is likely to leave a lasting impression on the culture and mission of the department.