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American Express Lets Customers ‘Round Up’ to Support Charities
American Express Lets Customers ‘Round Up’ to Support Charities
September 08, 2022  |  Credit Cards

American Express has launched a pilot of a program called Round-Up, which lets card members round up their purchases to contribute to the charities of...

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Old-Fashioned Layaway Plans Find New Niche at Conn’s
Old-Fashioned Layaway Plans Find New Niche at Conn’s
September 08, 2022  |  Retail

With Depression-era roots dating back nearly 100 years, followed by decades of dormancy due to the rise of credit cards, and then, most recently, being...

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Experian Launches Tool for Uploading Rental Payments to Credit File
Experian Launches Tool for Uploading Rental Payments to Credit File
September 07, 2022  |  Connected Economy

Credit reporting agency Experian is launching a new tool that can help people who pay rent contribute qualifying, “positive” residential rent payments directly to benefit...

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Crypto Lender Credix Raises $11.3M in Series A
Crypto Lender Credix Raises $11.3M in Series A
September 06, 2022  |  Investments

Cryptocurrency credit startup Credix has raised $11.25 million in a Series A funding round, the Belgian company announced Tuesday (Sept. 6). “Within the next decade,...

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Citigroup to Launch Financial Inclusion Initiatives Under OCC’s Project REACh
Citigroup to Launch Financial Inclusion Initiatives Under OCC’s Project REACh
September 04, 2022  |  Financial Inclusion

Citigroup will be launching two pilot programs under the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s Project REACh, or Roundtable for Economic Access and Change,...

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FinTechs Use Secured Cards to Fill Consumer Credit Gap
FinTechs Use Secured Cards to Fill Consumer Credit Gap
September 01, 2022  |  Payment Methods

The path toward building a full-service bank in the digital age is a long and winding one. And for the FinTechs endeavoring to do that,...

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TimePayment Closes on $375M Credit Facility for Equipment Financing
TimePayment Closes on $375M Credit Facility for Equipment Financing
August 31, 2022  |  Fintech Investments

Boston-based FinTech TimePayment announced the closing of a new $375 million revolving credit facility Tuesday (Aug. 30), which will strengthen its capital position and support...

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Irish Startup FixxFi Launches Credit Solution for Home, Auto Repairs
Irish Startup FixxFi Launches Credit Solution for Home, Auto Repairs
August 29, 2022  |  Loans

Irish FinTech company FixxFi has launched an embedded finance solution for the auto and home repair industries, the company announced in a news release Monday...

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Can Cards Retain Dominance in the UK Payment Landscape?
Can Cards Retain Dominance in the UK Payment Landscape?
August 26, 2022  |  Payment Methods

Earlier this week, PYMNTS ran the headline that card is king in the landscape of U.K. payments, using data from a recent report by trade...

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