PayThink 2018 Direct Page

PayThink is focused on the rapidly changing, inter-connected markets of debit, credit, mobile, prepaid and digital payments. As the payments industry strives for faster innovation to launch new products ahead of competitors, PayThink provides insight from market participants and innovators leading the way. PayThink is designed for executives looking to stay relevant in the ever-changing payments ecosystem by finding and honing their competitive edge.

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  • The buy now/pay later firm, which reports earnings Thursday, has inked deals with Worldpay to expand potential borrowers and with New York Life to obtain more capital for future lending.

    November 3
    Wayne PommenAffirm
  • Dr. Shlomit Wagman is a fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School's Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government and Allan Lab. She previously chaired the Financial Action Task Force risk working group, held a senior role at the Egmont Group and MONEYVAL at the Council of Europe, and led Israel's Financial Intelligence Unit. She earned her Ph.D. and LL.M. from Yale Law School.

    November 3
  • Michael Magnan, founder and CEO of AdvizorPro, is a leading wealth management and financial advisor intelligence platform for smarter prospecting.

    Prior to AdvizorPro, he was the vice president of new product development for Nasdaq eVestment.

    November 3
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  • Community banks are often pressured by regulators to hold significantly higher capital than regulations require, using one-size-fits-all rules of thumb. Well-managed community banks deserve the ability to make the case for lowering their capital levels.

    November 3
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    A bottleneck at the Small Business Administration in clearing federal small business loans because of the ongoing federal government shutdown is becoming an increasingly urgent issue for small and even some midsized banks.

    November 3
    Shutdown protest
  • SBA

    BayFirst Financial, which has reported problems with SBA loans, expects to reach an agreement with its regulators in connection with credit administration and other issues.

    October 31
    Thomas Zernick, President of BayFirst Financial's BayFirst National Bank unit
  • Ulf Brüning is Principal and International Client Executive Leader at Global Risk Consultants based in Darmstadt, Germany. He has spent nearly 20 years with the company helping some of the world's most successful businesses identify risks and shape their risk management strategies.

    October 31
  • A report from J.D. Power indicates that the neobank Chime gained the highest percentage of newly opened checking accounts in the third quarter of 2025.

    October 31
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  • The court upheld the Federal Reserve Board's right to block Custodia from direct access to its payment systems. The bank is considering asking for a rehearing.

    October 31
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