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Chime Launches Credit Card That Taps Into Bank Account Funds
Chime Launches Credit Card That Taps Into Bank Account Funds
June 30, 2020  |  Payment Methods

Credit Builder, a U.S. challenger bank, has debuted a new credit card that works like a debit card by letting customers spend only what’s in...

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Personal Finance Provider Rankings Hold Firm
Personal Finance Provider Rankings Hold Firm
June 19, 2020  |  financial apps

When Microsoft entered the U.S. digital personal finance sector recently with its Money in Excel product, the gloves were off, so to speak, with more...

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Digital Banks Solid In Latest Provider Rankings
Digital Banks Solid In Latest Provider Rankings
June 10, 2020  |  Digital Banking

App-based digital challenger banks have been solidifying and expanding customer bases ever since COVID came to town. And while PYMNTS’ latest Provider Ranking of Digital...

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Deep Dive: Legacy Banks And The Infrastructure Stumbling Blocks Keeping Them From The Cloud
Deep Dive: Legacy Banks And The Infrastructure Stumbling Blocks Keeping Them From The Cloud
June 02, 2020  |  Cloud Banking

An expanding number of challenger banks have eschewed the industry’s traditionally slow and steady innovation approach. These banks are offering digital or mobile-only platforms powered...

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Chime Gives $200 Advances On Stimulus Checks
Chime Gives $200 Advances On Stimulus Checks
April 09, 2020  |  Loans

Chime, America’s most valuable digital bank, has begun offering cash advances ahead of the $1,200 stimulus payments Americans will be receiving next week, according to...

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Personal Finance Apps Vie For Top Spot
Personal Finance Apps Vie For Top Spot
February 18, 2020  |  Personal Finance

Personal finance apps – for budgeting, investing or just squirreling money away – fulfill a core tenet of digital transformation in finance: that machines can...

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US Backers Rain Money On Savvy Startups 
US Backers Rain Money On Savvy Startups 
January 07, 2020  |  Startups

Despite headline-grabbing startup debacles, U.S. investors are still hot to bankroll up-and-coming companies like challenger bank Chime, The Financial Times (FT) reported on Tuesday (Jan....

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Top News In Payments: Visa To Begin New Certification Program; Circle Co-Founder To Depart Firm
Top News In Payments: Visa To Begin New Certification Program; Circle Co-Founder To Depart Firm
December 06, 2019  |  News

In today’s top news in payments, Visa has announced it’s going to begin a new certification program in dispute resolution, as well as fund scholarships...

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Chime Raises $500M On $5.8B Valuation
Chime Raises $500M On $5.8B Valuation
December 05, 2019  |  Digital Banking

Silicon Valley-based Chime has raised $500 million in a Series E funding round that sent its valuation soaring to $5.8 billion, CNBC reported on Thursday...

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