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Nearly Three-Quarters of Small Businesses Using Embedded Lending Access Bigger Credit Lines
Nearly Three-Quarters of Small Businesses Using Embedded Lending Access Bigger Credit Lines
November 14, 2024  |  SMBs

Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) face challenges when securing credit, especially in an uncertain economy. Embedded lending, which integrates credit options directly into purchase platforms,...

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Banks Target Account Opening Tech to Avoid Deposit Drift’s ‘Death by 1,000 Cuts’
Banks Target Account Opening Tech to Avoid Deposit Drift’s ‘Death by 1,000 Cuts’
November 13, 2024  |  Digital Banking

The average consumer has 5.3 bank accounts. Now that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has issued a final rule on data sharing, the age of...

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Fed Says Consumer Credit Decelerated in September; Card APRs Still at Multiyear Highs
Fed Says Consumer Credit Decelerated in September; Card APRs Still at Multiyear Highs
November 08, 2024  |  Consumer Finance

All eyes were on the Federal Reserve’s interest rate cut this week. As widely expected, the central bank delivered a 0.25% trimming to the federal...

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Small Businesses That Sell Online Outpace Brick-and-Mortar Store Sales
Small Businesses That Sell Online Outpace Brick-and-Mortar Store Sales
November 08, 2024  |  SMBs

Small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) that focus on online sales outperform those that rely on physical stores, according to the PYMNTS Intelligence report “SMB Growth...

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Exclusive: Ahead of New Presidential Administration, Paycheck-to-Paycheck Consumers Feel Pinched
Exclusive: Ahead of New Presidential Administration, Paycheck-to-Paycheck Consumers Feel Pinched
November 07, 2024  |  Economy

Regardless of whether they voted for Trump or for Harris, whether they live in a blue state or a red state, the people living paycheck...

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What Lies Ahead for the CFPB as Trump 2.0 Takes Shape?
What Lies Ahead for the CFPB as Trump 2.0 Takes Shape?
November 06, 2024  |  Regulation

As Donald Trump retakes the reins of power, the uncertainty over who occupies the White House is over. Republicans are retaking the Senate, and the...

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Mastercard Expands APAC Digital Wallet Reach With ‘Pay Local’
Mastercard Expands APAC Digital Wallet Reach With ‘Pay Local’
November 05, 2024  |  Mobile Wallets

Mastercard debuted a service that lets consumers make card-based payments via local digital wallets. With Pay Local, Mastercard cardholders link their credit or debit cards...

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Credit With Training Wheels: Secured Credit Cards and the Credit-Wary Consumer
Credit With Training Wheels: Secured Credit Cards and the Credit-Wary Consumer
November 04, 2024  |  Credit Cards

Financial institutions can convert credit card outsiders to become holders of secured credit cards by encouraging them to think long term. While some of these...

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Latest Consumer Data Shows Expenses Grew Faster Than Income in September
Latest Consumer Data Shows Expenses Grew Faster Than Income in September
October 31, 2024  |  Economy

The latest data from the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Economic Analysis revealed that consumer spending outpaced income growth in September. The news may be...

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