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The buy now/pay later pioneer's new card does not require sellers to opt in if they already accept debit cards.
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Shared national credit balances rose 5% last year, and the percentage of at-risk loans nearly doubled. Regulators point out that banks have stashed away extra capital, but a lot will depend on the speed of the economic recovery and the performance of nonbank loans.
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The London bank is trying out new models that help it assess the creditworthiness of recent college graduates, and layering on software that analyzes the fairness of its credit decisions.
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The buy now/pay later pioneer's new card does not require sellers to opt in if they already accept debit cards.
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The Federal Reserve imposed the restrictions after conducting supplemental stress tests tied to the pandemic. But Vice Chair of Supervision Randal Quarles says it is now clear banks would have had sufficient capital regardless.
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Dana DeFilippis will take the helm at the Chalfont, Pa.-based credit union next month. She succeeds retiring CEO David Whitehead.
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Private equity firm Advent International is merging portfolio companies Transaction Services Group and Clearent, paving the way to another payments giant.
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Bank of America cut some of its staff in the global banking and markets division this week. The latest cuts mark an end to BofA's pledge not to eliminate any jobs in 2020 as the global pandemic flared.
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The CEO of Chase Consumer Banking and a member of JPMorgan’s leadership team, Thasunda Brown Duckett has been tapped to replace Roger Ferguson as CEO of the retirement services provider.
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JPMorgan Chase is stepping up its search for acquisition targets as competition intensifies from financial technology firms and other new rivals.
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The agency will allow an additional three months of forbearance for loans backed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, giving homeowners up to 18 months to suspend payments due to the pandemic.
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A new report from CUNA Mutual Group shows just how much COVID-19 and the economic slowdown impacted the credit union industry in 2020.
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Financial services firms, from traditional banks to fintech payment processors to data companies, need to beef up their compliance teams, raise standards and improve education to ensure teams are ready to tackle the latest types of financial fraud, says ACAMS' Rick McDonell.
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Early Warning's person-to-person payment network predicts that real-time settlement through The Clearing House's RTP network will enhance its appeal.
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JPMorgan Chase is shutting its private banking business in Mexico, according to people with knowledge of the matter, as wealthy clients in some of Latin America’s largest economies move their money to international financial capitals.
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Taking a page out of the person-to-person money transfer model, health care payments software provider Waystar has added a text messaging option for patients to pay their bills.
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Early Warning's person-to-person payment network predicts that real-time settlement through The Clearing House's RTP network will enhance its appeal.
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Payments platform Plastiq is partnering with corporate card provider Ramp to allow businesses to pay for any expense through the card — even if recipients do not accept payment cards.
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The cause of the disruption is unknown, although the Treasury said it wasn’t a cyberattack; applications fell 11% after the average 30-year fixed-rate loan rose to 2.81%.
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The payments division of Western Union has integrated with the Swift Global Payment Initiative for faster transfers, and has added international currency options.
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